Too often I let my overall gloomy mood overshadow the good things, so I’m writing now and here because I can’t get to my journals at this exact moment and I’m trying to practice procrastinating less.

Today was actually pretty good after a rough night. Hank’s bug bites might be a little infected and the itching keeps him up at night. Which keeps me up.

But he took Molly out in the middle of the night before he went out for another hot shower. That meant I got to sleep in until 8:30am. Absolutely decadent.

Made coffee and breakfast and we watched a few episodes of TNG and just chilled. Molly jumped between us and slept while making the cutest noises. I wonder what she was dreaming about?

Then we braved the elements, DEET-ed ourselves up and soaked up some sun at our site. I got deeper into and gave Molly lots of belly rubs. She’s getting better st staying at my feet when we aren’t doing anything.

Then pool time. I could really get used to this leisure thing… but Hank started talking to people, which mean I had to,(societal norms, y’all), and it turned out to be a great conversation and much information was exchanged. I find it amusing that the nicest people here are from New York (Long Island specifically).

Returned to a very happy to see us Molly, I got comfy on the ground reading in one hand and scratching belly with the other until it was time to walk, shower, do dishes, have dinner, do dishes again, and maybe I will do duolingo before bed or journal “properly” (Lord knows I brought along enough guided journals as well as a planner and one blank book).

But first, I need to eat. And finish my wine. Back to the corporate grind tomorrow.

I actually have to write up some of my travels. And not overthink it .

Why do I procrastinate like it’s an Olympic sport? I finished morning meetings and instead of doing any real work, I went outside to eat breakfast, get some Molly time, and started playing Garden Affairs — my current time suck. Seriously, I probably spend up to 6h per day on this game when I am trying to avoid something.

I need to be applying to better jobs, working on my journals, and maybe even finish Addie La Rue so I can get to the rest of my 2023 TBR. Oh, and of course work out. My trainer keeps texting me and I’m not even paying for his services anymore 😖.

I don’t like being involuntarily unemployed, but honestly, I could use a break to work on myself.

And now that I have guilt-tripped and shamed myself, I’m going to finish the 30m of Garden Affairs left from my free hour, make lunch, eat lunch, and do more Smartsheet University. Gotta get those PDUs!

Mental core dump — Monday edition

Because why use my dot journal when I have a blog and mastodon?

Time to get back to the 4-letter word, then or parallel

1. update my planner (woefully behind due to travel),
2. update hike journal,
3. find hike for this week,
4. stare at grief journal,
5. do career design course…
6. shit, overloading myself again maybe.

At least there’s no laundry to do today.

Hike #2 in the books. Was not feeling ambitious enough for the entire Emerald Necklace loop, but I need to get out whenever I can.

Begin as you nean to end and all that jazz. It was nice to get out and move. First hike of the year in the books.

Watched the movie with some friends and the improbability 🤣🤣🤣 Just had to read the book the movie is based on. Hopefully it’s a good beach read.

Currently Reading: Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka 📚