Weekend of 4/4 + 4/5
- Taught Teens class at the dojo
- Went to Sparring, Forms, and High Belt classes at the dojo
- Walked part of the way home (it was a beautiful day)
- Watched Groundhog Day with the family Saturday evening
- Rode the Great Highway (twice!) with the 12yo Sunday morning
- Did a 45 min Full Body Strength workout
- Processed one class’s book bingo pages
- Helped the kids get ready to go back to school
- Packed all the winter clothes into vacuum seal bags and stored them in the shed
- Packed all the rain boots and stored them in the shed
- Watched an episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters with the family
{We celebrated Easter with my parents a couple weeks ago knowing the 15yo would be at lifeguard training this day, which worked out because my parents ended up being out of town this weekend for a funeral.}
Monday 4/6
- Got bagels (bakers dozen for $11!) at Noah’s + quick grocery shop
- Took the cats to the vet
- Met the husband for lunch
- Got my allergy shot + picked up the 15yo’s ADHD meds at the pharmacy
- Went to Costco
- Processed one class’s book bingo pages
Tuesday 4/7
- Changed all the beds (winter to summer bedding)
- Washed all the winter bedding, packed it and stored it
- Washed all the random blankets from around the house
- Took the 12yo and his friend to swimming
- Ordered a couple cute things while I was waiting at the pool
- Went to Sparring concepts + Grappling at the dojo
Wednesday 4/8
- Rehung the door to the downstairs kitchen (after cutting a notch out of the corner so an extension cord could fit through.
- Acupuncture appointment for knee/shoulder
- Quick trip to the mall (found a couple things at Uniqlo that I liked, but didn’t pull the trigger on anything)
- Last minute meet up with my mom – we walked five miles on my favorite running trail
- Watched an episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with the 15yo
- 30 minute Pilates class (on Peloton)
- Epic last minute run to Grocery Outlet – found so much good stuff!
- Dinner with the 15yo (12yo was at grandparents’ house and husband had a work event)
Thursday 4/9
- Drove the 15yo to school and Panther to the vet
- Finished Alchemized (Spanish version) This was long (40 hours!), but ultimately satisfying.
- Quick trip to the library, found two possible new books
- Physical therapy at Kaiser (also picked up my prescription and got my thyroid lab work done)
- Quick stop at Whole Foods to pick up a few things for hosting book club on Sunday
- Did not use time very effectively at home for a couple hours
- Picked up Panther from the vet
- Managed the cats (we had to keep them away from each other for a while)
- Dinner with family
- Chores around the house (did not workout, although I had intended to)
- Watched an episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with the 15yo
Friday, 4/10
- Slept in (the husband did the morning stuff with the kids for me)
- Went to a PetCo to get cat/bearded dragon stuff and they had ZERO things I needed
- Went to the downtown Costco to see what they had and found some good stuff
- Got call that the dentist could fit me in for a teeth cleaning while checking out at Costco: got home, transferred perishables to freezer/fridge, and got to the dentist across town in 28 minutes! AMAZE!
- Went to other PetCo (near dentist!) and got what I needed (double score!)
- Finished My Friends (I really liked it)
- Started this post
- 45 minute Bike Bootcamp + 5 min Core
- Dinner with husband (we walked there and back, despite on and off again rain)
- Episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with 15yo
Weekend of 4/11 + 4/12
- Took the husband to the airport
- Drove the 15yo to lifeguard training day 2 (the husband took her last weekend on Sunday)
- Picked up the house in anticipation of book club on Sunday
- Went to Sparring, Forms, half of High Belt class at the dojo
- Picked up flatbread pizzas from my friends’ bakery (for book club the next day)
- Big clean on the big cat box (this is a time consuming chore) + cleaned up kitchen
- Drove to get the 15yo from lifeguard training (this was 40 minutes round trip in the morning, but 70 minutes round trip in the afternoon
- Made kids dinner + fold laundry + start more laundry
- Five Nights at Freddie’s 2 with the kids
- Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with 15yo (a great way to end Saturday)
- Drove the 15yo to lifeguard training day 3 (last day! Last early morning weekend wake-up!)
- Cleaned up house (mostly kitchen) for hosting book club
- Took 12yo to my parents house (it hailed during the drive!)
- Finished Project Hail Mary (LOVED THIS!)
- Got food ready for book club
- Hosted book club
- Started working out (and finishing this post)
All in all, it was a decent spring break. For some reason I was not that upset about waking up early every day. While I am not a morning person, and love a luxurious sleep in, I appreciated all the time I had in the mornings to get things done. I scanned a bunch of grammar topics from the textbook I use to upload them into an AI tool. I worked on some posts. I did some other small, but annoying, work tasks. I didn’t love the early wake ups both weekend days, but I must say, I am happy that next week I won’t have to get back on my work sleep schedule, because I never got off it.
Monday through Wednesday I felt really good about how I was using my time. My days felt full, but not frenzied, and I went to bed feeling like I accomplished a decent amount. Thursday I definitely felt like I was spinning my wheels a fair amount, and I was frustrated by the end of the day. Friday was better, and then this weekend, without the husband felt pretty good. I’m not excited to go back to work tomorrow, but I don’t have the Sunday Scaries either.
I finished THREE audibooks over the break and really liked them all. I spent a lot of time listening to all three books, so when I was suddenly without anything to listen to today, I was kind of freaking out. Luckily I needed to catch up on the third Scythe book (The Tolls), which filled in nicely.
The husband and I started the break on pretty shitty terms, but eventually got back to a good place with one another. Things have been tense between us for a looong time, so it was a relief to finally feel like thing were better between us. I hope we can keep thing that way moving forward.
I wanted to write more but now it’s bedtime and I worry that if I don’t publish this it will languish in my draft folder forever. So I’m going to put it up! Apologies again for my subpar blogging of late.
You are doing good with blogging when it has been hard and thank you for the effort.
Made me laugh that you put away the wet weather equipment and the next weekend it got SO wet, you had hail, I had rivers with ripples running down the street. The rain was much needed and I hope the snow in the mountains holds and melts slowly.
Great your daughter did the lifeguard training!
Sounds like a very busy week and like you got a lot of stuff accomplished… the times taking little stuff that is so hard to get done when you are working full time. And so glad you got to have time alone with your husband and re-find your marriage and communication. SO important and so easy in day to day push to let that connection time get lost.
Hope this week goes well and the yearbook all at once feels on track and ok. Think hard if you really need that stress next year at this time. (of course, I do not know what the other service obligations might be and they may not be better!)
Wow – this looks like you accomplished so much. Glad to hear tension in your marriage has subsided. If you’re doing boot camp, does that mean your knee feels better? Hoping so.
I think you did a lot. I promise you that if I had a week off, I wouldn’t be re-hanging a door. I hope Panther is doing okay after his tooth issue! And I’m glad you were feeling okay about going back to work- staying on a sleep schedule probably helped a lot.