Celebrating My Birthday During Quarantine

Normally, when our birthdays roll around, Jim and I take the day off, go out to eat for each meal, spend the day out somewhere, and basically have a grand time out and about.  This year was supposed to be more of the same for my birthday, with a planned trip to a area outside of Cleveland to do some shopping.  Then came COVID-19, and everything shut down.

So we improvised.  We still ate out for breakfast, we just picked it up from the restaurant and ate at home.

A veggie filled omelet, toast, bacon and lightly dressed mixed greens

We still went out, at least for a drive.  We were still isolating, just in our car and not our house.  We even packed a lunch and ate it in the car.  We decided to follow the Ohio River through a bunch of towns and then came home via farm country.  It was an amazing drive, with a lot of scenery. 

Some cows that we saw while driving through the countryside

Dinner was again brought home.  The nice part though was that I was able to get Thai food and Jim was able to get barbecue. 

Fresh Summer Rolls and Pad Ka Prao (Spicy Basil)

Brisket and macaroni and cheese

So all in all a great day.  Yes, we had to improvise, and it wasn't what we had originally planned.  But we rolled with it and had a great time.