7:15 a.m.: It’s time to wake up and Eloise is sitting on my stomach. Lila was also jumping off and on the bed throughout the early morning, but Eloise gets the photo for this one!

8:21 a.m.: It’s time for the weekly bath for my CPAP equipment. They get to spend 30 minutes in warm water and gentle, unscented dish detergent. My nasal mask goes into a separate bath with a special disinfecting tab.

9:08 a.m.: I took a walk to my mailbox because for some reason, Amazon dropped off a package into my mailbox and not my front door like they normally do. Gah! The package included a new yoga bag I wanted to use today so I had to go get my mail!

10:28 a.m.: My plan was to leave my apartment around 10:00 to go to the gym and do a few of the weight machines before yoga class. But I got a little anxious about the gym being really busy and trying to find unoccupied weight machines. So I decided to do a simple routine at home instead. I have a set of 8-lb dumbbells (don’t tell my HIIT trainer who never lets me use anything less than 15 lbs in class, ha!) and did about 20 minutes of arms and legs, which felt awesome!

11:00 a.m.: It’s yoga time! I really love my new yoga bag (to hold yoga blocks and a knee pad) but my current yoga mat is too big for it. I guess I need to purchase a slimmer yoga mat! (I need to get a new one anyway; this one is pretty old.) Yoga class was alright. There was a sub for the class and she did a lot of traditional yoga poses and less deep stretching.

12:52 p.m.: Leftover pizza for lunch and an episode of Big Brother. My mom and I are currently making our way through Big Brother 2 and wowww is it a completely different show with some problematic behavior/language. But I have to place the show in the time period (summer 2001) and we had some problematic views at that time!

1:48 p.m.: Shower time! I decided I should probably not be a gross mess for the rest of the day.

2:42 p.m.: I drive to Bri’s house while listening to my audiobook. We’re recording podcast episodes today!

3:32 p.m.: You guys! I got my nose re-pierced today. YAY! I forgot I had brought up the idea of getting my nose re-pierced to Bri on our Galentine’s date on Friday and she was all about it. It was so, so painful just like the first time around but the pain only lasts a few seconds really. I’m so happy to have my nose piercing back!

4:01 p.m.: It’s podcasting time! We have some fun plans for this podcast and it was so great to be back in the saddle. We recorded two episodes today with the first one releasing on March 11th.

5:11 p.m.: More podcasting! Thankfully, we have our podcast mascots hanging out with us. They’re pretty adorable.

6:43 p.m.: The benefit of podcasting on a late Sunday afternoon with Bri? Her husband made us dinner! It was delicious and the best part is that I didn’t have to make a single part of it. Yum, yum!

7:37 p.m.: After dinner, Bri and I do some scheduling of lady dates and podcast recording dates and then we join Sean on the couch for a few episodes of Brooklyn 99. My favorite show! I will never turn down Brooklyn 99 episodes, that’s for sure.

8:51 p.m.: Home sweet home, and Lila is really excited about treats! (Or I caught her mid-yawn, you decide.)

9:45 p.m.: I would like to tell you that I spent my time after getting home working on this post, but instead I Facetimed with my mom and then laid on the couch and played Happy Color on my phone for way too long. Lila jumped on the couch at some point, so I got a little bit of cat love in the midst of my rotting.

10:17 p.m.: I was too tired to do anything else, so I got into bed with my book. But alas, this picture is a farce. I did not read a single page of my book and instead just watched Instagram Reels until I was too tired to keep my eyes open. For shame!

What’s something you did yesterday?

5:32am: It’s an early morning for me since I signed up for a 6am spin class. Eloise is displeased with the early alarm.

6:01am: I’m at the gym and a few minutes late to class, eeps. The parking lot was so full already this morning and it took me longer than I expected to find a spot.

7:24am: My favorite morning routine is breakfast with my NYT games. Today, I made a bowl of apple cinnamon instant oatmeal with coffee and got Wordle in 4.

8:03am: I’m at my desk doing a little work while Lila snoozes next to me. At one point I looked at her and said, “That’s ridiculous,” and snapped this picture. Work is A-OK this morning: going through emails, responding to some Slack messages, and fixing due dates in Salesforce (the bane of my existence; our due dates for content are never accurate so I have to constantly monitor them—there’s a long convoluted reason why these due dates are always incorrect, but I won’t bore you with the details).

9:37am: Morning routine time! I was influenced to try this air dry cream from JVN (of Queer Eye fame!), so I added a sample size to my Sephora order. These days, it’s rare for me to blow dry my hair (especially on work days) and while it air dries pretty well, I wanted to see if this cream takes things up a notch. Today is my first day using it, so let’s see how my hair does throughout the day, shall we? (EDIT: I don’t think this air dry cream did anything spectacular to my hair and only made it feel slightly more weighed down than usual. Next time, I’ll try using a smaller amount and see if that helps.)

10:54am: Here’s me surreptitiously taking a selfie while on my weekly leadership call. I have to be on camera and realized I was going to miss taking a photo during the 10:00 hour if I didn’t sneak this in! This weekly call includes our SEO managers and content managers and whenever they start talking about the nitty-gritty of SEO projects, my eyes glaze over. (Kim and I have a goal of being better about not multitasking during work calls, but sorry Kim, I was not successful! I added photos to this post and replied to some emails, both work and personal, during this meeting. Oops.)

11:31am: Lunch and Netflix. I’m currently on season 6 of The Circle and this season, one of the contestants brought his dog with him, and the dog is 100% my favorite player. I heated up leftovers for lunch and paired that with two pieces of chocolate and a small Dr. Pepper.

12:50pm: Nothing fun to report here! I was working (editing pages, sending pages to clients, posting pages) and the girls were snoozing away behind me. Can you spot both of them?

1:35pm: I did a very dangerous thing and took 20 minutes to sit down with my Kindle on the couch. I’m proud of myself for not falling asleep! The cats napped next to me while I read and then once my time was up, I left the couch and returned to my desk. Gold stars for me. That doesn’t happen often.

2:01pm: Snack time! I chomped away at my snack pack while working on a few emails that I needed to send to various people. (And ChatGPT to the rescue here: After composing the email myself, I asked ChatGPT to review it; it made the email much more readable!)

3:50pm: I get up for a minute and suddenly, Eloise thinks she owns my desk chair. Silly lady! Nothing too exciting is happening this afternoon. I’m just working away at my to-do list. I manage to get the majority of the tasks assigned to me during our leadership meeting this morning completed, so that was great! I also work on an email to one of my writers about a project he’s going to spearhead. He’s been asking for something like this for a while, so I’m so excited for him to take on this challenge!

4:55pm: I’m wrapping up for the day and look at this cutie pie! Why are cat scratchers so cozy for cats to sleep on? I will never understand them but alas, it makes them happy. I spent the last hour of my day finishing up some emails, clearing out my inbox, and checking on one of my Salesforce reports. All is well and I can shut down for the day.

5:30pm: I had a dermatology appointment today because I’ve been dealing with a burst cyst on my underarm. It originally burst right around the holidays and I saw a teledoc to make sure I wasn’t dying. She prescribed me a topical antibiotic (which I haven’t been great about using, womp), and the open wound hasn’t healed at all. It’s not getting worse but it’s not getting better. My dermatologist thinks I have a condition called hidradenitis suppurativa, which is a very fancy way of saying that my body likes to produce cysts! There isn’t much she can do about this cyst, though. She told me to do the topical antibiotic twice a day and also prescribed me an oral antibiotic to hopefully speed up the healing process. I also need to use a warm compress at night and use a specific type of soap on my underarm for the time being.

I can’t lie. I left that appointment feeling very discouraged. I feel like my body is falling apart!

6:48pm: Here’s a way to cheer me up! My mom and I met up for dinner after my doctor’s appointment. It was one of those quiet dinners for us where we didn’t talk all that much, but it was still nice being together.

7:31pm: Dinner continues! We ordered a pizookie (a delicious cookie baked in a personal pizza tin) because they were only $5. I only ate a few bites because I’m trying to limit my sugar (sigh), but those few bites were very delicious and it was surprisingly easy to put my spoon down and push away the dessert.

8:45pm: Home sweet home. I’ve been working through my nighttime routine and stopping every 15 minutes or so to work on this post and other computer tasks. This colorful spreadsheet is my schedule for tomorrow. The time blocking method is working well for me, especially once I added in “transitioning” periods because sometimes, moving from one task to another isn’t as seamless as I’d like it to be. Giving myself a bit of a buffer period helps a lot!

9:04pm: More nighttime routine stuffs. I started using this foot cream on my heels, the balls of my feet, and the side of my big toes because that’s where I get really cracked/dry skin. I slather on this cream and then put on a pair of socks to lock it all in. (I don’t sleep in the socks because I’m not a monster, but I do walk around in them for a bit.) What’s funny about this routine is that I remember my mom having the exact same routine so we really do just turn into our mothers, don’t we?

10:30pm: I’m finally in bed and reading my book! This book has been an interesting reading experience – it’s been a little on the slow side to start off but things are picking up!