Oh guys, this has been a week! Sometimes when you’re in your happy little bubble, life ambushes you and kicks your ass. Maybe that’s the real circle of life…
Remember when I told you last week how happy and not stressed I was? Yes? Well me too. And it changed like that very day. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, sit down with me and let’s catch up.
And as it’s Monday – day of the lists – I am linking up with my fellow coffee addict Meg. Let’s get started…
- Monday was one of the worst days I have ever had at the office. I spare you all the glory details but believe me it was so draining I wanted to cry.
- At the moment our bathrooms in our apartment are being renovated and when I came home from work the bathroomon the upper level almost made me cry. I am not even ready to joke about it now. All I can say is that it massively messes with my OCD tendencies and no one else but me seems to be bothered. It is so damn frustrating!
- After starting a completely unnecessery fight with my husband I was so frustrated that I deliberately decided to get drunk. On a Monday. Something I usually don’t do.
- It probably didn’t help that our wifi broke and I was wifi less at home for two days.
- Tuesday and Wednesday I worked from the University library. I had two very productive days in a very noise free and distraction free environment. I liked it so much that I will work from there the better part of this week again.
- On a positive note I went to Crossfit twice. Both workouts were very good and I was happy and relaxed albeit pretty destroyed afterwards.
- I took Thursday afternoon off and relaxed. I indulged in catching up with my blog reading and commenting, answered my comments, wrote emails and all in all just ignored work. It was so necessary. Of course I felt super guilty afterwards but I know that it was all I needed.
- On Friday I took care of some medical stuff including getting an MRI scan. Afterwards I was feeling pretty poorly so I started the weekend early.
- Caprese, wine and relaxing outside helped make me feel better again quickly.
- I spent a holy shitton of money on things I wouldn’t need if I were a guy. I don’t know why but spending money on make-up and skin care and bras kinda really bugs me even though I have zero regret spending my money on myself in general. But the girls need support and that level of support is expensive!
- We were graced with the most beautiful spring weather all weekend and we spent a lot of our time outside on our balcony. I am soaking up the sun and I love it!
- Day drinking might or might not have happend!
- In fact it did!
- Sunday was my funday. I made cold brew and spend some time practicing pour shots and figuring out how my camera remote control works.
- I definitely need to tweak things a little and practice more but for a first try it didn’t turn out too badly!
Okay friends, another week another round of work. Judging from my thesis related nightmares and the time I spent awake in the middle of the night worrying about my dooming deadlines I should try to focus now and fill some pages with smart things. Cross your fingers for me that I get my life back soon. I am so over this!
This weekend spending time with things I love kinda showed me what I am missing right now. Can you have fomo with your own life? Well I think you can. Okay but I probably don’t start to think too much about these things right now. Time to get some stuff done!
Happy Monday and have a good week!
Uh I hate how stress can hit you so quickly. Hoping things get better for you soon. And loving those pour shots oh and caprese, that bread, YUM!
I was kinda waiting for stress to finally kick in but I was definitely not prepared to the force behind it ;-P
Thank you 🙂 Caprese is so so good!
I spy a certain bracelet in that lovely pour shot, which I’m super impressed with by the way. I’ve been hearing about cold brew coffee lately and all the benefits.
I’m sorry the stress walloped you right away last week. It’s no wonder with construction at work and construction at home. You’re not getting your quiet Juli time. I guess last week was a shower beer kind of week. Knowing Stefan, he forgave you pretty quickly. More day drinking on the balcony with lots of caprese and solitude is called for.
Haha yes I love the bracelet 🙂 It reminds me of you and better times coming up!
I didn’t know cold brew has any specific benefits. I just like the soft taste of it.
I saw your snap with the shower beer and I loved the idea and would have totally stolen it if I had had a shower at home last week. I wonder what my in-laws would have said if I came to their place to shower with a bottle of beer in tow 😀
Of course he did. Poor him. I doubt he knew what he signed up for when he decided he wanted me as a girlfriend ;-P
Ohhhhh dear. Funny how life chooses to slam on you all at once. It especially loves to when you’re feeling all up and stuff, too. What a crappy week – I’m sorry. I HATE it when I seem to the only person bugged about a certain thing (like with your bathroom renos). It is THE most frustrating. Having construction around you now both at work AND home would send me into complete cahoots. And would definitely have me day drinking. No wonder that quiet library felt extra amazing. It was your reprieve away from all the chaos crowding in on you.
Oh boy. Well I hope this week is a bit kinder to you. I hope you take more time, again, to play with your camera and find some quiet time. Those shots are absolutely stunning.
Urgh I hate how nobody backing me up instantly made me feel crazy and like I overreacted. That’s kind of a trigger for me.
I am going crazy. I just can’t handle the noise and dirt very well. The chaos in my environment creates chaos in my head.
Thank you 🙂 Camera time would be awesome. I like the shots as well and a bit more practicing wouldn’t hurt either. Hope you have a good week, too!
Oh I hope the bathroom incident has been fixed now… Isn’t it the worst when there is something that drives you insane but others aren’t so fussed about!?
I’m so glad you found some solace in the university library, I know my local library is my haven for all things calm… Until it tells me I have used my wifi limit for the day, then I get peeved!
And your cold brew shots look beautiful! Did the coffee turn out well?
Hope this week goes better for you my lovely.
It’s not something that can be fixed. Sadly. I might just overreact.
In the beginning I didn’t like the library a lot but I quickly grew fond of the quiet. And now I am in the office today and already look forward to working from the library for the next days. Luckily I have unlimited wifi there. The advantage of being univeristy staff!
Thank you 🙂 The cold brew definitely needs a bit tweaking. It was a bit too watery. I will use more ground coffee next time.
Thank you so much! Btw I always listen to your podcast and a lot of the things you guys are discussing really help me ground myself and listen to myself a bit more. Hope you have a good week, too!
I thought I would stop by to say hello and also – the cold brew shots look AMAZING! I love a remote for my camera, it’s like the coolest thing ever for such a small accessory. My Sony camera at the moment can hook up to my phone so I can use that as a remote and see the actual preview live from my phone, mind blown!
p.s. glad you like the podcast and our random chit chat, it means a lot!
Hi David 🙂 thank you so much.
That is so cool! Framing is kind of a guessing game with my remote. But we can connect the gopro with a phone and that’s really handy. I could forever nerd about camara equipment 🙂
I really like your podcast. It’s refreshing. I hope you keep the episodes coming 🙂
Eek! No Wi-fi?!!? Sounds like your week was up and down but overall you were able to treat yo’ self in the form of booze, bras, and blogging.
I totally can relate that FOMO from your own life! It sucks 🙁
Haha it was a bit of a wild week 😉 I love the alliteration. Booze, bras and blogging.
I try to tell myself that it’s only a few weeks/ months and then I get my life back.