Archives for May 2018

Well.

I woke up as usual, had breakfast a little late and then went to the bakery to get breakfast for my husband and the boy.

Later I ran 13k. Well, I say that I ran it but the truth is that I walked a lot as well, as I do. Around kilometer four my husband crossed my way and we ran together a little. Only I’m a lot slower than him. He did give me a few tips concerning my gait, though, and I think that is making a difference. My phone started acting up around kilometer seven. Which is why I don’t have any pictures even though I took some. That was also when I started feeling thirsty. No, I did not take any water. I might want to find a way to take some when I’ll run farther than that. When I got home I downed three glasses of water right away. And I helped my husband make lunch. Veal cutlets, homemade gnocchi and tomato sauce:

Very yummy.

After lunch I didn’t really want to do the dishes and instead I sat down to spin while watching the Giro d’Italia:

The green polwarth has now been re-plied.

I had plans to go grocery shopping afterwards but I decided against it when it started pouring rain. So the boy and I watched some Netflix while I crocheted.

Then to the nearby grocery store for some emergency butter and garlic.Then the huge pile of dishes. Then very few words.

My legs might be a little sore. And I didn’t make any music today. But that’s alright.

Today there will be, well, not much of anything. I will still try to beware the afternoon slump.

This was a very good day.

I think I’m starting to have more energy. Now, I don’t know if that’s the result of upping my thyroid medication or of skipping dinner.

I actually cleaned the house pretty early, so that I was all finished even with mopping the floors when my husband came back from running. Then I wrote a little before we went out for lunch, Today we did go to the Greek restaurant. This is just the usual one, where my husband goes to eat every other week:

Yes, I only thought about taking a picture after I had already started eating.

Since the boy’s school had had a notice on its website that students would be off at 12.30 we hoped that the boy would join us for lunch. It was a good thing that we didn’t wait for him, though, we were done by the time his teacher let his class out. At 1.10. And they got to work right until the end. Boo.

The boy said he’d rather eat frozen pizza at home than Greek food at the restaurant so we all went back home.

Then I taught quite a few students. And then the boy and I watched „Star Trek: The Next Generation“ and an episode of „Big Bang Theory“.

And then I still had to write some more words before bed.

Today there will be running and writing. Other than that I don’t have any plans. Maybe spin and watch the Giro d’Italia. Or maybe not. I just have to take care that I won’t fall into the dreaded weekend slump. With Pentecost break looming that might take weeks to recover from. A two week slump has happened before. That is not pretty.

So I better put some more things on the to do-list.

I was basically cold all day. Except for the time I went running in the rain.

I woke up early again and promptly forgot to take my thyroid medication which meant that my breakfast was delayed half an hour. Not a big deal. After breakfast I did some research for a project that I want to start next week.

The the running. My phone doesn’t like the rain even inside my pocket and the running app was acting weirdly for the last kilometer. So my running app thinks that I ran only 4.3 k but I know better.

Then my husband and I made lasagna which is always a big undertaking. It was rather good, so totally worth it:

Yes, that’s an actual glass of wine. We made an exception because of the special meal. My family is so used to me taking pictures of my food by now that my husband even moved the bottle away so the light would be better. So there wouldn’t be as much shade on the salad.

After that there was quite a bit of teaching, only a little less than yesterday.

Then writing and bed. And reading, always reading. I seem to be on a non-fiction kick again, I haven’t touched any of the many novels I’m currently reading for two days or so. I can’t even decide what reading mood I’m in.

Today I will run again and hopefully record the podcast. It would be fabulous if I managed to get the rest of the groceries but I seriously doubt that will happen. Then mild teaching and then I will probably be spent.

And then one more day until Pentecost break.

Another very busy day. I know that it’s my own fault, mostly, but then there are quite a lot of things going on as well.

Since I had fallen asleep around 9.30 I woke up at 5.30 again.With most of the GDPR-stuff out of the way I hadn’t woken up all night.

I had wanted to write in the morning before getting up but instead I just wrote the blog post and read a little.

I had planned to get my picture taken for the new passport and ID, and then to go grocery shopping. But then I realized that I might have just enough time to actually go to the town hall to get new ID as well.

So I packed my bag and put on makeup rather early for the picture, and I packed a brush and scissors and my birth certificate. The photo place was open and I had my picture taken right away. I had to wait for ten minutes before getting them but still, that’s pretty fast. I read „The Diabetes Code“ while waiting.

Then I was just about to go to the town hall when I remembered that I had left both my passport and ID on top of the fridge.

By then it was getting rather late.

I rushed home, fetched my stuff (after having a weird conversation with someone wanting to speak my mother-in-law, something that happens a lot, and no I had no idea that she still wanted him to repair the blinds on her window), took my bike out of the garage and left again.

I was the only one in the waiting room and only had to wait for about ten minutes. It all went well, everything was nice and cozy, only almost 90 Euros for both ID and passport is a little steep. I thought about not getting a passport because the last time I needed one was in 1999. But that just feels wrong. And if there is any kind of emergency situation where I would need one I wouldn’t want to wait around to have one made.

It will be valid for ten years, so there’s that.

Now that I finally got new pictures I might also change my old driver’s license to a new one. There is a new driver’s license (German driver’s licenses are valid for life) or rather there has been one for ages. It is a EU one and the system used for classifying which cars and such you’re allowed to drive is completely different. My father told me to make sure that I won’t lose the right to drive trucks up to 7.5 tons but I’m not sure I need that. So far I haven’t and I’m not driving at the moment anyways.

I came back just in time to go grocery shopping after all but because it was already a little late I went to the smaller grocery store on foot. Which meant that I will have to go to the bigger store later in the week anyway because I didn’t get everything.

Then there was lunch which my husband made all on his own, and then dishes, and making music for thirty minutes, and lots and lots of teaching. Today was a day where I really liked the teaching. Great students and time was just flying.

I didn’t do strength training. I had been very determined in the morning but then it felt like I could either do that or write, and writing took priority.

And early to bed.

I did manage to write some words, so that was good.

Today there will be running (in the rain) and preparation for recording the podcast and teaching, of course, and music and writing. I really need to do something to turn the fabric lying around into a dress but I guess not today. And I need to work on my husband’s blog and do the taxes for real.

One thing at a time. With not too many breaks for reading blogs and such.