countdown, new game, anniversaries, always food

On Monday, I made a paper chain with 40 links in it for Glen to countdown his days until retirement, but now it is sort of worthless. We found out this week that the remainder of this school year will continue to be distance learning. Glen is not returning to the classroom. He's okay with that. He doesn't like goodbyes. Still wondering what they'll do for graduation.

We also spoke to Alex on Monday. He is doing great. They had a baptism on that previous Saturday, so that was exciting for him.

On Tuesday, we played Eric's new game, Forgotten Waters, for the first time (and have played several times since). He bought it on pre-order, but somehow Eric had got his copy early (I don't understand how pre-order works, I guess). It is a riot and the perfect game for when you are sheltering in place--some of the games last for hours. We are pirates with funny backstories and we have missions to carry out and encounter dangers on the seas.

Forgotten Waters is a Crossroads Game set in a world of fantastical pirate adventure. In it, players take on the role of pirates sailing together on a ship, attempting to further their own personal stories as well as a common goal.

The world of Forgotten Waters is silly and magical, with stories designed to encourage players to explore and laugh in delight as they interact with the world around them. It's a game in which every choice can leave a lasting impact on the story, and players will want turn over every rock just to see what they find.

Forgotten Waters features five scenarios and a massive location book that provides players with tons of choices wherever they go.

—description from the publisher

We will be enjoying this game for a long time.

Last Sunday was Mom and Dad Perazzo's 62nd anniversary. Thursday was Deni and Pat's 37th anniversary. Yesterday was Andrew and Heather's 7th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary everyone!

outside the Salt Lake Temple, Eric was on his mission there, and Ryan was about to enter the MTC

And speaking of Andrew, he put together this great video about the Church's new Proclamation about the Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I think he did an excellent job!

Yesterday also marked day 888 of my duolingo streak. Since the Chinese consider 888 to be a very lucky number, we had sweet and sour chicken for dinner for me to celebrate. It was a very International food week as Angeles cooked Mexican food for us twice. One night she made posole. Then next night she made sopes. Sooooo good.

in case you needed proof

sopes in the making

Ryan and Angeles and the sopes with toppings

delicious! (and the posole was great, too!)

And for the rest of our news, Hannah and Kaellen started classes again on Monday. All online, of course. The "pinkhouse" greenhouse continues to be worked on along with some gardening and yard work. I sewed a bit. Cooked a bit. It was a typical week during our shelter-in-place experience.


Saw this video on Facebook. Sums up pretty much the what we've been told over the last few weeks over how to deal with COVID-19. Insane.