I tried a hot dog that had been hermetically sealed since before its best-by date and so far, no ill effects.
Reached out to four people for low-key social and already have two zoom dinners yay!
Landscaping efforts are... in progress. We are past the "the place looks like a landfill", past "there are trenches everywhere", past "there is a Stonehenge attempt all over the driveway", and into "there is now a forest in the driveway" (plants go in next week and the week after).
I broke one of the flagstones, oops. (To be fair, I had a chisel and mallet in my hand at the time. Do not trust me with a chisel. Scissors yes, wire cutters yes, scalpels yes, chisels no.) But the crew has forgiven me, or at least claims they've forgiven me, and they'll grout it.
Yay good things.