And it’s the last day of Week in the Life! I had so much fun documenting my day-to-day this week. It was fun to take everyone along on the ride that is my life!

Here’s what Sunday looked like in my world:

7:30am // I wake up with a terrible headache, so I take some ibuprofen and try to go back to sleep.

7:45am // Dutch decides it’s time to get up, so I take him out, feed him, and then finish up yesterday’s post.

8:10am // I start working on my freelance assignment.

8:45am // I take a break to make coffee and eat breakfast. While I eat, I check in on my fantasy teams and make my game picks for the day.

9:45am // I get back to my freelance assignment and work, work, work.

11:30am // All finished! I just need to go through the assignment and make edits before I send it to my client. I take a shower and then read a little bit of Harry Potter.

12:15pm // I drive to my mom’s with Dutch in tow for an afternoon of watching football. We try to do this every Sunday. My brother comes over, usually with my oldest nephew, and we just sit around, watching football and catching up and eating lots. 🙂

6:00pm // We order pizza as we continue to watch football (and I bite my nails as I watch the ending of the Dolphins game. Thank God they pulled it together at the end. That was frustrating!) Eventually, I let my nephew play games on my computer.

7:30pm // I leave my mom’s. I always feel this tugging of sadness whenever I leave. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s going home to an empty apartment? Maybe it’s the end of the weekend and knowing tomorrow starts a brand-new work week? Or maybe it’s just the “come down” after spending a day surrounded by people; when everything gets quiet again, it can lead to some feelings of anxiety and loneliness. Whatever it is, I am always slightly sad on Sunday evenings.

7:50pm // Once home, I feed Dutch and put away my things, and then I decide to take a bubble bath and finish up Harry Potter. (And yeah, the ending of Book 6 doesn’t do much to help my feelings of sadness! Gosh, that book is so heavy.)

8:30pm // I watch football and try to get some chores done around the apartment: washing dishes, mopping the floors, scrubbing my bathroom counter, making my lunch for tomorrow, and tidying up.

10:30pm // I get into bed with a new book and my pup.

11:00pm // Lights out!

And that’s it for this year’s Week in the Life series! This was quite the weird week to document, as I was sick for the majority of it. But I’m glad I stuck with it and continued to blog through my illness (including my meltdowns, which are a little embarrassing to look back on, eeks). I can’t wait to see what life will look like when I document this week in 2017!

We’re in the home stretch with Week in the Life! I love doing this series, and I hope they are somewhat interesting to read? Probably not, ha! Saturday was a busy day for me, so it’s no wonder that I went to bed at 10pm. I’m a crazy party animal, I know!

Here’s what Saturday looked like for me!

6:45am // Alarm goes off. Saturday alarms are of the devil, amirite??

7:10am // I finally force myself out of bed, take Dutch out, feed him, and then get ready for the day.

8:10am // I drive to my nearby Starbucks for my weekly writing date with my friend M.

8:25am // At Starbucks, I order a muffin and peppermint mocha, and scope out a seat for us. I read some blogs while eating and waiting for M to arrive.

8:40am // After chatting with M for a little bit, I get to work on my task for today: finishing up my plot outline for my novel. It’s a pretty successful writing date, and I think I can start writing during our next date. Woohoo!

10:15am // I drive over to my service center to get an oil change and inspection for my car.

10:50am // After talking to my car representative, I hand over the keys and wait for my mom to arrive to pick me up. We’ve got a full afternoon planned!

11:00am // We start our day with lunch at BJ’s. We both order spaghetti and meatballs and share a snickerdoodle pizookie for dessert.

12:00pm // I have a $10 off coupon at Off Broadway Shoes that’s burning a hole in my pocket, and I desperately need some new flats. My nude ones have been worn to their limit and my black ones are smelly! Once at the store, I find out they are having a “buy one, get the other 50% off” sale, so I’m stoked. I end up with two pairs of flats for $60, which is a steal for this store. (I’m usually a “I won’t pay more than $20 for shoes” type of girl, which means I tend to buy cheap flats from Target that never last very long.)

12:45pm // Mom and I stop at my house to take Dutch on a walk and then I decide to call up One Lucky Dog, the place Dutch goes for his baths, to see if they had any openings this weekend. They say they can take him right away, so we drop him off.

1:30pm // Mom and I head to our favorite salon for pedicures. We have a tradition of getting a pedicure before we leave on a cruise, and my feet need some attention, so it’s an utterly enjoyable experience.

2:15pm // After pedicures, we go to Target to pick up some cruise essentials and get sidetracked by a lot of things: books, kids’ toys, games, makeup, the Christmas aisle. I somehow manage to spend way more than I expected, but that’s usually how it goes at Target.

3:30pm // Dutch is finished with his bath and then I get a call that my car is ready, so we pick him up and then my mom drops me off at my service center. I’m very happy that my car passed its inspection and doesn’t need any immediate repairs. There are a few concerning items, but nothing that needs to be taken care of right now. Woohoo! My car is close to hitting 100,000 miles, so I’m always worried my mechanic will tell me it needs a crazy-expensive repair.

4:30pm // Finally home! I chit-chat with Mom for a little bit and then she leaves.

5:00pm // I start working on this post and then do a little bit of freelance work.

6:00pm // I take a break to visit the grocery store for a quick visit. When I get home, Dutch greets me like I’ve been gone for decades. I take him out, feed him, and then eat dinner while watching a few episodes of Parks and Rec.

7:45pm // I take a bubble bath and then take Dutch out for another walk before getting back to my freelance work.

9:10pm // I’m getting tired, so I decide that I’ll finish up my freelance work tomorrow morning. Thankfully, I have a free Sunday morning for once and I’m going to try to use it wisely! I tidy up, do my nightly routine, and then get into bed with Dutch and read for a bit.

10:00pm // Lights out!

Name something good that happened to you yesterday!

Friday was the first day since Monday that I felt good! Woohoo! I’m still congested, and I’m concerned that I’ll remain congested for another 5-6 months like I did at the end of last year/beginning of this one. But I’m choosing to look on the bright side that I feel good and my energy levels are nearly back to normal. Thank heavens!

Here’s what Friday looked like in my world:

5:45am // Alarm goes off.

6:10am // After spending nearly half an hour scrolling through my social media feeds in bed, I get up and get ready for the day while listening to an episode of Call Your Girlfriend.

7:15am // Commute to work while listening to Christmas music.

7:35am // Arrive at work and immediately start my first task of the day, which is sourcing images, so I can start posting content onto my clients’ websites. This is a mindless task and I listen to an episode of Stuff You Should Know while I do it.

8:45am // I take a break to toast a bagel and I eat it at my desk while reading blog posts.

9:10am // Back to my task for the day: sourcing, sourcing, sourcing.

10:00am // I take a break from sourcing images to update a spreadsheet that I’ll use in my upcoming meeting with my manager (we just discuss how we’re doing with our workload, any questions or concerns, etc.).

10:20am // The meeting goes well and it’s pretty standard. My manager is impressed that I have finished my monthly content for November and we discuss a special project she may need my help with next week.

10:45am // I work through the edits I received back on the pages I wrote yesterday and send the content to my client.

11:15am // I make my to-do list for next week.

11:30am // And that’s it for work this week! Half-day Fridays are the best. I leave work and head straight to Target to pick up a few things.

12:20pm // I have a follow-up appointment with my eye doctor. He determines I need a new pair of trials for both eyes. It can be kind of tough to figure out the right prescription because my astigmatism is so bad. Well, and so is my eyesight, ha. I’m hoping they come in before Thursday! Eeks. I don’t want to have to wear glasses on my cruise. 🙁

1:00pm // I pick up lunch and head home. When I get home, a maintenance guy is finally fixing my kitchen light (it’s been out for almost two weeks now!), so I take Dutch on a longish walk and then we sit on the couch while we wait for him to finish up. (Why is it always so awkward when maintenance guys are working in your home?!)

1:45pm // Maintenance is complete! I eat lunch while watching an episode of Parks and Rec.

2:20pm // I wanted to spend my afternoon working on freelance assignments and doing some cleaning, but instead, I opt to lay in my bed, reading and napping. Oops.

4:45pm // After spending some time scrolling through my social media feeds, I finally get up and take a shower. I get ready for tonight while listening to my fantasy football podcast.

5:30pm // I lay on my bed reading for a little bit and then take Dutch on a walk.

6:10pm // I head to my friend’s house. She’s hosting an event to discuss the election and what steps we can take next to effect change. There are six of us and it’s a very healing time where we’re able to talk about what we think went wrong and the different organizations we want to donate our time and money to. I’ve never been super involved in politics, but this election has fired me up and made me recognize how very important it is to educate yourself, get out there, and fight for the causes you believe in.

9:15pm // I leave my friend’s house feeling inspired and head home. I walk Dutch and then eat a very late dinner while watching an episode of Parks and Rec.

10:30pm // I finish up this post, clean up the kitchen, take Dutch on one last walk, do my nighttime routine, and then snuggle into bed with Dutch and my book.

11:30pm // Lights out!

Name something good that happened to you yesterday!