Susanne

Not by much, though.

I woke up feeling much better but decided to skip manuscript time and yoga anyway. Which turned out to be a good decision. I sent a message to my mother that I couldn’t talk on the phone and then used my renewed energy to change the sheets on my bed and switch out the towels after breakfast.

I started a load of laundry and when I then started to fold the laundry already dry on the rack I found that, nope, I needed to sit down right away.

So that’s what I did.

My husband made pea risotto and almost forgot the peas:

After that I decided to do the dishes right away before anything else so that I might go to bed at a reasonable time for once.

I sat around and read and played my video game and then played some more. I helped the boy study but we only did half his notes because I was coughing and sniffling all the way. My voice was a little better but definitely not good.

At one point in the afternoon I was wondering that I was feeling so hot. We had the wood stove going but surely that was not it? Nope, I had a mild fever. Harumph.

So I ate an early dinner, started writing this post, did the list for today and for the week, finally finished reading two days worth of „War and Peace“, watched a bit of a BTS concert before going to bed early with a book.

This will definitely be an interesting week. I really hope I can teach. And that I’ll have my voice back on Thursday and that the boy stays healthy for his exam.

Oh, and sorry for the weird post yesterday and for getting the dates of the posts mixed up. As I said, I’m not feeling all that well.

I basically didn’t do anything but play games, read, and work on the crochet blanket. This was the view out my bedroom window in the morning:

I did open the manuscript which was good, did the dishes and dealt with laundry. My husband made lunch:

I did not go to bed on time. Again.

Well, I get another try today, I guess.

My voice is starting to be affected by this cold but it’s not gone completely, so yeah?

I turned the lights out at 9.30 and slept for a little more than nine hours. When I greeted my husband in the morning I was hoarse in addition to my really sore throat, and my husband I his calm and measured way broke out into a panic, completely sure that I’ll have laryngitis for the next two weeks again.

I mean, yeah, apparently I do have a bit of laryngitis but it’s not that bad so far. I decided to maybe panic later. If that seems like the adequate reaction at that time.

I did cancel my singing student for the day because the hoarser your voice is the more you shouldn’t talk. And you most definitely shouldn’t whisper or sing.

I didn’t do much in the morning but I opened the manuscript for 20 minutes, folded two loads of laundry and took a shower. My husband not only did a load of laundry and hung it up, he also made goulash for lunch:

I read quite a bit throughout the day and finished reading „The Shabti“. I really liked it. And then it was time to teach my first student of the day. By then my last student of the day had canceled and so I decided to attend yet another Zoom call after my one lesson.

Since I was done earlier than expected I also could help the boy study after dinner. We started with all the new material that he hadn’t learned properly yet and that made the whole experience a tad frustrating.

I ate dinner and then played some more video game while waiting for the boy. In between and after his study session we talked about all the things which was rather nice.

My husband had done the dishes so all that was left for me to do was to start writing this post and make a list for today. That list is pretty short because my first priority is still rest so that I’ll get better soon.

Mostly a sore throat so far. Fingers crossed I’ll be back to normal soon.

I went to bed way late and slept well despite several times where the boy came downstairs to get something to eat and that woke me up. I did manage to fall back asleep quickly, though.

I did my usual morning routine including yoga an opening the manuscript. Phew.

I did decide to skip walking/running but went to the nearby supermarket instead. I felt pretty okay and thought getting the grocery shopping out of the way would be a good idea.

Husband used leftover burgers for lunch:

After lunch I played video games for quite some time, then did the dishes and then it was time for my only student of the day. The student was rather fuzzy as well.

After that I told the boy I was ready for bodyweight training. We started the warm-up and right in the middle of some jumping jacks it became increasingly clear that I really shouldn’t exercise that day, so I stopped.

I ate dinner while the boy was doing pull-ups upstairs and when he came back downstairs I helped him study again. When we finished it was 8.30 and I was feeling very tired and exhausted. So I started writing this post, brushed my teeth and crawled into bed with a book.

Well, I had the best intentions to not pick up my phone first thing, but then I usually do. This time it turned out to be a good thing, though, because while I was reading some newsletter or other suddenly there was a reminder popping up: „piano tuner in 15 minutes“. Oops, I had completely forgotten.

I managed to get dressed and wake my poor husband up who is still rather sick.

The piano tuner was lovely and helpful as always but I also learned that he has now turned the business over completely to his son, so I guess who I’ll be working with next. The son is competent and very nice as well but I rather like the father and he has been tuning my piano for more than 20 years now. Best piano tuner I know.

So that threw the day off somewhat. No morning routine, no nothing, and my husband and I were sitting around for quite some time waiting for the wood stove to heat our tea water while hearing pings from the annex.

Once the pinging stopped for a while I went to see if the piano tuner was finished, and yes, he was.

I did the dishes and went to the bakery to get more Faschingskrapfen and to the health food store for some regular food. Husband was cooking despite feeling miserable:

And dessert:

I played my video game and did the dishes and then ate dinner in front of TV. I had wanted to watch something else but couldn’t get that streaming app to work on my TV so I ended up watching the first episode of ‚Heated Rivalry‘. It is as good as everybody says but the book is better. As always.

After that I helped the boy study for a bit, played some more, started writing this post and made a list for today. Fingers crossed I won’t get my husband’s cold, my throat is feeling a bit off already.