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I went to bed so late and woke up early, it was clear that would be the result.

Though, I did change the sheets on my bed, changed the towels, did some important paperwork for my mother-in-law and have a better understanding of all the different utilities, insurances and such she pays for. Not too bad.

There was also a lot of talking and I did not exercise or anything, it was way too hot.

There was lunch:

The mangetout are from our garden and that is duck breast.

I spent the afternoon playing again and had a pretty frustrated experience in part. I also made some major progress.

And I finally started the toe on the sock that I’m knitting.

The plan was to watch some C-drama in the evening but I procrastinated so long that there wasn’t any time left.

Fingers crossed I’ll feel more like a proper human being today.

Way less sleep than I need, again, but I decided I wanted to get back to normal. The eye doctor saying everything was fine made me realize how much I had waited for that verdict. I wrote morning pages, did five minutes of yoga with a rather bad video and had breakfast.

The plan was to do some cleaning and change the sheets but first I needed to get groceries. Today is a public holiday here, so everything is closed. And I couldn’t go on Thursday because of the doctor’s appointment.

My replacement pen came. The Lamy duo that lives with my Bullet Journal broke. The ballpoint cartridge was empty and when I took it apart to see which new one I needed something got stuck and the whole mechanism didn’t work anymore. Maybe seven years of daily use is enough.

I do love that pen, though, and so I ordered a new one.

I walked to the supermarket in the heat and bought very few things. We really feel that the boy isn’t home at the moment, we need fewer groceries, of course.

My husband went running and made lunch:

You can’t really see them but there are cherry tomatoes from our yard in there.

The plan was to play my game, change the sheets, take a shower and maybe start cleaning a bit. And all of that before my husband’s friends came over in the afternoon.

Well, I did play. And I managed a shower.

My husband’s friends came in the afternoon and while I did say hello I didn’t talk to them much until we were headed out for dinner. We went to the nice Greek restaurant that we discovered some weeks ago. We never used to go there because they don’t open for lunch on weekdays. Well, turns out when you go in the evening you really should make a reservation beforehand.

But they were super nice and found us a table. The food was fabulous:

My husband and I shared dessert:

We went back home, the three of them made a bit of music and I played some more Genshin. I actually finished the new quest some time around 11.

There was some more talking with our guests and then I went to bed.

I’m pretty sure that today will be completely unproductive, I haven’t slept well or long enough, it’s super hot again and so I’m moving very slowly.

Life continues to be hectic. I went to bed way too late because I didn’t want to stop playing Genshin which was fun but turned out to make the following day much worse.

I had another eye doctor appointment but this time it was late enough that I didn’t have to rush breakfast. The eye looks good, the new lens is exactly where it needs to be and I’m cleared for exercise if I don’t overdo it.

My husband had taken the train in the other direction and had gone to a lake for a swim and lunch.

I made myself frozen pizza. After six minutes I checked and found the pizza a little pale. So I set a timer for two minutes and started reading.

At one point I realized that those two minutes were very long.

Because I had set the timer for two hours instead:

It still tasted fine but, wow.

I played a little, my husband came back, I did the dishes and we set off to the recycling place.

It was way too hot so I was dragging my. feet and I had a student coming and was afraid I’d be late getting back. Husband and I were both low on energy and didn’t really want to haul stuff around by bike so that did not go all that great.

But, we did get some stuff out of the house and purchased two extra trash bags to be filled with some of the useless junk that is still cluttering the house.

I taught my student which was very nice, that was my first time touching a piano and singing anything since the last day of school.

Then I ate a third of a bag of chips for dinner and had some licorice, started writing this post, texted everyone who had texted me back, made a (long) list for today, played some more Genshin and started a list of things I want to do next in-game and went to bed.

It’s funny, I just saw a video from Ryder Carrol about an ultra-simple way of doing the Bullet Journal and it is lovely but I’m still filling mine with all the lists and all the to-dos. Though I keep thinking about whether to include my routine tasks every day or not. But I find it much easier to check them off each day than to go to my habit tracker.

So I guess I’ll just continue doing what I’m doing.

Today will be another over the top busy day but the weekend should be a little better. Fingers crossed.

On the plus side there was no summer break paralysis at all so far…

I went to bed at a reasonable time and slept like a log but was wide awake early.

Since there was a major Genshin update I was already in the game first thing. I also pulled for the new character, Odette, and got her and a couple of others, very nice.

Husband had an early dentist’s appointment that I had forgotten about so that didn’t really mesh well.

I did the usual morning things, then went out to run get my husband a new phone plan. I ended up having to walk all the way to the other end of town because the first shop was all out but then found what I needed and walked all the way back in the midday heat.

I had also planned to figure out some admin stuff concerning my mother-in-law but ran out of steam.

Husband made us delicious lunch:

And then I finally sat down to play Genshin for real.

I wasn’t sure if I had a student or not, our communication wasn’t clear the last time, so I took a shower and waited a bit but they didn’t show.

I did some tech stuff and got the phone running, then talked to husband, hung half a load of laundry, played a little more and ate dinner. I also troubleshooted my earbuds that aren’t charging properly. At one point I was convinced I’d need to go to the store and have them looked at today but it seems they’re working again. Maybe the troubleshooting helped.

And then it was time for the solar eclipse.

Well.

We had the proper glasses and some alcohol-free champagne at the ready but then I found there was no place in the house or garden where we could actually see the sun.

We thought the annex roof might be a good idea, so we scrambled up there. I felt very heroic because I don’t do heights well but husband helped me and held the ladder.

And…

That was still not hight enough. There is an apartment complex across the street that made seeing the actual sun impossible.

Husband took the chance to clear leaves of the roof, we clambered down again and the switched between watching the live stream from Munich on YouTube and going outside to watch the light change.

We should have prepared better but we didn’t and it was okay.

I started writing this post and played some more before going to bed.

And today I’ll be mostly on the move. I will even brave riding my bike very slowly. My vision in both eyes should be good enough and I’ll ask the eye doctor beforehand because I’m having an appointment in the morning.

and I am so exhausted and tired that I spend a lot of time just sitting there propping my head up with my hands, so this is another short post.

I had gone to bed at 10 and did not sleep well and woke up early.

Talked with husband, went to one town over because my attempt at renewing my allergy meds prescription had failed. Or so I thought.

Renewed prescription, went back, ran all the errands, talked with husband some more and had lunch:

I played a little Genshin Impact and made all the mistakes, then finally filled out the care grade application and some other paperwork, did some research in between, talked a lot with my husband, texted quite a few people, talked with my writer friend over video call, ate dinner with my husband, sent that application off by email – finally – started writing this post, tried doing some more stuff and failed and went to bed.

So much that I don’t even want to write about it here.

I did go to Munich and met with a friend which was nice, we only ever see each other once a year or so.

All in all a Monday that had definite Friday vibes, weird. I still didn’t manage to reach someone at my mother-in-law’s care home, sadly enough, so I’ll try again today.

There was lunch:

And plum tarte at a café in Munich:

And I’m very much hoping to catch a breath today.