A little better and the boy has his first university degree

Went to bed too late, dawdled in the morning, did not open the manuscript because I was sure I would spend at least an hour on it later in the day.

I did not, unsurprisingly.

What I did do was talk with my husband and knit and read and run errands. Since the weather is super hot and since I might want to wear my new red Mary Janes to the reunion I walked all the way to the cobbler to have them widened a bit. They should be ready by Friday.

I also ordered some more stuff for my husband and, also, after I read this month’s queer romance newsletter (highly recommend) I bought a handful of books.

I have to confess that I unsubscribed from that newsletter in the afternoon. As much as I love it it only leads to me buying books that I then don’t read.

The errands and grocery shopping went okay but it was way too hot. And then I got into an argument with my husband who said he can’t imagine being inside all the time seeing the same things all day instead of spending the nice weather outside.

Something in me snapped, I have been spending my whole life fending off people who told me I should come outside with them because the weather was so nice. Yes, I know about the weather, thank you. All the interesting things are right here inside. If I wanted to look at grass and trees I would go and do so. In fact, I do leave the house about six times a week, I do look at trees and clouds and fields and grass, I just find that roughly 45 minutes per day are perfectly adequate.

I really find the sun glaring, you can see it in every single photo of me that was taken outside, I am completely unable to keep my eyes open. I am super allergic to all kinds of pollen and mild up to the point where I itch all over as soon as I do any yardwork. And that is with the antihistamine. The outside is also much louder (there are two construction sites near our house at the moment and you can hear the cars, the highway and the people talking while walking by our house.

And yesterday (and today as well) it was so hot that I was drenched in sweat after walking to the supermarket and back.

Today, by the way, we are planning to do a little excursion to the Andechs monastery.

Lunch yesterday was rather early, which is always appreciated:

I started playing Genshin Impact pretty much right after lunch, the plan was to plan for an hour or so and then tackle my to-do list.

I played for two hours, then started a load of laundry after changing all the towels, I did the dishes, I talked with the boy who had gotten an email that he has now officially finished his Bachelor’s. He still needs to wait for the official certificate but hey, he does have a degree now.

(My mother-in-law actually gave him a card for the occasion. Did you know there are „congrats you finished your Bachelor’s“-cards? I didn’t.)

After doing all that housework I was super hungry so I ate dinner a little early, then the boy and I did bodyweight training, we talked for an hour, I played some more Genshin, then remembered the load of laundry that I hung up while watching YouTube and then I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole.

I did write this post but gave up on writing for the day because I was just too tired at that point.

I really need to find a way to make myself write without a body double. I mean, I know I can do it, it’s just very hard. I should try the  organized writing sprints in the Heart Breathings group again.

Not today, though. Today will be hiking, beer and bad food.