Exercise

I’ve been trying to exercise more because I need it and JF constantly nags me lol. Went to the gym and did exercise bike since the treadmills were all being used. I did about 20 minutes and then stretches and crunches.

JF agreed to free our exercise bike at home from the closet so I’ve been using that as well – at least 15 mins in a session. Who knows if this will help me in the long run but guess it can’t hurt.

I also got a new Apple Watch because my current one is the series 2 from 2016! Actually it works fine but the battery dies so fast. Half the time it doesn’t make it through the work day and that sucks. So I saw the SE 2nd gen on sale, so I pulled the trigger and upgraded to a new watch after 8 years haha. So far loving it! It came with a watch band that I really like as well. Score!

Stressed

Well, now I’m stressed. I’ve got work stress from not being able to deliver things on time. And if I’m totally honest, backlogs happen because of rod – he’s stretched too thin, so when I have questions on jobs that are not super urgent, he pushes them off until they become super urgent. So where does that leave me? With every client being pissed that we’re delivering late or that the feature isn’t working. Then I’ve got side work stress cause I haven’t devoted enough time to EB’s project and guess what, the arch wants to submit like now! um yeah, that is not happening buddy, so now I feel shitty about it. Then there’s xmas shopping stress and trying to buy things when there are sales, and every time it’s like i have to buy it now or else i miss out on a deal. i mean, at least i’m in a decent place with xmas shopping but it has been stressful. adding onto this is general scheduling of j’s xmas break and signing him up for things during the first week. plus don’t forget the pup who i have to coordinate doggy care for and to also refill his flea/tick meds and make sure he gets fed cause a lot of times he gets overlooked esp in the evenings and he’s not pushy enough to get our attention. my brain is just running a mile a minute and worried about everything and it’s becoming a lot. i got some good rest over t-day weekend (thanks to the covid booster) but now i’m back to no sleep and right now i’m going to try to sleep!

Black Friday 2023

Honestly we don’t really do much Black Friday shopping. I kinda forgot about it until the afternoon. In the morning, JF made a light breakfast for everyone. His cousin+fam packed up their things and we went to the park and then an early lunch before taking them to the airport. The kids had so much fun running around. A little too much fun, but it was okay. They got to the airport right after lunch so I came home and did laundry first thing. We kinda lounged around a bit then went on a family walk with Cody before heading out to have a pizza dinner. It was kind of a bad idea on my part cause my body did not appreciate the pizza. I ended up doing a short workout after J went to sleep. Anyhow, the only Black Friday shopping I did was Amazon and Victoria’s Secret. I might get a jacket at Gap cause according to JF the sales are so huge it’s like they’re giving it away for free (no they are not lol). Cody is pooped from all the family excitement the past few days – dodging kids, being chased by kids, being pet by kids lol.