I slept in today, as planned. I managed to make it all the way to 9:15, which impressed me because I wasn’t up that late. I’m up a bit later tonight, but tomorrow I’m getting up early to go hike. I need the hike.
Definitely some interesting dreams last night. Adventure dreams, not really featuring anyone in particular that I know. Maybe there were people that I will know in it. That would be hard to pin down.
There was a family zoom at 10. I heated up a breakfast sandwich for breakfast and ate it just before the zoom started. I also made tea before it started so I had plenty to drink while chatting with my family. My dad got another case settled, so he’s getting ever closer to retirement. We looked at some photos that I’d taken of old photo albums back in 2013 when I was visiting home for the first time in many years.
After that, my plan was to do some house cleaning. I did not get started on that as quickly as I wanted to. But I did clean my bathroom today. I scrubbed the tub, and the toilet, and the sink and counter. I mopped the floor and beat the rug. It looks a lot neater and cleaner in there, and I like it. I got a start on picking up the kitchen, but didn’t finish that one. Still, getting the bathroom done is good momentum. I can get more done tomorrow after my hike, because I probably won’t be able to go very far before snow stops me.
My sister-in-law in Chicago finds vacuuming to be meditative. I don’t. Cleaning is not a joyful or calming thing for me. It’s a necessary evil.
I walked to the mailbox in the afternoon. The inversion has stayed above me. Cloudy all day. There was still some frost on some of the grasses and trees. I hugged my three trees. It’s odd how good it feels to hug my trees. They aren’t hugging back, but it kind of feels like they are.
I got my overnight oats set up for the week. I added 10g of flax seed to each one and reduced the walnuts from 14g to 10g. I also tried using my scale to measure the liquid instead of a measuring cup. I figured 2/3 of a cup is roughly 5oz, but it looks like there might be too much liquid in them. I’ll just have to deal with them being watery if that’s the case. I’m just about out of raisins, but I think I’m going to chop up some dried fruit before I buy more. Next week will be mixed fruit. I didn’t boil any eggs today, but I still have two from last week, so I can boil eggs tomorrow.
When I think about what I’m supposed to do, the answer that comes to my head is just keep swimming. For now, I’ve got to just keep swimming. I’m closing in on the last 30 days of my probation. And I’m working on petitioning for a withheld judgment. I’m doing the things that I need to be doing. Just. Keep. Swimming.
