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I turned the lights out at midnight, and then I overslept again. Woke up at 7.30 all groggy. And then I was suuper slow, so no manuscript time in the morning.

After the usual morning routine and a short conversation with my husband over breakfast I again lost about an hour and I can’t even say to what.

Did the dishes and then realized that I needed to hurry if I wanted to get to the cobbler before they close for lunch.

I did make it, then went to a nearby supermarket, and after that to the health food store. Unpacked the groceries and folded a few clothes before eating lunch:

That was delicious. What was extra nice was that my husband specifically asked me to bring zucchini for lunch but I had already bought some the day before, ha!

I tried to make myself do the dishes but failed, read a little (I finally started the „No Baggage“-book by Clara Bensen and so far I really like it. Since I finished „A Taste of Poison“ by M.Kato in the morning I also started reading the newest Alexis Hall „Father Material“.)

I did play some Genshin and then it was time for my one student of the week. I changed into real pants and got all ready and then I waited.

Well.

Turns out that lesson is supposed to be today, not yesterday, oops.

I played some more Genshin, ate dinner, met a friend for a writing sprint over Zoom that I spent sorting out that timeline for book 1, then met the boy for bodyweight training, took a shower, squeezed those dishes in real quick, and went to bed.

Today will be notably different but I’ll tell you about that tomorrow.

I’m still waiting for my new start energy, though.

First, I went to bed on time (which is pretty much unheard of) and then went on to sleep through my alarm. After almost nine hours of sleep I felt like half my brain was offline for most of the day.

I did my complete morning routine including restarting the 30-day morning yoga playlist and opening the manuscript for 15 minutes.

In case you’re thinking that all of this sounds super productive and focused I have to tell you that I also lost almost an hour to faffing around on the internet before breakfast and also another thirty minutes to opening Instagram right after breakfast. In my defense I was a bit tense after a conversation with my husband about my tendency to a) jump to conclusions and b) be tense and stressed because of my conclusions which then radiates out to him.

He basically started with „since we don’t have pork cutlets“ as an intro to discussing the two other options we had, and I took that as a hint that my grocery shopping was sub-par, and that I should rush to the grocery store that same morning to get all the stuff we didn’t have in the house.

That discussion took us beyond our new cutoff time for breakfast conversations. That cutoff time is a crucial ingredient in reducing lunchtime stress.

We’re good, we both said we’re sorry and meant it.

So then I did the breakfast dishes while listening to classical music and read „War and Peace“ while brushing my teeth, and went out for my walk/run almost an hour later than I had wanted.

It had been gray and wet in the morning but when I was out it looked like this:

All dry and sunny:

I came back home just in time for lunch:

I took a break, read quite a bit, and then went out to do some grocery shopping. Thre stores later I had yogurt (had bought the wrong kind and do not want to eat that one for breakfast), potato chips and chocolate bars (emotional necessity) and also zucchini, pork cutlets, ground beef and sugo.

I played my video game and then finally took a shower just in time for my bi-weekly coaching session. My friend also told me about the two BTS concerts she had visited last week. Very exciting. But not going was probably the right decision for me, the many, many screaming people would probably drive me crazy.

Then I ate potato chips and a chocolate bar for dinner, talked with my husband, read, and then met the boy for our weekly boss-fighting together.

I started writing this post, opened the manuscript for fifteen more minutes (coach’s homework), made a list for today and finally did the dishes before going to bed a little late.

I spent quite some time yesterday thinking about what I want to wear to my high-school reunion. Both my husband and my mother think I should wear the red dress instead of skirt and t-shirt and they’re probably right. A part of me thinks looking good is not as important as having pockets but I can survive with just a purse, probably.

More pondering soon.

I still did most of what I wanted to do but I only managed ten minutes of manuscript time and it took me half an hour to do ten minutes of yoga.

My husband and I talked very briefly and I finished a sock:

I did go for my walk(run and got back in time to take a shower before a late lunch. It was so hot and humid, I felt like just lying down on the ground and falling asleep.

But I didn’t:

The running parts are continuing to feel somewhat better, so that’s nice. I still haven’t figured out how to take proper selfies.

Lunch was good but not all that exciting. We found out that we had run out of sugo when my husband wanted to get another bottle from the basement and there was none. So the boy got tomato puree in his sauce.

I played a bit of Genshin and then did the dishes just in time for writer Zoom.

That was really lovely this week, so I did have the feeling of time well spent. I also started the next sock.

Afterwards I folded laundry for a few minutes because I was the first one there for watching ‚Columbo‘. Excellent episode.

And after that I played some more and then went on YouTube and watched video after video about vocal coach reactions to BTS. Seems I’m music-starved. Also, geeking out about vocals is fun.

Unfortunately, that meant I went to bed too late.

Yawn.

Last day of the month today. I am playing with the thought of doing a plan for the whole quarter again. Hm. Not sure. I really would like to do some decluttering and then books for me aren’t really projects that only take a month. I’ll think about that later today.

Second one this week.

But first the whole going to bed too late routine. I did set my alarm earlier and that meant I did have time for the manuscript before breakfast. I’m still reading what I read before and already found something that I need to mention again in the new chapter.

I did skip yoga for a change, I broke my streak after doing yoga every morning since the beginning of the month.

Husband and I had breakfast and I knitted a bit and then did the dishes before we left the house.

The weather was still hot and sunny but for the most part we biked through the woods so that was good. As usual my husband wanted us to ride next to each other so that we could talk on the way, something I really don’t like to do when biking. Riding my bike for me is not as mindless as walking, and I need to pay attention to the ground, is it sand, gravel, are there branches on the way, do we need to go back to single file because someone comes from the front, or worse, from behind?

My husband (like the boy) spent many years riding his bike to school with some of his schoolmates and riding his bike for fun with his friends in the afternoon. I did not.

Anyway, everything went fine and we did talk even when it was stressing me a bit at times. We got our usual beer garden fare, for me this time with alcohol-free beer:

Yes, I took the usual cheese spread, for the record, this version was much better than the one I had on Wednesday.

And then we rode out bikes back.

I read a bit and ate some chocolate, then played my video game for a while. I taught one student, then did bodyweight training with the boy, had dinner while reading, played some more, started writing this post, made a list for today and went to bed.

The first week of Pentecost break is almost over but I’d say we’re making good use of it.

I did go to bed way too late, and had another super slow morning without manuscript time. Looks like we have a new unmovable routine but not the one we would have liked. Sigh.

I did do my usual yoga, five minutes of meditation and such in between I talked with the boy who had to leave early for uni. Husband and I talked quite a bit over breakfast and then I got a text from the boy that his train was canceled. He pressed on, took the next train but then had to change trains and the next train did not come. The train after that was on the station display as „arriving in 7 minutes“ for 15 minutes or so, and by then he would have been an hour late for a 90-minute lecture. And that was if everything went smooth after which it probably wouldn’t have.

So he turned around and came back home.

At that moment I told my husband that I was pretty sure my one afternoon student wouldn’t be able to come because she uses the trains as well and I was pretty sure the train chaos would not be sorted until the late afternoon.

Since I hadn’t been able to get my favorite chocolate in the first two tries I decided to walk to the other health food store and try my luck there.

Not only did they not have that chocolate, they also were out of the vitamins I buy for the boy. So, of course, I had to buy four chocolate bars as a consolation. I shared with the boy but still, more sugar than I had wanted to eat.

After that I walked to the nearby supermarket and things went pretty well. Came back home and helped briefly with making salad after putting the groceries away.

We ate lunch as a family which was nice. The boy looked up if Leibniz-Kekse get their name from the mathematician, and yes, they do. We did not eat cookies, we ate rice and beans:

After lunch I first read a bit (while eating two chocolate bars), then I played Genshin for a while and then did the dishes. I got ready for my student fifteen minutes before her lesson, and got a text from them that they couldn’t make it because of the train chaos ten minutes later.

I did updates on my websites and wrote a blog post on my poor, neglected author blog. Five minutes after hitting publish I got my first comment

It was spam.

I ate dinner and played some more Genshin Impact. I reached a few milestones, including getting the sword I wanted for my new character. Turns out I already did half the necessary subquests before, so it didn’t take all that long.

In between everything I also spent quite some time talking with the boy and he helped me with video game stuff. I am completely unable to put teams together for endgame content. Which isn’t easy with my limited roster, but well.

I started writing this post, made a list for today, and opened the manuscript again very briefly. I am currently rereading everything because I’m a little stuck. Rereading should be easier than writing new stuff but somehow I still procrastinate.

And today will go on another little excursion. Fun.

At least I hope so.