Yes, I went to bed too late again. I also started watching the Bedtime Procrastination Masterclass that day but didn’t get very far.
After waking up too early I then went straight to social media and such, not the best decision ever. And, no surprise there, I also did not open the manuscript. Weird.
The morning was very nice with my husband, then I talked with my mother on the phone and had to deal with her disappointment that I’ll be coming her way for the high-school reunion but won’t visit her. She lives a little over an hour away from where I need to go. Since I rely on public transportation that would mean leaving the reunion early to take the last train to her. Or traveling there and back the next day and adding 2 1/2 hours of travel time to a full day of sitting on trains.
She was also pretty upset because her cell phone broke, it was sent off for repair and now she hasn’t heard anything for three weeks. She relies heavily on texting her various friends and has no backup of her contacts.
I tried helping her over the phone, told her what to ask for when she gets her replacement phone (at least it was still under warranty) and I’m hoping she’ll be able to sort it out herself.
The whole morning I was super cranky, pretty typical for a school break. Which is absurd.
We had asparagus risotto for lunch:
The leftover asparagus we had is in there. The boy and I both had hoped for soup but, well. It was super hot, so not soup weather, probably.
I talked with my husband some more about why I am always getting so weird about school breaks but we are not sure yet. It definitely has something to do with wanting to use the time both for relaxation and for getting stuff done. Which can’t be done at the same time.
I spent the afternoon reading a little and then I threw myself into playing my video game for a couple of hours. The boy and I did a little bodyweight training, then ate dinner, and then I went right back to playing. I did reach several game milestones, so that was nice.
I also realized how much I try to be efficient most of the time, even when I’m relaxing and having fun, and how much I feel like I have to hold myself back to not run off in all directions at once. So I decided to make my project for the next two weeks to allow myself all the research time I want, even if it’s not connected to any current project.
That made me feel much better, almost giddy with excitement.
And then I bought myself two new books: „The Techniques of Painting“ by Brigid Marlin, recommended by KJ Charles in „How to Fake it in Society“, a book about the paints and techniques of the Dutch renaissance masters, and „Worn“ by Sofi Thanhauser about the history of clothes and the people who make them. I will probably learn more from the book about painting than from the one about clothes but I still started reading that one first.
Some time in between I also changed the sheets on my bed, so that was good. And I wrote for ten minutes at the time where I should have turned the lights out.
Today will be another weird in between day, Pentecost Monday.
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