One of those days that feel like nothing got done but were pretty okay

I did get a little more sleep but not enough. Again.

Wrote morning pages and then hit paralysis full on. So I couldn’t bring myself to write new words or do yoga or meditate. Eventually I just got up and ate breakfast in blessed solitude.

I wove some ends in on the crochet squares and found that I’m halfway done with those. Having a stack of them looks pretty neat:

I spent time with my husband, called my mother on the phone and got told that regarding my finger arthritis pain I should a) wear gloves outside (which I always do, sometimes inside as well), b) not eat animal fats (apparently too much sugar and alcohol can’t be factors and also c) that my fingers can’t hurt enough to warrant pain meds. The fact that two doctors told me to take the strong ibuprofen to get the inflammation down somehow didn’t get through.

Other than that the conversation was pretty nice.

Lunch was early and very easy to make. I did help with cutting things up, tidying and cleaning and setting the table:

I was very determined to make good use of the afternoon but first I played some silly games. And then the boy showed up. I still hung up laundry while he was getting ready to eat and then I decided to wash the dishes and not sit down with him at the table. Because that always ends with me not getting anything done.

After he had finished eating and we had talked some we went upstairs and got the Christmas tree decorations down from the attic. And soon after my husband and I looked at one of the upstairs closets and decluttered a couple of things and shifted others around a bit. And a short time later we put the tree into the new tree stand.

After that I planned my week, tried to finally do my homework and failed again, did bodyweight training with the boy, ate dinner, tried to get something done in the twenty minutes before attending another Zoom call and failed (well, I did Duolingo at least), got some really good tips on how to deal with my paralysis and all the upheaval in the next two weeks and got some crochet done, then started this post, did my list for the next day, watched something on TV while spinning and went to bed.

Today will be rather jam-packed, we’ll see how that goes. I also need to finally iron the napkins and placemats for tomorrow. And make gnocchi from scratch.