MORNING | I’m up a little before my alarm, snuggling Lila, so when it goes off at 7 a.m., I turn it off. And then I proceed to go back to sleep until 7:45. Oops! Eventually, I get up, pee, brush my teeth, feed the girls, and then sit down at my computer to finish up yesterday’s post. Afterward, I read a few blogs and then get my morning routine started. I do my morning skincare routine, make my bed, take my meds, and make breakfast. I also start a load of laundry. Around 9:30, I sit down at my desk to start work. But I am so unfocused this morning! Instead, I work on my budget, read some blogs, and scroll through Amazon for a while to look at their armchair selection. I get a call from my leasing office that maintenance needs access to my apartment to check for a leak my downstairs neighbor called in about. You guys, I was not ready for the maintenance man who showed up. He is beautiful and smells amazing. I need to have my tub unclogged at some point, but there is no way I can let him do that for me. I would be so embarrassed to have such a good-looking guy pulling hair out of my drain. SIGH. (Oh, and the leak issue is nothing to worry about as far as I know.) After all of that excitement, I finally get into work and decide it’s a Pomodoro kinda day. I use this productivity method when I’m feeling really unfocused because it keeps me on task, and I’m able to zip through a ton of to-dos this morning: working through some content assignments and reassignments, doing QA tasks, and writing a quick website page using ChatGPT. (Side note: Eloise is being super clingy this morning! She usually naps in the bedroom during the day, but she wants to be parked on the desk with me. I love a clingy cat so I make sure to give her lots of pets and kisses throughout the morning.)
AFTERNOON | My tummy is rumbling so I stop working to heat up lunch (leftovers from Tuesday night) and scroll through the Survivor Reddit forum while I do so to get everyone’s thoughts on last night’s episode. I Facetime with my mom about our plans tonight and then get back to work. I follow up with people on a bunch of overdue tasks and then put together my slide for our department meeting tomorrow. And then I decide it’s time to get out and take a walk, although it’s HOT today, ugh. Upper 80s with 52% humidity. I am not a fan! I pick up my mail at the end of my walk and I’m thrilled to see my Sephora package arrived. I ordered two new serums to try out. (I love The Ordinary products because they are so affordable!) And then it’s back to work for me. I clear out my inbox as much as I can and work through some QA tasks. I call it a day at 4:45. It was not my most productive day, but oh well.
NIGHT | I have my monthly dietician appointment and there is a lot to talk about! I won’t share all of the insights since I plan on writing a follow-up “Notes From My Dietician” post later this month, but it was a very helpful appointment. We talk about how to beef up my breakfast, how to improve my snacks so they are more satisfying, and lots more. Afterward, I read some blogs and tidy up the apartment a bit, and then it’s off to my mom’s house for the night! I get to her place around 7 p.m. and spend a lot of time letting the dogs kiss me. I love how excited they get to see me! My mom and I order Domino’s for dinner, which I haven’t had in a hot second, and it was really good! We watch the last 10 minutes of Jeopardy, and then it’s time for the real reason I came over: the Big Brother finale! We love this show and get obsessive about it while it’s on, and it was fun to watch it with her. I leave around 10 and start working on this post, reading blogs, and tidying up around the apartment. I also fold my laundry, but I’m too tired to put it away, so it’s a chore for tomorrow. I go to bed around 11:45 and watch ASMR videos until I’m falling asleep.