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So much so that I actually wrote a few new words. I tricked myself into it by thinking that I only needed to open the manuscript and read for a bit. I only worked for 15 minutes but, hey, better than nothing.

I’m still coughing and not 100% so the only thing on my list for the morning was taking a shower.

Lunch was simple and pretty good. My husband still finds everything too salty so the food was a little bland and I put some extra salt on:

Lunch was early enough for a nice little break before teaching.

All the lessons were going well, lots of guitar students and I was happy that my voice was much better. Of course I then just talked so much that things were getting a little worse in the evening.

One of my students didn’t show and I used that time to write emails and other messages to students. The cover designer wrote to ask if I was happy with the design. Oops. I answered back that I was sorry and will get back to them next week because I’m sick. Which means I now have a deadline for the cover feedback and blurb.

And then I opened a news site and saw the announcement of a public transportation strike for – Friday. Which means the boy will have major trouble getting to his exam that day.

I briefly thought about asking someone to drive him, about renting a car and driving him myself (in morning rush hour through a city where everybody needs to get to work without using the subway or busses.

Anyway, I booked him a hotel room ten minutes on foot from the university for the night before. The regular trains will keep running, so he should be able to make his way back home after the exam. If push comes to shove he might have to walk for 75 minutes to the nearest train station. Not ideal but doable, even with carrying pajamas and a toothbrush.

And now he is a bit stressed out by having to check in to a hotel on his own and because he is anxious he’ll oversleep. He will take his extra loud vibrating alarm clock, though.

After discussing that and booking the room I finally ate dinner and then waited for the boy who said he’d eat and then be right back so I could help him study.

He was not right back.

I had put off doing anything else but read (I started reading Cat Sebastian’s „After Hours at Dooryard Books“ that morning because all the other books seemed boring which happens) and just when I decided to pull out my video game he finally showed.

We set to work and discussed logistics for Friday, then I started writing this post, made a list for today, played some more and went to bed. Oof.

I did go to bed rather early and woke up before the alarm. And then I felt bad. Coughing, sneezing and a mild fever, yeah!

I didn’t do anything all morning but write morning pages, eat breakfast and fold half a load of laundry. After which I had to retreat to my easy chair and put my feet up because I felt really weak.

My husband went out to the nearby supermarket for yogurt, tissues and toilet paper and then went on to cook lunch:

There was cauliflower soup from leftovers and also leftover goulash with some pasta:

The poor thing keeps cooking every day even though he isn’t really hungry at the moment and everything tastes too salty for him. It’s probably the cold and will go away on its own. The boy only got the soup and had to fend for himself otherwise. But that is why we have a bunch of vegetarian ready meals in the freezer.

After that I played a bit and then just sat around until it was time to teach.

The way I felt I really should have canceled my lessons but I didn’t want to. It’s always such a hassle with all the texting and calling people on the phone and then I would have to reschedule everything at a later point.

I probably should have done it anyway, but well. After teaching I suddenly felt much better.

The boy, by the way, is having the sore throat that is the first symptom of this cold. Fingers crossed he’ll have a mild version and is in fighting shape for his exam on Friday.

I ate dinner while my husband did the dishes and a little later I helped the boy study. After that I made the bad decision to play some more Genshin and went into „just one more“-mode. I then decided that I could also do the rest today or so without a problem, started writing this post at the time where I should have turned the lights out, did my list for today and finally went to bed.

Today the plan is to put my feet up a lot, take a shower and teach, the end.

Not by much, though.

I woke up feeling much better but decided to skip manuscript time and yoga anyway. Which turned out to be a good decision. I sent a message to my mother that I couldn’t talk on the phone and then used my renewed energy to change the sheets on my bed and switch out the towels after breakfast.

I started a load of laundry and when I then started to fold the laundry already dry on the rack I found that, nope, I needed to sit down right away.

So that’s what I did.

My husband made pea risotto and almost forgot the peas:

After that I decided to do the dishes right away before anything else so that I might go to bed at a reasonable time for once.

I sat around and read and played my video game and then played some more. I helped the boy study but we only did half his notes because I was coughing and sniffling all the way. My voice was a little better but definitely not good.

At one point in the afternoon I was wondering that I was feeling so hot. We had the wood stove going but surely that was not it? Nope, I had a mild fever. Harumph.

So I ate an early dinner, started writing this post, did the list for today and for the week, finally finished reading two days worth of „War and Peace“, watched a bit of a BTS concert before going to bed early with a book.

This will definitely be an interesting week. I really hope I can teach. And that I’ll have my voice back on Thursday and that the boy stays healthy for his exam.

Oh, and sorry for the weird post yesterday and for getting the dates of the posts mixed up. As I said, I’m not feeling all that well.

Not by much, though.

I woke up feeling much better but decided to skip manuscript time and yoga anyway. Which turned out to be a good decision. I sent a message to my mother that I couldn’t talk on the phone and then used my renewed energy to change the sheets on my bed and switch out the towels after breakfast.

I started a load of laundry and when I then started to fold the laundry already dry on the rack I found that, nope, I needed to sit down right away.

So that’s what I did.

My husband made pea risotto and almost forgot the peas:

After that I decided to do the dishes right away before anything else so that I might go to bed at a reasonable time for once.

I sat around and read and played my video game and then played some more. I helped the boy study but we only did half his notes because I was coughing and sniffling all the way. My voice was a little better but definitely not good.

At one point in the afternoon I was wondering that I was feeling so hot. We had the wood stove going but surely that was not it? Nope, I had a mild fever. Harumph.

So I ate an early dinner, started writing this post, did the list for today and for the week, finally finished reading two days worth of „War and Peace“, watched a bit of a BTS concert before going to bed early with a book.

This will definitely be an interesting week. I really hope I can teach. And that I’ll have my voice back on Thursday and that the boy stays healthy for his exam.

Oh, and sorry for the weird post yesterday and for getting the dates of the posts mixed up. As I said, I’m not feeling all that well.

I basically didn’t do anything but play games, read, and work on the crochet blanket. This was the view out my bedroom window in the morning:

I did open the manuscript which was good, did the dishes and dealt with laundry. My husband made lunch:

I did not go to bed on time. Again.

Well, I get another try today, I guess.