Archives for May 2019

Even the boy said so.

I woke up from the alarm at 5.30 and managed to let time slip through my fingers again until after six. I did write for 25 minutes, at least. Then more internet which meant I had to get up in a hurry to make breakfast. Which was partially alright because the boy was late too but partially not because I thawed blueberries for my husband’s muesli.

Unfortunately it should have been a non-muesli day. Bummer. He used the blueberries and had muesli but was grumbling a bit and saying that he didn’t want to talk to people who were not in their right mind.

I knitted and we talked eventually and then there were dishes and such. I went to the health food store and to the bakery to get something nice for everybody’s breakfast today, and then I very reluctantly went out to run. I had a low-energy day and only ran for about 500 meters out of my 4.8 k but at least I went out there and ran. And didn’t even realize that the tree that had blocked the path the day before had been gone, so I didn’t take a picture:

I helped to make lunch:

It was delicious, very balanced and not too spicy. I ordered 3 kilos of salt on the internet because we’re running out of our favorite one and the shop where I got it before doesn’t have it anymore.

Then I fell into a bad, bad slump after doing the dishes again.

I did eventually get ready for teaching and was lucky that my first student canceled because otherwise I couldn’t have prepared the rest of my lessons.

And then it was time again to do more dishes and get ready for bed. I had had secret plans of sewing, working on the website and writing some more but I felt distinctly meh about everything. I did wash the spinning sample, so that was good and printed the new contracts for the new students.

I talked to my husband about this and wondered if the smaller dose of pregnenolone I’m taking but he said he is feeling equally low so it was probably something else. I’m trying to wean myself off most of my supplements and such. Ideally I want to end up only taking the thyroid medication, the antihistamine and vitamin D. I mean, if we’re talking ideally, the best would be not to have to take anything but I doubt that would make me feel good.

Since I learned that it can take weeks to see the effects when you’re dealing with hormones I am taking things slow. It all started when I couldn’t get the pill, so I decided to try to go without. I’ve been having pretty mild hot flashes that are better when I don’t drink alcohol. After a few weeks of that going pretty well I started taking only half the dose of pregnenolone and that’s where I’m currently at. If I feel good with that I will try going without entirely, and if not I will have to buy more pills.

Today there will be more running and quite a lot of teaching. Maybe some bodyweight training, we’ll see how I feel about it tonight. Not much else because of all the students.

I did set my alarm for 5.30 even though that meant not enough sleep.

And promptly spent half an hour on the internet. Might have been better spent on sleep. But. I did manage to write for 45 minutes. Phew.

Then the usual, breakfast with the boy and with the husband who is feeling a little under the weather. I did persuade him to skip running at least for the day.

I dawdled and knitted and read „Prince on Paper“ which is a wonderful book, and then I made myself run, very slowly, with a lot of walking for 7 k:

A tree fell on the path but it was rather easy to pass.

The weather was nicer than it looks in the pictures.

I went back home and helped making lunch. First there was a completely failed attempt at asparagus soup with way more salt than anyone needs, unfortunately:

On the bright side we did have some pretty tasty spaghetti bolognese and salad:

Then I talked with the boy for an hour, did the dishes, took a shower and got ready for teaching.

My first student didn’t show for her rescheduled lesson. Second and third were there and delightful as always. Fourth and fifth student of the day both called in sick.

I tried working on the website and wrote some emails. Then the doorbell rang and another potential new student showed up. Neat.

Then I did some bodyweight training with the boy, got ready for bed, finished „Prince on Paper” and turned the lights out.

I’m hoping for more of the same today with added grocery shopping and an earlier bedtime.

I had turned the alarm off again and slept in until 6.30 again. Maybe I need to rethink my bedtime. Or my wakeup time. Or both.

I did meditate and write morning pages, had breakfast and knitted and then the rest of the family showed up. The boy had drawn me a picture:

There were dishes and then my husband and I went to the flower shop to get some for his mother. I called my mother on the phone. We made lunch:

The very nice wine was a gift from the friends who visited us about a week ago. They have their own vineyard.

Then I sat down in front of the TV with my spinning and the Giro d’Italia to spin a sample for my husband’s sweater and that took all afternoon and so my to do-list stayed unchecked.

The boy and I spent an hour with the teaching website after that. We didn’t make a lot of progress but it still helped. He basically held my hand while I explained to him what I had done so far. I might have bought another WordPress Theme.

And then we watched both „Voyager“ and „Deep Space Nine“. I continued knitting on the Crazy Tee and just at the end of the first episode I found that I hadn’t read the pattern properly and had skipped loads of crucial increases. So I had to rip back about forty rows.

After that I finally planned out the week in my Bullet Journal and went to bed.

Today there will be running and teaching and not a lot more. This will be a pretty full week with all the teaching.

I slept in until 6.30, didn’t do anything useful, had breakfast, finished a novel, knitted a few rows, did the dishes, vacuumed the house and waffled between going to Munich by train or by bike.

My husband went running and then made scrambled eggs:

Then we took our bikes and went off to the Vesak-Festival in Munich. It was drizzling a lot and I have to say that sitting around in that weather on stone seats can get rather chilly. We listened to the wonderful Shakuhachi players (while trying to tune out the mantra-singing-with-guitars that was going on right next to it):

We had Pad Thai for a late lunch:

Sitting there under an umbrella we were rather happy about the chair cushions we had brought and also about the mint tea. Very warming.

There were words about the meaning of Vesak and more chanting, this time Tibetan and then we decided to forego the dancing Tibetan kids and the Tai Chi and more dancing and bike all the way back home instead. Which took us about an hour with a lot of crosswinds.

Then I read some more, starting „A Prince on Paper“ by Alyssa Cole which I’ve been looking forward to for months now, watched some Star Trek with the boy while knitting and went to bed early.

My body is telling me it would like a day off from exercise.

The plan for today is to make asparagus for lunch (if it’s still good), do some very gentle yoga, meet with the boy to work on the teaching website, maybe sew a little and maybe, just maybe, clean a bit more.

I am looking forward to all of it.

Woke up from the alarm at 5.30, really eager to repeat the kind of morning I had the day before and found that I instead was just laying there for another twenty minutes. So the early morning just got away from me, I was all out of energy.

Then there was breakfast and talking with first the boy and then my husband and knitting and dishes and such and then I went outside to do my long run because there wouldn’t be time for that today. I did 11 k of more walking than running and all it all it was very enjoyable if strenuous:

Halfway point:

And back:

There weren’t many people out, I only saw about half a dozen but most of those did reek of perfume. Rather odd. Made me happy that I don’t have asthma anymore. I was a little apprehensive of one or two of the dogs after my bad experience the other day but only very little, so that’s good. And all the dog owners looked after their dogs and had them come closer when I approached which is how it should be.

And just like Wednesday I encountered a horse-drawn carriage. It was empty and there were two men sitting on  the bench. Unusual but rather nice.

When I was almost home it started to rain like crazy and my shoes and leggings were soaked afterwards. But I took a shower right away so it was all good.

Then we took off to the Greek restaurant around the corner to meet the boy after school:

By then I was pretty ravenous and ate most of what was on my plate. On the way back my legs informed me that they did not want to go uphill or walk any further but it wasn’t far.

Then it was time for another potential new student and I am very happy that both of those will start regular lessons with me next week.

I had an afternoon of teaching alternating with breaks because one student canceled and two others moved their lessons later in the day. I found that I still didn’t have much energy, so all I did during breaks was read the internet. And I published the next podcast episode, this one is for English-speakers, by the way.

After that the boy and I watched some Star Trek and that was it.

Today I want to clean the house and change the sheets on my bed and then my husband and I will bike to Vesak in Munich. I’m hoping for dry weather throughout.