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

5:12 am – Thursday is my sometimes sleep-in day, and I’m so excited! But Apollo wakes me up crying – it’s like, 8 minutes before your feeder goes off. Chill, dude.

I get up and use the bathroom and feed Snow Jr and Tywin, make sure all the cats get their food from the feeder, then try to go back to sleep, but my brain wants to do anxiety spiral mode. Lovely.

5:45 am – I look at my watch and am annoyed I’ve been lying there with anxious thoughts for that long, and do a running visualization that puts me to sleep, but then I have anxious dreams – that Steven and I were cycling and we take naps and when we wake up the sky is full of planes, and that Steven is going to Las Vegas Monday-Wednesday with my snister’s husband Will and they didn’t tell either of us. How odd!

6:45 am – I wake up to Steven rubbing my back and asking when I need to get up. Aww. I reluctantly get up at 6:55 and get dressed.

7:00 am – I start work and let Tywin out, then go about feeding them all wet food and feeding me, and putting my clothes in the wash (I only have one pair of long PJs that fit right now so they need to be washed!).

8:00 am – Work call.

8:58 am – I see my Factor X results came in early, and I measured at 22%, which looks like it’s close to the INR range they want me at. I’ll ask the pharmacist when I see them January 8th.

It’s a stressful morning with work stuff, some family stuff, and Tywin crying for most of it. I’m on edge.

11:00 am – I get a shoutout from my supervisor at work – she is on a national call and I got a mention for being so engaged on an internal platform we have for sharing client news and intel. That felt nice!

11:05 am – I post on the Fake Meats insta and change into running gear and make sure I have my rock to hide. I eat a fig bar on the way to the preserve. I turn on DND on my phone so my watch doesn’t buzz during my workout.

11:20 am – I film my hide (it’s not the real hide – I do this often – film with my tripod then leave the tripod in the car and take the rock with me) and my watch buzzes to tell me I should rest or take it easy today. I am not in the mood for that! I plan to run with music and run fast for me! I start my run and feel good, then get 5 minutes into it and realize I forgot to put Tywin in the bathroom and he’s in the office with only the gates between him and the other cats. I cut my run short to 2.33 miles (and hide the rock during the run) and head back.

Rock is from @happystones_netherlands from the Netherlands

11:50 am – I get home and Tywin is just chilling on the office chair. Phew. I take a quick shower, and get back to work at noon.

12:33 pm – I make a decaf chai and give the cats treats. They normally don’t get this many treats, but there is a high level of stress with Tywin in the house.

1:00 pm – I run a difficult call at work. I feel so relieved when it’s over. I review the minutes with the notetaker right after the call.

2:00 pm – I decide I don’t want a salad for lunch and make vegan fish, couscous, and broccoli.

2:15 pm – I get on another call for 30 mins.

4:30 pm – Work is over and I am off though December 26th! I drive to my manicure and listen to Winter Stroll.

4:45 pm – Lorena gives me a beautiful new sparkly manicure, and we chat and wish each other a happy holiday. She has a gift for me!

6:00 pm – I do a Walmart pickup, then go in for bananas and bread. Walmart was out of the one thing I did the pickup for (believe it or not, candy canes).

6:11 pm – I drive home and listen to Winter Stroll.

6:30 pm – Steven has made a delicious vegan turkey (and dressing and broccoli and potatoes) and we sit down to eat and watch The Other Guys. The cats are all on edge. Tywin peed on a towel in the bathroom and we wonder if they can smell it.

6:55 pm – We have a slice of cake!

7:15 pm – We clean up dinner, then go into the office area to hang out with Tywin (and clean up the bathroom and wash all the towels he’s using). Steven paid bills earlier and put a dispute form from my bank on my desk so I fill that out to mail in the morning.

8:10 pm – I get ready for bed, including getting all my pills for the week ready – Warfarin and Wellbutrin for each day. I put my workout clothes in the bathroom. I didn’t make my shake earlier – I’ll make it when I get home Friday.

8:23 pm – I read then fall asleep after 9:00.