I was inspired by Stephany & Beckett to do a week in the life series! Tune in (or tune out!) for the mundane!

4:58 am – I wake up right before my 5:00 am alarm. I did NOT sleep well. Whoa. I woke up after 1:00 to pee, then went and couldn’t fall back asleep for about an hour, then had bad dreams. Then I fell asleep but woke up and went through the cycle again. Ugh. I feel like garbage.

But I get up and get dressed and feed the cats and wrap one last birthday present for Steven (today is his birthday!!!!) then post my Thursday post. My watch recommends another rest day. That’s three in a row! What the heck!

5:35 am – I drive to class and listen to Winter Stroll.

5:45 am – Lower Body class. It’s a sneaky one – it looks easy enough but the moves are pretty tough.

6:43 am – I take my challenge photos. I’m doing a December challenge at the gym and we take photos each Friday. Marybel (our instructor) gives us cute hot cocoa cones when we leave.

6:46 am – I drive home and listen to Winter Stroll.

6:56 am – I arrive home and hear Steven cleaning up what I am sure is another cat thing. Sigh. It’s been stressful having Tywin in the office all week. Apollo has been acting out by peeing in the bathroom sink. This time he did a #2. Happy Birthday, Steven.

7:00 am – I bring up Steven’s birthday presents from the basement, make my shake (I try putting some pumpkin pie spice mix in it – it’s so so), then feed the cats their wet food. I wish Steven a happy birthday when he comes downstairs.

7:32 am – I post the Fake Meats Instagram before I forget for the day. It’s disheartening how few views and likes we get for the amount of work I put into it, but at least if someone visits our socials (it goes to Facebook too) there will be content there.

7:47 am – We let Tywin back outside and I take down all the baby gates and start to clean the office and bathroom.

8:10 am – I have second breakfast (PB & banana open face) then Steven opens all his birthday gifts (from me, Mom & Dad, my snis and her family, and Steven’s dad). I got him pajamas, socks, undershirts, a fancy flashlight for flying, a radio for flying, and the test book I wrapped this morning. We make plans to meet for lunch after Ned’s vet appointment.

8:37 am – I leave and forget the dispute form I need to mail and go back in the house for it and Tywin shows up and runs into the garage. Sigh. It’s been nice not having him outside to do that all week (we worry about hitting him in the driveway and him being trapped places).

But really, I have been so freaking off this week, and having him inside has added a lot of stress. I drive to the PO Box and realize I forgot Goodrs and have to wear the dumb sunglasses in my car. Sigh. At least I had any.

8:41 am – I stop at my PO Box on my way to my run and see a cat there! Always exciting to see a cat! It’s not like I see any at home (ha ha). I do my rock hide of the day.

Rock by danny_carpxsb of California

8:49 am – I run 10 miles, listening to Winter Stroll for most of it, then music at the end. I have two GUs and one package of Honey Stingers. I feel decent and wish I had time to run longer! I’m grateful to be wearing shorts in December. And that the rain didn’t start on my run.

11:00 am – I get back home and shower quickly, put some wash in the dryer and workout clothes in the dryer, then grab Ned and head out.

11:20 am – We drive to the vet and I call my aunt to see how she is doing. I eat a protein bar on the way.

11:42 am – I arrive at the vet and text them I am there. I’m a couple minutes late, oops. I respond to texts.

11:50 am – I go in with Ned and he gets his shot (he just needed a booster shot) and I talk to one of the vet techs I have been friends with for years (Brittani).

11:59 am – We head back home. I listen to Val’s Marco, record a response Marco, then listen to my book.

12:22 pm – I arrive home and Tywin runs in the garage again. This dude. Ha. I put on makeup and switch the laundry and set out the dishes to dry (from running the dishwasher this morning).

12:44 pm –  I drive to the warehouse and pick up Steven and we go to Chipotle.

1:13 pm – We have lunch at Chipotle. It’s pretty meh, but nice to see Steven for his birthday lunch and hear how his morning is going.

1:50 pm – I drop Steven off and drive back home.

2:06 pm – I arrive back home, move laundry around and change into PJs for reading and a nap!

3:48 pm – I wake up from my wonderful nap right before the cats’ feeders go off (my watch tells me to wake up alert and not groggy, limit naps to 30 mins. LOL.). I get up to make sure Starbuck gets her food (I have to put it on the stairs for her) and am excited to see Tywin and Snow Jr sharing the cat house (especially since it’s been raining since noon)! Yay! It has room for three cats, but we’d only seen them both in there together once. We joke that they have a “credits” system they use to determine who gets to use the house. It’s a mystery how credits or obtained or redeemed.

I feed the outside cats, then straighten my hair (even though it’s raining) and put away laundry.

4:14 pm – I make a decaf chai, bring in a grocery delivery and put it away, cut the ends off that blanket and put it in the basement,  put away dishes, vacuum, and clean out the bathroom while listening to Winter Stroll. I have a piece of vegan turkey too. So so good!

5:25 pm – Bobbi and John arrive to go to HuHot in Milwaukee with us for Steven’s birthday! John drives us up (thank you!) and we chat the whole way there, enjoy our HuHot and conversation at dinner, then chat the whole way back, and have cake at home. It’s so nice to spend time with them!!!

9:40 pm – I clean up our cake plates, clean the litters, feed the cats their dry food snack, then work on this post while Steven plays with some of this new birthday gifts. We both talk about how nice it is to have the office back and be able to walk through it.

10:23 pm – We go upstairs and get ready for bed. I read more of Wreck the Halls and fall asleep around 11:00.