First of all I did get enough sleep. Yeah! Then wrote my morning pages but was too late for yoga or meditation. In the morning pages I found out that about half my brain has been occupied with thinking about worst case health scenarios without the rest of me realizing. And that is really tiring.
That happens to me a lot, I go through life wondering why I’m so absent-minded and exhausted and then find that a major part of me was busy making up weird stuff in the background. And once I know that I am currently doing this things become much better because I don’t need to spiral anymore. I can just come up with possible solutions for the improbable catastrophes I’m worried about. Sheesh. I would tell my brain to shut up but it doesn’t really listen.
I had a very, very slow day. Not that the day was slow, I was. As I wrote on Twitter, I sat there for several minutes contemplating which way to weave the ends in on my crochet blanket in the morning. Until I finally reached the decision to do it the exact same way I always do it.
I did do the usual housework stuff in the morning, finally good my blood pressure medication from the pharmacy (that’s a big disadvantage of the electronic prescriptions, there is no piece of paper to remind you) and finally took a shower. I also did some more research on acid reflux and ordered a bigger wedge pillow.
There was pasta for lunch:
My husband out leftover steak into the sauce and the red beets were the first time trying to roast them in the oven. Doesn’t seem to work all that well when they have been blanched and frozen.
I actually had a real break after that, taught many, many students but with another refreshing break in the middle that I used to start setting my bullet journal up for the new month, and yet another short break later that I used to play a piece from „Unsent Love Letters“ by Elena Kats-Chernin. My husband did the dishes again which was lovely, then I ate dinner, talked with the boy a bit, fell down an Instagram rabbit hole, started writing this post, did Duolingo, watched C-drama while crocheting and went to bed.
Oh, and the mother of a student sent me a video to ask for help with the last line of the homework. It’s great that they’re practicing but please don’t ask me to teach remotely while eating dinner, thanks. I probably shouldn’t have answered.
Today there will be a short conversation with a doctor, several health food stores and a lot of teaching. And maybe figuring out my goals for the month.
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