I’m back! Did you miss me? Goodness, it has been a stressful week. I fell ill last week, and had to spend several days in bed. It wasn’t covid, thank goodness, but I still felt awful. Then, as I was recovering, my laptop started to have a whole assortment of issues that were such a headache to resolve. Finally, today started the first day of classes for the fall semester. Everything is being taught remotely, so those tech issues were priority number one.
Now, everything is fixed, I’m healthy and feeling well again, and I am able to get back to taking care of the house.
This morning, I woke up earlier than normal now that my classes started. I woke up, opened the window, tidied up a bit, and went right in the shower. I took a bit extra time letting the hot water run over my body and settle a bit of the lingering stress I was feeling over school starting up again. Once I was clean and dressed, I went down to the kitchen for breakfast. My father decided to be so sweet today and got me breakfast from a local diner so that I wouldn’t have to cook, and we ate together. Once I was done, I cleaned up the kitchen, got some things prepared for dinner in the evening, and put some laundry on. My first class doesn’t begin until 11:30am, which is the earliest of my classes this term, so I am going to be taking full advantage of my mornings.
While the laundry was running, I went upstairs. I rearranged my room in a fit of anxiety over the weekend when preparing for classes, so it was still neat, but I went through a few little bits and bobs that needed to be put away. I set up my desk with my laptop and books for class so that all I would need to do was sit down and start up the video call.
I got through two loads of laundry before I had to sit down for class, and then I was on call working for the next 4 ½ hours. Once my academic classes were finished, I pulled out my homework for the evening. One of my classes meets four times a week, so it’s a bit more rigorous than the others, which only meet twice. So I did a few assigned readings, submitted a short writing assignment, and completed a brief quiz before finishing up my schoolwork for the day and putting all of my materials away for tomorrow.
By that point, it was time to cook dinner. I made a simple dinner with chicken cutlets and fried zucchini slices with some asparagus on the side. It was quick, easy, and could be prepared for beforehand, so it was perfect for today. My family sat down for a casual meal, a bit more haphazard than I usually set, but still cozy nonetheless. My mother is working on a project that takes up half of the kitchen table right now, and my sister wasn’t even home, so I decided to forgo the normal table setting for the evening.
Once dinner was finished, I cleaned up the dishes and ran the dishwasher, wiping everything down. My mother had a nasty slip down the stairs yesterday, so I went and helped her while she was laying down after finishing work for the day. I brought her ice, Advil, and a little ice cream we had in the freezer as a pick-me-up.
At this point, it was nearing 7pm, which is the time for my biweekly yoga class through my college. It is geared towards stress relief, so it heavily relies on breathing exercises and restorative poses, and is a great way to finish off an evening. It was relaxing, and I felt much more grounded within my body. It is only twice a week, so it is a good “easy day” in terms of exercise.
Finally, I settled in for the night. I washed up, answered some school emails, and got into my pajamas. I let myself relax a little bit, which for me amounted to a bit of online shopping for autumn decor for the house and some clothing from my school’s shop, as well as a bit of planning for the week. My classes are shortened in time and split into two terms for the semester, which amounts to a more demanding pace and more work crammed into the time, so I need to stay on top of it all. I also have been looking into some sort of online massage therapy class. I want to be able to please my Daddies with every part of my body, in every way that I can, so it’s just another skill I hope to learn. I have to find something that fits into my schedule and will be efficient, but I’m not in too much of a rush.
Now, I am in bed about to go to sleep and start all over again tomorrow! Hopefully there won’t be any more bumps in the road for a little while, at least until I grow more accustomed to some of these daily practices and am able to plan for them better, but life has a way of popping up whenever it pleases.
Are you glad to see me back making these posts? What do you think of my journey so far? Thoughts, comments, questions are all welcome!!
