8:30 AM // I wake up naturally and lay in bed reading until Dutch wakes up and lets me know he needs to go out and he needs to go now. We go on a morning walk and it’s another beautiful day – in the low 60s and sunny. This weather feels so amazing. I want it to stay around forever.
9:07 AM // Once inside, I feed Dutch and then make coffee and eat a bowl of cereal. For the next hour or so, I just putter around the house. I finish yesterday’s Week in the Life post and publish it. I also make my grocery list and set my football picks for the week.
10:20 AM // I take a trip to Target to pick up some stuff for the apartment, but I get sidetracked by looking at winter clothes. It’s actually not going to be too cold when I’m in Asheville (highs in the upper 60s/low 70s), but I have thin Florida skin, so I want to make sure I am ready for any temperature dips, haha. So I end up buying a cozy hoodie, a long-sleeved tee, and a sweater, along with a few toiletries and necessary cleaning items. My total comes to $125. Oops.
11:15 PM // I fill up my car with gas and then do my weekly grocery shopping at Publix. I don’t need a ton of stuff this week, since I’ll be having pizza leftovers for lunch and have dinner plans for three out of the five days.
12:05 PM // I get home and find that Dutch has had two accidents in the house while I’m gone. I probably should have taken him out before I left, since he ate breakfast, but it slipped my mind. Oh well. Thankfully, he did it on the hardwood, so it’s easy to clean up! Then, I unpack my groceries and Target bags.
12:35 PM // I drive to my mom’s with Dutch in tow!
12:50 PM // I arrive at my mom’s and find a parking spot and then slowly walk with Dutch to her apartment. Dutch is very, very slow on these walks because he has to sniff everything! It takes us about 8 minutes to walk the 100 steps into her apartment.
1:00 PM // Time for football! My brother is here, so my mom, my brother, and I all settle in for a few hours of sitting back and watching some football! It’s a lovely afternoon with just the three of us. (Sometimes, my older nephew joins us, but he had a playdate planned this afternoon.)
5:00 PM // We order pizza and my mom bakes pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies as our treat for the late afternoon game.
7:15 PM // After a long day of watching football, Dutch and I head home. It’s perfectly chilly outside – 61 degrees – and feels like “football weather,” as my brother and I call it.
7:30 PM // We’re home and I give Dutch his nightly meds right away. Here’s hoping this helps him settle down quickly tonight!
7:40 PM // Time for a hot, relaxing bubble bath and reading time. So, so lovely.
8:00 PM // I get into my jammies, turn on Sunday Night Football, and settle in for some more football watching. While the game plays, I also try to take care of some tasks, like working on this post, sweeping and mopping my floors, and washing my rugs (Dutch had an accident on one of my rugs today, so into the wash it goes!).
9:30 PM // Dutch is getting antsy, so I bring him to bed and rub his neck until he falls asleep.
10:00 PM // I leave Dutch sleeping on my bed and go into the living room to continue watching the game. And not five minutes later, I hear Dutch whining again, so I go back into my bedroom to lay on the bed and rub his back until he falls back asleep.
10:20 PM // I leave Dutch sleeping on my bed and hope the second time’s the charm. I go into the living room to watch the football game, but I’m pretty tired at this point, so I decide to shut the game off halfway through the third quarter, do my nightly routine, and then read for a bit.
11:00 PM // Lights out!
And that’s another Week in the Life in the books! I’ve had so much fun taking you guys along throughout my days and hope it’s been fun to read about. I can’t wait to do it again.
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I just want to let you know how much I have loved this series! Other people’s daily lives are fascinating to me. Your life sounds so lovely and I feel like I’ve gotten to know you even better! I used to do a week in the life scrapbooking project each year but haven’t done it for a couple years. I’m so inspired to pick it back up again!
Thanks so much, Kathleen! I always wonder if these posts are interesting for other people to read, so I’m glad it was enjoyable for you.
Aw, Dutch! Sorry to hear he’s been having so much trouble sleeping lately.
Sounds like a perfectly relaxing Sunday!
The plight of a geriatric doggo! I never know if he’s going to go to sleep easily (and stay asleep!) or if I’ll be fighting with him for hours. It’s fun times, I’ll tell you that. 😉
Since I’ve been reading your posts more lately it makes me wish we had Publix here so I could have one of their subs. they are so good! Yum.
Haha – I actually think the #1 requirement for anywhere I live is that they have a Publix. I can’t live without my Pub subs!
I think you were wise to pick up some warmer clothes for Asheville. It’s pretty cool in the mornings and evenings and 60 degrees there will likely feel colder than FL because of the lower humidity. I would suggest bringing a winter hat or ear muffs if you have them because that will keep you warmer in the mornings and evenings when you are out and out! I always wore a winter hat at the start and end of the day. Enjoy the fall colors – you will be blown away by the beauty of the area! And make sure you check out the drumming circle on Friday night – it’s in park in the central downtown area. It’s a cool thing to observe!
We flew back from Charlotte on Sunday and got back mid-afternoon. It was nice to have the afternoon and evening to grocery shop and do laundry – especially since we hosted friends the next night for our annual pumpkin carving party!
Asheville actually warmed up quite dramatically from a week ago! The “coldest” day will be Saturday with a high of 66 – all the other days have highs in the 70s. I’m kinda bummed – I was hoping it would be colder and I’d get to wear some of my winter stuff! But at least it will still feel like fall and won’t be TOO cold for all of us wimpy Florida girls!
I love that you get together with family for Sunday football!
I also loved following your daily routine this week – thanks for sharing.
I am thinking of doing a ‘day in the life’ post sometime, because I have never done it.
Please do one! They are really fun to do and I love seeing what everyone’s routines are like.