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Well, not quite. Some things are the same every day, others change.

I worked a little on proofreading, did yoga and morning pages and such and had a very nice conversation with my husband. The boy was even awake at daylight and went out to buy yogurt right before lunch.

I did lots of dishes and then went out for a walk/run that was about an hour, a little longer than the past few days:

I stuffed the paper recycling into the bin but it didn’t all fit. And then it was time for lunch:

This was way yummier than it looks.

Then it was time to talk to the boy while he was eating lunch, play a bit of Genshin and start on the annual projected income report for the Artists’ Social Security Fund. I finished that one after teaching and then had to wait for my husband to be done with his last student so I could report for him as well. I was lacking a document that was in his studio.

I ate dinner, played some more Genshin, did my Chinese app, started writing this post, finally did the dishes, made a list for today and went to bed.

I spent quite a bit of time thinking about the cover of book 2 but never quite got far enough to write it all down for the designer.

Today looks equally busy, I’ll head off to the eye doctor soon.

I did all the things but I still need to clean the bathrooms.

Called my mother, folded laundry, planned the month and the week and made a winter fun list.

My husband made stuffed bell peppers from the last peppers from our yard (or in this case rather from our living room and studio because he had brought them in so that they wouldn’t freeze):

I got a reply from the cover designer and I might have to rethink my plan for he next two covers but that’s okay.

I played a lot of Genshin and was pretty frustrated. The boy and I did a short session of bodyweight training, then I ate dinner and then it was time for my monthly coaching.

And then I fell into a rabbit hole of watching BTS videos which is usually a sign that I should go to bed soon.

And now it is December and the year is almost done. Exciting.

I almost slept enough, tried doing all the Saturday things plus the rest of the Friday list and failed.

But I did finish putting the revision into the novel-in-progress, so that one only needs to be proofread. I’m still not sure if it will become four short books or one very long one, the format is a bit problematic.

Husband was very cranky most of the day, he is trying to focus on recording the bass line of one of his more complicated pieces and his hand is still hurting from the fall he took on Monday.

I went for a short walk/run after dealing with the dishes from the day before:

Husband made the pasta e fagioli we all had been looking forward to all week. It was delicious but we were all rather exhausted and snappish:

I did some research into romance covers, listened to lesson 2 of my new Chinese course (and only understood a word or two here and there), crocheted, played Genshin Impact, changed the sheets on my bed, took a shower and cut my toenails and was almost late for my weekly writer Zoom.

I had asked that we get back to check in with each other about our writing first, and that went very well. It doesn’t mean we don’t talk about other stuff as well but the focus is different and that makes all the difference.

Because of the whole family being slightly stressed out and cranky we agreed to skip watching ‚Columbo‘ and I think that was the right thing to do as well. The boy worked on his application for the master program (and finished it) and there were many conversations about the motivational letter and the formalities of a CV. Fingers crossed he did everything right and gets accepted. Which he should because he already did the bachelor at the same uni.

The boy also helped my mother-in-law sweep the sidewalk and tidy around the house a bit. And he did the dishes in the evening.

As always Saturday felt too short. Today I have a very long list as well, so I guess I won’t get everything done again. I mean, I could shorten the list, of course. I guess we’ll see.

My plans of the day were upended when it turned out that I had to go to the supermarket again, so I didn’t clean.

I got a new kind of white sausage for the first time and they were very good:

I taught a few students, I tried helping the boy with his master’s application. We did bodyweight training. I made pancake soup for dinner that didn’t have enough salt:

And usually the pancakes are sliced completely different. My husband still appreciated it because he is usually the cook in our house.

I played some Genshin, and read and talked with my husband, then realized it was too late and I still hadn’t done the dishes, then decided going to bed on time was more important and that was that.

I also wrote several emails and ordered a new laundry rack because I broke the old one the night before when I was trying to evacuate a mean-looking spider, stumbled over a wood bin and caught myself on the rack which promptly broke.

I am really hoping today will be a slightly less chaotic day. Fingers crossed!

Well, time kind of got away with me both last night and this morning, so just a brief note to relieve the tension:

Yes, the boy passed his bachelor defense and his thesis went well, so phew.

That was the main theme the whole day.

I also skipped yoga and meditation, went grocery shopping, and taught some students.

There was lunch:

And a lot of Genshin Impact and then I was really late, oops.

Oh, and I got the first draft of the cover for book 2 and it is – hideous. Good thing this is not the final version.