Hey, Miss J!

@5:56AM

If anyone had ever told me twenty years ago that I would be up and at’em at 5:30 in the morning… trying to write up my daily chores and a menu plan for the entire week, I would have told them they were out of their mind.

Yet, here we are.

Unfortunately, the years of improper eating have not left. I still suffer the aftereffects. It sucks to always be hungry, but it is what it is.

I figured last week was too salt heavy, so this week I’ll be resetting everything. I already know I’m going to be angry by Wednesday…

@7:43AM

I’m glad my butt understood the assignment and caught me before I did some serious damage on landing.

For context… my bed is on the floor. The height is lower than my knees. And I lost my balance transporting my laptop to the bed.

Down… down I went and landed on thankfully not my phone or my reading material. Laptop safe. Backside angry.

… I also just found out that I was sleeping in a bed that had a dryer sheet in it.

Wow.

@4:05PM

I did not know that food poisoning could come from an orange. What sort of madness is this?!

Or maybe it’s my IBS acting up? I can’t remember the last time I had an orange. I saw one in the fridge and decided to get in a nibble.

… Ugh…

I updated my chore tally for the week. 41 out of 51, which is fantastic! I debated adding an extra day for the kitchen and bathroom cleaning and decided –

– No. I do not need that. I’m already mentally ill, I don’t need to exacerbate it.

@5:54PM

Man, I’m tired. I felt like I was going to collapse earlier today. Like around 9am, I wanted to just phone it in and stay in bed all day.

Understandably that’s not an option.

I mean it was, but I had things I needed and wanted to do.

I need a distraction… and listening to Sean Milliken’s “Where Are They Now?” episode for the 30^th time is just sad… frustrating and sad.

@7:04PM

Honestly, I’m beginning to think my daily schedule is unrealistic. Like… I’m supposed to be in bed at 8:30PM. I already know that will not be what happens. One of the things I always try to get done before bed is my blog, Duolingo and my cat necessities.

Dinner too.

Speaking of, I have rice on my menu for this week. So instead of hovering over a pot, I have the rice cooker at work tonight fixing it for me.

I’m also in the middle of doing laundry. And I did the dishes after a very long bleach soak for the instruments I use in the sink.

… I’m so glad I got that stool.

@8:27PM

Oh man… I think I have termites again. Gonna have to call Terminix to see if they can check. I don’t think they ever looked at the upper level of the house. They focused on the main and basement.

Obviously, the problem is ongoing.

Since I want to avoid running into a mating swarm, I’ll do my best to get rid of them.

I keep seeing the same bugs with the brown bodies and long, sheer looking windows. I have no clue what they are.

I’ve no clue what it’s going to cost to spray for multiple insects…

@9:35PM

Wow. That was a bit unobservant. I meant multiple species of insect.

Another day of no writing… how annoying. I’m still working on laundry.

Uggg…

I’m also debating if I should get on the road tomorrow. I have medication to pick up from two very different locations.

It’s amusing when I think about it. My primary and pulmonologist both prescribed me the same medication within a 5-day period. I honestly have no clue which one went through first though.

Every time I think about getting on the road tomorrow, I remind myself that I have all of Tuesday free… so why try to get on the road. Then… I remember that trash is picked up Tuesday, and I don’t feel like moving the cans.

Then, I remember that I have a doctor’s appointment Tuesday, and I have to be in the car anyway.

I can’t avoid driving this week, but I can minimize how much of it that I do.

Oh, conflicted and contrary brain… please be kind to me. We have to work together in the same body…

Got some Cranberries on right now. I’m embarrassed to admit that I only listened to two of their songs. I know they had a lot more than that.

Pfft. Okay, I’ve sat down enough. Time to run… again.

@10:20PM

“sheer looking windows” Really? Sheer wings.

I’m gonna pin this up on WordPress.

I have a lot I need to do, so I think I’ll go to bed as early as I can so I can turn around – get up and get things done.

Tomorrow is going to be a nightmare. I can already feel it.

Eww!

~J. Lyst