I went to bed on time, woohoo! Slept well and then an alarm on my smartwatch went off asking, „Is the boy awake?“ I went into a mild panic, texted him and, yes, he was awake.
I started doing the usual morning things like opening all the windows, setting the table for breakfast, thawing blueberries and taking thyroid meds.
I wondered when the boy would have to leave the house. I filled his water bottle. I texted him but he didn’t answer.
So more panic and I climbed all the stairs.
He was very surprised and asked what I was doing on the third floor.
Well, turned out that alarm must have been from months before because it was set to go off on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, that Tuesday lecture in the calendar? Not happening for some reason.
The boy had apparently fallen asleep right after coming back home from uni the day before and by 1 a.m. had woken up after a full eight hours of sleep.
I went back to bed and tried focusing on writing morning pages but the boy came downstairs as well and wanted to ‚just quick‘ tell me stuff. And then he took a shower.
I opened my laptop to write new words of fiction but somehow couldn’t focus and did my online rounds early.
I did yoga meditated and measured my blood pressure while my husband was making breakfast. Blood pressure is still a bit hight even with medication. Yes, I need to de-stress. I’ve been focusing a lot on my breathing again lately, no idea if it makes a difference.
Husband and I talked over breakfast and I knitted a few rows on the cardigan in progress. I ordered yet another pair of workout gloves. My wrists are hurting more and I’m still figuring things out.
I thought I’d open the manuscript after breakfast but the boy made himself lunch at around 11 because he needed to be at the lab around lunchtime. Husband started a pot of beans and I did the dishes. I managed to listen to three of the classical pieces I had missed the days before. There were really nice things in there but one I tried twice on different days and gave up 6 minutes in.
Then it was time for an epic errands run. I walked to the place where I get my orthotics to make an appointment. The next one they had open is four weeks from now.
I went to the bookstore to drop off a return package, the pajamas I ordered for the boy don’t fit, and then I went to the health food store.
The list looked really short so I just took a basket instead of a shopping cart, yeah, that was funny, I could barely lift it with one hand in the end and I had to carry the laundry detergent in the other hand.
While out and about I listened to the „Word of Honor“ soundtrack and really enjoyed it. I don’t know why I am enjoying mainstream pop so much right now but I am. Well, maybe not quite that mainstream with all those Chinese instruments put in but still.
When I came back home lunch was already on the table. Husband and I put the groceries away and ate:
Yum, beans!
After that I ate too much chocolate again, and then finally opened the manuscript and wrote some new words. Things are happening!
And then it was time for teaching.
I had two breaks between students which was very good for my energy. It’s funny because I had felt completely exhausted all day just thinking about the long teaching day and in the end it was way easier than expected. I should really stop doing that.
After work I ate dinner by myself, then went on social media for an hour, started writing this post, finally did Duolingo (the owl was already mad at me, I forgot to practice in the morning), made a list for today, watched a bit of C-drama and went to bed.
And now grocery shopping. Again.
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