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Well, at least a part of it, all the revision for the romance novel is now handwritten annotations to the manuscript. Unfortunately, I can’t publish it like that (huh, maybe I should post a picture of a page later, that might be fun) so I need to actually put the corrections in as well.

Other than that I did the usual Sunday things, had a very good lunch:

Spent all afternoon playing Genshin and eating ice cream before planning my week in literally 5 minutes while waiting for a Zoom call, did the dishes while listening to said Zoom call and then not one but two family members marched into the kitchen at the same time which is rather unusual.

Zoom call was interesting but not quite as interesting enough to make up for the fact that it lasted until my bedtime and then I had a hard time getting myself off to bed.

And now I get to choose what to work on next.

I went to bed too late again but then overslept so it all evened out. Oversleeping also meant that my manuscript time shrunk, so that was bad. But I made up for it after breakfast. Which then made me late for lunch.

In between I did do yoga and went out walking/running. I was quite a bit slower than the time before, no idea why:

When I returned home lunch was already on the table so we ate right away. Husband did a cooking experiment. Not bad but also not really good, so the next time we need to change something a bit:

I was pretty good after that and only played Genshin for a bit before sitting down at the piano and later doing my vocal warm-up. And then there was even time for opening the manuscript again. Pity I didn’t manage to finish revising the romance but I’m hoping for today.

The weekly writer Zoom was nice but everyone really needed to talk so I mostly sat and crocheted. Not that I didn’t say anything but I was uncharacteristically quiet. It happens, sometimes. I had to leave early because I wanted to watch ‚Columbo‘ with the rest of the family. Very nice episode with a bit of a different feel and pacing. Wikipedia tells me that the episode we watched actually is the first of season 7, maybe that’s why.

Afterwards I played some more Genshin, talked with the boy who tried to teach me all about leveling up weapons and characters and found that my brain was already in shutdown. I started writing this post, did my Chinese app and went to bed.

And now Sunday. And novel revision.

More productive than I would have thought after the way my brain didn’t quite start all day.

I returned to my morning routine but did not open the manuscript because I took my phone back to bed with me after getting up the first time and that cost quite a bit of time.

I did manage to change the sheets on my bed and clean the house, eventually, but everything took very long.

My husband made lentils and potatoes:

I taught my first student, the second one only told me she wouldn’t come just before her lesson would have been over, then some more students and in between I finished the cleaning.

In the evening the boy and I did bodyweight training, a modified version for him this time because his right foot ist still not 100%.

By then I was at that stage where I sat at the table in front of my dinner for half an hour because I had wanted to wash my hands first and had missed the right moment. I mean, I eventually got myself to the bathroom but still.

I played a lot of Genshin Impact in between other things and in the evening, just when I was about to stop the boy reminded me of a few things one should do daily, so I played until it was time to turn the lights out. Unfortunately I still had a thing or two to do.

But today is Saturday! Time for fun. I hope.

That’s the kind of tired I was.

So due to returning home way later than expected I did not get adequate sleep at all and spent most of the day in a foggy daze.

I skipped my morning routine (but did yoga), told my husband all about my evening out while crocheting, did a few dishes but was so out of it that I let the washed dishes sit there unattended for half an hour or so, and then walked to the nearby supermarket. My husband called me right as I was in the middle of self check-out to ask me to add soy sauce to the list. So I finished paying and packing everything away, turned around and bought some more stuff.

I helped a little with chopping things for lunch and then there was stir-fry:

Those noodles had sat for too long after cooking, hence the sogginess.

After lunch I read a bit and played a bit of Genshin Impact, was almost late for my first lesson but then the student didn’t show. The second student had canceled but the rest all came and teaching was lovely if a bit unfocused, ahem.

The plan had been to do bodyweight training in the evening but it turned out that I was very, very tired, and at the stage where I probably shouldn’t lug heavy things around, including my own body. You know the stage, the one where you move as if drunk even though you’re sober. But then that might just be me with my vertigo that gets worse when I’m tired.

The boy and I talked, I ate coated peanuts and chocolate for dinner (why yes, exhaustion weakens executive function, thanks), he helped me to level my characters and their weapons up, then I fell into a Chinese app-shaped hole, started writing this post, made a list for today and put the extra bread in the freezer before finally getting ready for bed.

Today is cleaning day, and changing the sheets day and bodyweight training and then the weekend.