Somehow there’s always such a lot to do

I went to bed half an hour late, did not sleep all that well but my sleep app still said my „readiness for the day“ was great, so – okay.

I wrote my morning pages and then went on reading Miss Phryne Fisher. I actually finished the book later in the day and started the second one right away. (Autocorrect thinks „Phryne“ is not a word and should be „Pharynx“, tsk.)

So no yoga and no meditation. I measured my blood pressure and it was too high. Again. Maybe I should have done yoga and such.

Husband was stressed out and I had high hopes of finding time to do some publishing tasks and finally clean that washing machine. But first my husband started yet another load. Which was sorely needed, there were big piles of dirty laundry in the laundry room.

I did the usual morning things including trying to finish the mystery shawl but there are still oodles of ends to weave in and then it will need blocking.

Since we were out of some rather essential things like vegetarian cold cuts, chocolate and spaghetti (husband didn’t have the time to go grocery shopping over the weekend) I did both a health food store and a supermarket run.

There was lunch:

Meanwhile husband was so stressed that he had to lie down before lunch, then only ate three bites and threw the rest away. There was talk of changing things so that cooking wouldn’t be as stressful. We’re all in favor.

Then I had a short break during which I ate too much chocolate, hung the laundry up and asked the boy to do the dishes. One of our conversation themes during lunch was that the boy is not doing his share of chores and housework. Of course, right now he is in the hot phase before another exam again but there is always something and he is an adult after all.

Then there was all the teaching until 6, I saw that the optician had left a message (I can pick up my new glasses today, yeah!), so I called them back, started writing this post, ate dinner, made a plan to finally clean the detergent drawer and run the machine with a washing machine cleaner, and also descale three faucets while deciding to leave the book cover feedback for today.

Then I met the boy who said, „Oh, I’ll take a shower later.“ And there went all my water-related plans for the evening. My husband showed up and talked about planting less stuff next year and to cook less complicated meals to simplify our lives and minimize conflict which sounds like a very good plan indeed.

I sat around playing solitaire for a bit, read some stuff on Twitter and ate more chocolate while idly talking with the boy on and off until I finally managed to watch another episode of „The Rational Life“ while knitting a second gauge swatch for the Westknits KAL before going to bed.

Today should be a bit less stressful. I hope.