Susanne

Sinne I went to bed way too late – again – I was somewhat tired all day. Funny that. I do feel very ridiculous posting here every day with the same news. Now I should be able to get myself to bed earlier but part of me doesn’t want to. I’d rather stay up and watch Netflix or read. I should think back to how I feel when I’m well rested. That is a good feeling.

I did do my whole morning routine, well, minus the writing.

The boy went to school, my husband and I talked, I went to the bakery for Faschingskrapfen. I was a little disappointed that they were almost out and didn’t have a lot of bread either but then I was lucky enough to get the last three. Chocolate. One for each of us, so that worked out.

Then I went to the health food store and bought all the things. Minus butter because I didn’t know we needed some. My husband tried calling me but I don’t have reception inside the store. Fortunately he could borrow some from his mother.

So we made lasagna:

Then the boy and I did the dishes and talked about language, in between my husband and I hung up some laundry and talked about people and feelings and then I was all peopled out for the day. Did not do my lesson prep or anything else.

Taught my first student, the second one had forgotten they had a lesson but the third one showed up again. I used the break to make an appointment with the optician. I do need new glasses. I was determined to wait a little longer but then I realized that the weird feeling I have in my eyes must be due to the wrong glasses. So I’ll go and get that checked out on Friday. I hope it will be safe enough. It’s all by appointment and I’ll stay masked. If I feel unsafe I will leave. I supposed it will be a little like going to the doctor.

We had dinner, all three of us together, then I started writing this post, neglected the small pile of dishes, watched another episode of ‚The King’s Avatar‘ and went to bed.

Today there will be running and lots and lots of teaching. Not much more, I guess. I hope to feel a little less sloth-like at least.

I got almost enough sleep and woke up shortly before six. Wrote morning pages and then got sidetracked yet again, so no yoga and meditation. No writing either. Breakfast was had.

There was breakfast with the boy who was learning at home and then a long conversation with my husband. I did some Duolingo. Even though I didn’t feel like it I went outside and ran 3k ver slowly with only a little walking:

It was much warmer than the days before and there were lots of people out.

 

Back home I took a shower before eating lunch:

Then dishes, more talking with the boy, teaching all afternoon, a quick dinner and a Zoom thing about how to get more energy. That one was rather helpful. I learned quite a bit about why I procrastinate so much. Not that my brain was still in working order at that point.

So I vegged out in front of Netflix and went to bed.

Today there will be the walk to the health food store, there will be Faschingskrapfen and only a few students. I am having high hopes for getting stuff done between lunch and the first student but we all know how that usually turns out.

We don’t really do commercial holidays. We did make special food, though, as was expected.

I woke up after lots and lots of restful sleep, so that was good, and did my entire morning routine. Taking my phone to the kitchen first thing in the morning and leaving it there seems to be a good strategy. I still dawdled somewhat and did not have time to write before 8.

Had breakfast, talked with my husband at length, called my mother on the phone and made gnocchi from scratch to accompany my husband’s saltimbocca alla romana:

Did the dishes, talked with the boy at length and then somehow the whole afternoon evaporated. I do remember playing some ‚Stardew Valley‘.

Then dinner while watching ‚Enterprise‘ with the boy. That one is still rather disappointing but I made up for that by watching three more episodes of ‘The King’s Avatar‘ and then my day was gone. I did refill one of my fountain pens, wove some of the ends in on the crochet blanket and crocheted a few stripes but that was it.

Today there will be some running unless it is too icy outside, quite a bit of teaching and whatever I can squeeze in between. Here’s to a brand-new week!

I slept until six, wrote my morning pages and made the mistake of not taking my phone to the kitchen. Lost and hour to endless scrolling.

I did go for a nice 3k-run in the freezing cold, so that was nice:

Really beautiful weather with the sky all blue and that:

And only a little slippery in places.

There were quite a few people out but not too many.

I played a few rounds of Duolingo and read a few pages in my new Chinese grammar book. Took a shower and helped making salad:

We’re out of alcohol-free beer, hence the water. I still haven’t had any alcohol this month.

I did the dishes, I read Ravelry, I did an online jigsaw puzzle, I started writing and ten minutes later my husband wanted something from me. I hadn’t retreated to my studio because it was just so cold and the only places I could stand were right next to the wood stove. I helped him set up his new alarm clock and talked with him, paid a bill, then was just about to start again with the writing and – the boy came downstairs to talk to me. Typical Saturday.

I gave up and tried watching another episode of „The King’s Avatar“ and was interrupted twice again, helped to set the table for dinner, watched an episode of ‚Eternal Love‘ with the boy (still dragging a little but better than last week, finished watching the episode I had started before dinner and watched another one (I might be a little obsessed), decided to leave the dirty dishes alone, started writing this post and went to bed almost on time.

Today there will be the phone call to my mother, making gnocchi from scratch and all the things that were on my list for yesterday. Fun! Bonus points for weaving in the ends of the last 17 or so colors on the crochet blanket. I might also pull up the pattern for my next crochet blanket, The yarn for the Moorland Stripe blanket arrived last week. The colors are gorgeous, all browns and greens and purples. I had to pay customs on it, first time paying customs for something from the UK. At least I didn’t have to go to the other side of Munich to pay, the mailman brought the package to my door and asked for the money in person.

And then probably more Netflix. Also more writing.