A Piece Of My Heart

Are you wondering where I ran off to? Read this!

As my days have gotten significantly busier, by no one’s fault other than my own, I figured I’d take a minute to write about it, thus further procrastinating doing all the things that are keeping me busy! In all honesty though, I’m feeling really motivated. Busy in a good way! I also want to do this to look ahead a little bit and see how my days will be filled in November with NaNo and the 30DBC. I like to have my time planned so I don’t forget anything and ensure I have time to complete all my commitments. And also, just an fyi – I likely will not be blogging as much in November. You’ll probably see why after you read this entry. Also (last “also,” I promise), this post may be TMI, but whatever …

This is a typical Monday/Wednesday/Friday in November:
5:45am – wake up to alarm and lie in bed checking WDC for a few minutes
6:00am – get up and make breakfast, pack lunch for work, and put away the dishes from last night
6:15am – eat breakfast while watching YouTube
6:30am – 10-minute mini workout
6:40am – brush teeth, wash face, brush hair, get dressed
7:10am – load dishwasher with anything left in the sink
7:20am – feed and water dog and let her outside
7:30am – drive to work
8:00am – work …
4:30pm – drive home
5:00pm – make dinner and eat
6:00pm – clean kitchen
6:15pm – settle on the couch to write while man watches TV (try for a solid hour of writing)
7:30pm – relax with a bit of TV (while checking WDC…)
9:00pm – shower + brush teeth
9:20pm – evening WDC prowl, post 30DBC prompt
9:30pm – sleep

Then on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I don’t work I have to focus on maintaining my volunteer responsibilities, catching up on writing (I will get in my 50K word count!), and working on my online grad school classes. I’ve currently completed one, am about halfway through another one, and the third begins on October 24th. So, my Tuesdays, Thursdays, and the weekend will be my days to focus on classwork, keep the house tidy-ish, attempt to be “host-like” at the 30DBC by putting out any fires and collecting the judges scores, and maintain some sort of relationship with the man I’m living with. Ha! I think he understands … I just better end up with a novel at the end of this to prove I wasn’t wasting my time.

Some of my other goals these coming months are:

Drink at least 2000mL/64oz of water every day
Stick to my new diet/workout plan (alternate high carb and low carb days and 10 minutes of HIIT workout every Mon/Wed/Fri morning)
Maintain my hygiene routine … this can get left by the wayside if one is not careful, but I will remember to wash my face and brush my teeth twice a day
Find time to continue reviewing for Anniversary Reviews and the Contest Review Challenge and continue entering contests for the Scoundrel and the Contest Challenge
Continue to engage on WDC, lol! Auctions, Raffles, all the fun stuff
Continue Captain duties with the SuperPower Reviewers

And this doesn’t even go into work tasks, but that is a whole different world.

So, if you’re reading this because you want to know why I’m not around as much, there you have it. Please email me if there is anything I’ve forgotten to do – I only have so much brain capacity, lol! Give a sister a hand?

See ya around (maybe?)
-Emily