Okay I am going to start with a cliché again. TIME IS FLYING!
I cannot believe how fast everything is happening now. As much as I wished for mid-October to come for basically all year now things are happening a tad too fast and I have trouble keeping up. Maybe that’s also due to the fact that for finishing a few things I am relying on other people’s actions and mainly response and that makes me crazy. I am so not good at relying on others and also so not patient.
I think this whole thesis writing experience has affected me so deeply in some ways (I have a whole post on this to come) that coming back to a normal life is just very very hard right now. But I am trying and the beauty of this situation is that I have just no choice. Real life is calling and I am here to answer.
So I think last week was a good practice of some sort. One I am more than willing to share. Because writing for pleasure has taken the backseat for a few months and this is just one of the most normal things I can think of. Let’s do some catching up. I am also linking up with my dear Meg!
I accompanied Stefan to Munich on Monday to see a doctor regarding his back. He was sent to get an MRI scan and the results are shit. I hate when he is in pain. But I really hope with a diagnosis he can get the right treatment now and hopefully things get better long term.
My father-in-law graciously read and revised my thesis. Poor him did really not know what he signed up for when he offered. But after offering three times I accepted and so he had to trudge through 330 p. of my brain gibberish.
So I have spent the better part of last week editing in his suggestions and now I am almost done. It’s basically just formatting and then I am good to give it to print by the end of the week.
And yes, wine was involved! Necessary to deal with my shitty grammar.
I have had a successful day at the office and got done all my shit. I also started to clean out the office, got rid of a lot of old paperwork and basically started to prepare to leave. It’s a good feeling.
I finished a few psychological tests as preperationg for my next counselling session this week. So far it revealed nothing I wouldn’t have expected anyway. It was actually hard to make these tests. I think as I have a lot of experience with both psychology and counselling I find it hard not to manipulate the results semi-consciously. I try to be really open and not to cut out options before really considering them. After all I want new insights and not repeat my old ones again.
We had this ‘we need to eat healthier again’ conversation last week followed by one evening where we had a salad with crispy falafel. Then we went to an all-you-can eat Asian buffet and went out to eat Burger with a couple of friends the next two nights. I’d consider it a win 😛
Things have become so normal again that I was actually bored last week. I cannot remember the last time I was bored. It was awesome!
I have the biggest urge to invest some time in food photography again. I also went props hunting last week and I have two more shops I want to go this week. Hello new bowls and plates!
Our weekend was the usual grocery shopping and cleaning on Saturday followed by an unplanned two-hour near death nap.
I also did some recipe testing again and it felt so good.
On Sunday we spontaneously had coffee at my sister-in-law’s. Of course playing with my niece and nephew was also involved. Those two are like bouncy balls.
I have a busy week lying ahead. Lots and lots of appointments. I also want to try to go to Crossfit again after a three week break due to the flu. I am still coughing a little so fingers crossed that I don’t die!
So far so good, have an awesome day you guys and see you around!
I can’t even imagine all that goes into writing a thesis. So awesome your FIL read it and made suggestions. And I LOVE your food photography and am obsessed with those props, great finds!
I swear if I had any idea what thesis writing ment apart from the actual research and writing I’d never have done it.
Thank you 🙂 This is so kind of you!
I can’t take credit for most of these props finds though. The mortar and these cute little bowls were all gifts 🙂
Oh poor Stefan! I didn’t know about his back. Please send him all my happy thoughts and healing vibes.
On the flip side, I’m thrilled to see you taking pictures of food again and doing some recipe testing. You know how I feel about your tasty dishes. I’ve been dreaming about your macadamia nut white chocolate butter, literally, so I’m gonna have to make some too, even though like you I’m trying to dabble in this healthy eating again. Ignore the cookies we made last week, the apple pie I ate and the delicious take out with fried pita chips. Ha! We are definitely sisters from different misters.
I want to take Ave to the gym this week again, but she’s still got the sniffles and I don’t want to infect anyone else. Sigh. I guess I could always run (cough, not gonna happen, cough).
Happy Monday.
His back has been better and worse and better and worse for months now and now he finally found out that it’s a slipped disk. Fingers crossed for helpful treatment now.
Ha macadamia nut butter is basically healthy. We can always lie to ourselves about that 😉 Haha oh boy. Looks indeed like we’re sitting in the same boat regards healthy eating and also running for that matter. Let’s pretend this would be an ‘the thought counts’ situation 🙂
Oh man those times in life when you return to – after a long time of a certain routine or being super busy with something (thesis, school etc) – “normal” mundane life!? Isn’t it equally weird, boring and awesome at the same time!? Even though I’m still busy, being in a different phase of my life out of school has got me experiencing a lot more time for “normal” things and afternoons at home or days with no plans that i never had before. It feels so weirdly special. Like, I’m just a normal person like everyone else. Ah the luxuries of normalcy.
I love that it opens back up those creative urges too. Like getting your itch back to do more food photography. The more space that opens up for me, the more I’ve been getting these really intense urges to do different creative things like draw and paint.
Anyways that’s all to say I’m excited you were feeling this same sort of thing this week and actually got to experience boredom. I say for now, embrace it!
‘weird, boring and awesome at the same time’ yes yes yes! It’s so weird but I don’t even remember what I did with all my time pre-thesis. I remember that I was busy all the time as well but I don’t know what kept me that busy. Watching TV probably ;-P
That’s exactly it. I think I couldn’t afford doing something creative while still very much creating something (in the least creative way possible though). And now I am full to the brim with the urge to create something beautiful just for the sake of it. The awesome thing is that I have never appreciated more to be able to do this than I do right now.
Haha a death nap! I had ones of those the other week and I was a zombie afterwards… I swear there is always such a fine line between a productive nap and one that knocks your socks off!
So sorry to hear the news about Stefan and his back – I really hope things work out with treatment… Back pain is the worst.
I hope that each week that passes you are able to gain more of a sense of normality… Then again maybe this time is meant to be a miss match of days, finally having the chance to catch up on chilling out, photo taking and editing, recipe developing and all the other fun things that have had to take a back step these last few months. 🙂
I know! I think it took me a solid 30 min to wake up from that nap! I guess I needed it.
Thank you! Let’s cross our fingers together!
I plan on embracing my new-found freedom with both arms and a bear hug! This is the time for all the pretty things in my life 🙂 Let’s hope I don’t get bored with it quickly ;-P