I went to bed the traditional 45 minutes too late again. This time it was mostly the boy’s fault but now all his new clothes are sorted.
I was, again, very determined to make good use of my morning and, again, didn’t really. I dawdled, I read newsletters, I wrote morning pages, I opened my computer and – read more stuff online.
Sorry for all the whining, I’m getting pretty cranky and angry at myself.
There was yoga and my 5-minutes meditation and then breakfast with my husband. We talked a bit longer because he had gotten a letter about his retirement and we had to look stuff up and will have to make a decision about when he should start drawing his pension. He will have to keep working at least for a while because the pension is not really enough to live on.
That did take a little longer than usual but that was okay. I did the dishes and then set out to another epic errand run. Dropping the clothes return off, tea shop, the supermarket for yogurt and the health food store. Planning the route was a bit puzzling because there was no way to avoid looping back. I decided on tea first, then yogurt, then health food store because that one is closest to our house and would give me the most stuff to carry.
I set out in rather warm and sunny weather that had me sweating in just a t-shirt. My husband has been very concerned about the rain that was forecast but so far there was only very little the night before. Tomorrow will likely be much wetter.
Just before entering the supermarket I realized I had forgotten my list at home. That happens way too often. Maybe I should get into the habit of taking a picture of it at one point in the day but, of course, the best habit would be to take the list with me.
I texted the boy and asked him to send me a picture of the list. There was a faint chance he’d be awake and see it in time.
I bought yogurt and cheese, then walked back towards the health food store. When I hadn’t gotten a reply to my message at the point where I had to decide whether to go back home or brave the store without a list, trying to remember everything on it, I decided to walk back home and risk the extra ten minutes of walking.
I offloaded tea and yogurt and went back outside.
I was very tempted to blow the „(almost) no sugar“-challenge. I mean, just one measly chocolate bar? A few salted nuts?
But then I remembered that this was only the second week of the challenge and how much better I’m feeling without it.
When I came back this time, lunch was ready and my husband had even set the table out on the porch. We’re setting a new record of eating outside this year already:
That meal came about because we still had a bottle of dark beer in the house and didn’t want to throw it away. Also, both of us shared the rest of the bottle but there wasn’t much left.
I only had a short break that I spent reading and talking with the boy while attempting to play my video game. Badly.
Then I taught all the students, including a potential new one (very nice) but excluding the one that skips lessons rather often. This time I only waited for six minutes and then started playing the piano. I figured I’d hear the doorbell if she rang.
After teaching I cleaned all the mirrors and got ready for bodyweight training. Then I waited for the boy while reading, we troubleshot his new sneakers (they have weird laces and lacing), and then we finally started training.
I was very hungry by the time I ate dinner. Afterwards I started writing this post while the boy was making himself fried potatoes and veggie nuggets for dinner, I wrote my list, washed my face and did the exercises for my feet and knees (the list of exercises I need to do every day is getting longer and longer), opened the manuscript for a short time, played some more Genshin Impact and went to bed.
I really need to get back to writing earlier in the day because when I do I feel so much better.
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