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And I chose sleep.

So, here’s the short version of yesterday:

• I did not get enough sleep, went to bed way too late
• did most of my morning routine but did not open the manuscript. Again.
• talked with husband, did dishes, went out for my walk/run and before I hadn’t even started properly I got a phone call on my cell by my husband’s aunt. Who demanded to know why my husband was not answering the landline. The one we never ever answer. And when he*d be back and answer the phone and why he wasn’t answering his cell either. Because the number she had called is my cell phone number because my husband doesn’t use his if he can avoid it. I promised he’d call her back.
• I entered the woods, turned a corner and ran into a former student of mine with his freshly-minted wife and their dog. Cue small talk. It was nice but I was still not running.
• (Should have brought sunglasses or a hat, the light was way too bright.)
• Came back home, found a letter for a neighbor in the letterbox along with quite a few letters to me.
• Took a shower.
• Ate lunch: 
  
• played Genshin, talked with the boy
• went on my long-awaited Zoom call with writer friends (we agreed three months before to meet yesterday), sat around for four minutes all alone, was finally joined by one of the four others, apparently everybody else had forgotten. Sad.
• did internet stuff
• ate dinner, splashed half a bottle of alcohol-free champagne over the coffee table and some remotes
• watched episode 3 of ‚Mobius‘ with the rest of the family
• talked with the boy, talked with my husband, played more Genshin, forgot the time, started writing this post, did the dishes and went to bed.

In the morning. After having gone to bed after midnight yet again.

And I had to leave the house at the time when I usually eat breakfast and I took a shower before leaving because I had a mammogram and you’re not supposed to use deodorant that day and so I thought I better be squeaky clean at least.

Everything went well, I returned home and finished my morning tea, then did some research while my husband cooked. I had a rather aspirational to-do list but, well.

I did teach a handful of students, the student who never shows didn’t show again. I actually waited for them three times that week, so I guess I did put in my time.

Lunch was only half an hour late:

Leftovers and mushrooms in an omelette. My husband ordered ten more eggs when we still had nine from the week before in the fridge.

After lunch I remembered my goal of doing the dishes early this month and did them right after eating with no break. And then I had to fold a load of laundry so I could hang up another one and there went my lunch break. I mean, the part that would have been a proper break, not the eating lunch part.

Teaching was nice and included a student who I hadn’t see since the end of July because they started a new job and finding a time that works for both of us became much harder.

I had plans of doing bodyweight training in the evening but decided I was too low on energy, played the piano for a few minutes (also an October goal), ate dinner, played a lot of Genshin and had fun, then opened the manuscript for a whole four minutes, started writing this post and went to bed way too late yet again.

Better today, I hope.

Full day yesterday and a mammogram today, I need to run.

But I did play the piano, so that was good. And ate all the things including lunch:

More zucchini from our garden.

First of all I did get eight hours of sleep, yeah!

And then I was very determined to do everything in time which meant I even could open the manuscript before breakfast. Only for a few minutes and when I did open it on my computer there was a sync error that needed to be fixed but at least I tried. And did 5 minutes of yoga again.

There were dishes and such and I went for my first walk/run since my eye surgery:

And I’m happy to report that 1-minute running and 4-minute walking intervals were no problem at all.

I returned home and took a shower before eating lunch:

Those beans were picked just minutes before by my husband.

I would have liked to do the dishes right after eating because I made a resolution to do the dishes earlier from now on but I couldn’t because my husband still needed to take a shower.

So dishes had to wait until the evening but I folded some laundry instead.

And then I played a bit of Genshin before I started teaching.

One student canceled but I did not use that time well.

After my last student I ate dinner and played more Genshin. Originally I had wanted to attend a Zoom call but then I found I was too tired to listen to anything properly. I can watch that call later and I hope I will actually do that.

And then I realized that something game-related had only two hours left and got a move on. I did not do a good job and when the boy came downstairs and saw what I was doing he ended up grabbing the controller and doing a full run himself, ahem.

I did some more Genshin while I waited for the boy to finish his shower, then we did the dishes together, I started this post and wrote a list for today.

I will go to the supermarket today and am hoping to plan the month ahead, and I finally want to teach my friend who kept rescheduling.

I was basically late with everything all day which led to lunch being late as well.

I went for a walk instead of my planned run/walk because I still have the sniffles and a bit of a cough. I also did not take a shower because I had one the day before and there wasn’t much time.

Husband made tagliatelle bolognese:

Teaching was nice, so there was that with a break in the middle that I used for admin.

In the evening my writer friend rescheduled her piano lesson so I could quiz the boy earlier. And then I immersed myself in Genshin for a while. The started writing this post and did all the dishes.

I went to bed too late again because I was determined to do the dishes before bed.

Yawn.

And more busyness today.

I did write morning pages, did five minutes of yoga and meditated for another 5 minutes, so that was good. But I was so tired! Only went to bed at 1 am.

Husband and I talked about his phone call to his aunt after breakfast and I started researching different car rental companies. It’s not as easy as it seems. I also tried to connect my husband’s new phone to my account and succeeded but only in theory because it’s still not connected in the app.

I went grocery shopping and to my MIL’s bank for her bank statement. I also reconciled my accounts, so that was fun.

Husband was rather busy so there was only frozen pizza. Which was rather good:

Yes, I only ate half the pizza.

I did teach some students and was rather nervous for the boy’s exam. He had left the house before lunch so he had a bit of a buffer. The exam was an oral one which made im very nervous.

He did well, got a good grade, and was asked to apply for a place in the institute master’s program.

And yes, I am proud.

Two of my students canceled, one because she was sick and the other one sent me a text that they couldn’t find their capo and if we could reschedule.

Um, no, you can just come in and I will give you a capo to use during that lesson.

Since she has skipped quite a few lessons this year I offered her two time slots to make up for that lesson.

I was rather determined to go to bed at a reasonable time and not let myself be drawn into non-essential stuff.