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howsmyenglishAnd because I also need to record successes for future reference, here's a record of the last... 40 hours..?
I was still very much down on Wednesday, after writing that post, but I decided to use my suggestibility to get into a better mood. So, I watched Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt during my evening - I find it hilarious. I watched it during the lighting of the fire, cooking, having dinner, knitting, etc. It didn't help much when I tried to talk (when husband called in the evening, I could hardly bring myself to say a few words), but I did sleep well.
I woke up earlier than usual - again! this seems to be a new pattern... but, well, if it means that I'm getting old and need less sleep now, I'll take that, I hate needing as much sleep as I do. We had nice weather yesterday. The sun was shining, it wasn't cold. So... I had a wonderful day! I did yoga in the morning. After breakfast, I did some work-related stuff, dealt with a few emails that had been piling up and making me anxious. Then I went for a walk! Well... I made myself go for a walk, I'm really bad at doing that on my own. But it was OK. I didn't walk far or much, just to... breathe some outside air, let the sun shine on my face... I sat on a bench and replied to some more emails. And then I came back, had lunch did my diss-related reading and annotating for the rest of day day. Oh, no, it was interspersed with household chores like putting things away for the robot vacuum and putting them back in place, putting away dry laundry, getting the oven ready for the fire. And also - I just love this! - while I did the reading+annotating I knitted! Simultaneously. I'm so enjoying this. It turns out I don't even have to look. The eyes read, the hands knit, one hand moves back and forth between mouse and knitting, and sometimes I put the knitting down to copy-paste stuff.
After this, in the evening, I lit the fire, re-watched some of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - which I find much more than hilarious... it's also witty and intelligent and so beautiful! - had lunch, a phone call with a friend/colleague, a phone call with husband, dyed my hair, had a phone call with brother, during which we laughed (rather a rarity nowadays), had my usual Grandma phone call, then finally finished watching the episode and started reading my new Kazuo Ishiguro book, Klara and the Sun!
It was a very nice day. And while today I didn't do much yet, I did finish some work-related stuff and sent out several emails. I'm writing this, while my kitty is trying not to fall down from my lap, and I will go back to work/knitting/chores now, until the evening, when I plan to watch something nice in film-length. Probably. I wonder how long I can go on on a positive wave before falling back into negativity... Well, we'll see. Husband is coming back in about four days. I'll think it a success, if I can keep it up till then. I'd planned to go for a walk today and tomorrow, also, but it's raining and it plans to continue raining until tomorrow afternoon, so. I'll bounce on my exercise ball instead. When the kitty finally falls down and I can get up, that is.
I was still very much down on Wednesday, after writing that post, but I decided to use my suggestibility to get into a better mood. So, I watched Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt during my evening - I find it hilarious. I watched it during the lighting of the fire, cooking, having dinner, knitting, etc. It didn't help much when I tried to talk (when husband called in the evening, I could hardly bring myself to say a few words), but I did sleep well.
I woke up earlier than usual - again! this seems to be a new pattern... but, well, if it means that I'm getting old and need less sleep now, I'll take that, I hate needing as much sleep as I do. We had nice weather yesterday. The sun was shining, it wasn't cold. So... I had a wonderful day! I did yoga in the morning. After breakfast, I did some work-related stuff, dealt with a few emails that had been piling up and making me anxious. Then I went for a walk! Well... I made myself go for a walk, I'm really bad at doing that on my own. But it was OK. I didn't walk far or much, just to... breathe some outside air, let the sun shine on my face... I sat on a bench and replied to some more emails. And then I came back, had lunch did my diss-related reading and annotating for the rest of day day. Oh, no, it was interspersed with household chores like putting things away for the robot vacuum and putting them back in place, putting away dry laundry, getting the oven ready for the fire. And also - I just love this! - while I did the reading+annotating I knitted! Simultaneously. I'm so enjoying this. It turns out I don't even have to look. The eyes read, the hands knit, one hand moves back and forth between mouse and knitting, and sometimes I put the knitting down to copy-paste stuff.
After this, in the evening, I lit the fire, re-watched some of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - which I find much more than hilarious... it's also witty and intelligent and so beautiful! - had lunch, a phone call with a friend/colleague, a phone call with husband, dyed my hair, had a phone call with brother, during which we laughed (rather a rarity nowadays), had my usual Grandma phone call, then finally finished watching the episode and started reading my new Kazuo Ishiguro book, Klara and the Sun!
It was a very nice day. And while today I didn't do much yet, I did finish some work-related stuff and sent out several emails. I'm writing this, while my kitty is trying not to fall down from my lap, and I will go back to work/knitting/chores now, until the evening, when I plan to watch something nice in film-length. Probably. I wonder how long I can go on on a positive wave before falling back into negativity... Well, we'll see. Husband is coming back in about four days. I'll think it a success, if I can keep it up till then. I'd planned to go for a walk today and tomorrow, also, but it's raining and it plans to continue raining until tomorrow afternoon, so. I'll bounce on my exercise ball instead. When the kitty finally falls down and I can get up, that is.
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Date: 2022-02-05 07:15 am (UTC)I love going for walks but also have a hard time getting myself out the door for them, especially if it's just myself. Not sure why...once I'm actually out there doing it, not so bad, but so hard to get going. How cold is it where you are lately?
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Date: 2022-02-05 12:04 pm (UTC)I live in a "southern" country, which means that while its not really cold outside in the winter, it's really cold inside, as the walls tend to be very thin here. So, while the coldest we had this winter was 4 degrees Celsius outside during the night and, say, 12 degrees during the day (on the colder days), at home, it's about 17-18 degrees even when we light the fire. By the morning, the temperature in the living room can drop to below 14 degrees. We have ACs in every room, but I hate using them. So, I really do need huge pullovers to feel warm at home.
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Date: 2022-02-07 04:21 am (UTC)That does sound pretty temperate, but I know what you mean about the walls being thin. When I lived closer to the coast, the weather was warmer but the homes were a lot colder because they weren't built to withstand the cold (it probably didn't help that I was living in what was probably once a "summer cabin" before the population exploded, so it maybe wasn't even designed to have people living in it during winter). I was way colder there in winters than I am here even though outside it's much colder here.
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Date: 2022-02-13 04:56 pm (UTC)Hard to say - I've made a few breaks. Just now - to knit a pair of arm warmers for our daughter's birthday (it's the day after tomorrow, so I had to hurry!), I also made a break some time before when I wasn't feeling well. Both breaks together were probably 2 weeks long? And I started the pullover in the second half of January. So, really not long! I'm doing the sleeves now. Will post pictures of both, pullover and ark warmers, when everything is done!
It's funny, but in the winter, we dress when we come home, not the other way around. It's quite nice outside, often sunny, when you move you get quite warm. But at home - with no sun, little movement and walls cold from the night it's much colder. We open all windows during the day (when it's not raining) to let the warmth in. :D Sounds crazy, I know. I was born in a climate where we had 3 month of each season every year.
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Date: 2022-02-05 07:37 pm (UTC)I'm glad you've been having nice weather, and that you enjoyed a lovely day : ) Good on you for getting out for that walk. The way you described your day sounded like a perfect kind of day to me. Peaceful and at your own pace. I hope that positive wave continues for you, and if it doesn't, may it not take too long to return. <3
Oh, also I was on the fence about trying out Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, but with your comments above, makes me want to give that a try soon. : )
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Date: 2022-02-13 05:05 pm (UTC)Same here!
About Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: it's not a show you can binge watch, and not even one where you can watch an episode on a regular basis. At least, it's this way for me. It's way too good for a show. Each episode is a kind of a jewel. Seriously. I've re-watched several of them several times and never felt bored. And I never even came to the end of season three - not yet.
Do you know Gilmore Girls? It's made by the same person, Amy Sherman-Palladino. She seems to be very much my kind of person, which is why everything she makes (including a series that ran only two seasons) finds a place in my heart. Gilmore Girls is a series to live in. And I did live in it, several times. When I'm alone for a long time, and need company and positivity, I binge watch Gilmore Girls. But by now I know them so well, I just pretend I live in Stars Hollow some times :D
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Date: 2022-02-19 10:29 pm (UTC)I have heard good things about Gilmore Girls from others over the years, but still haven't watched through the series myself. I watched the first couple of episodes a long time ago, and at that time, for whatever reason couldn't get into it, however, that doesn't say much, because often, I've returned to giving a show a watch years later, and get completely into it! :D So, for me, it's always been a matter of timing in my life putting me in the right mood for things, which is why I never rule things out to try, completely. I just tend to stow it away for later. I'm glad the series is a source of spirit-lifting comfort and joy for you. Finding shows and/or films like that is always a good thing.