Tuesday {Week in the Life}

6:00 am My alarm goes off, and I wake up. . . for a moment. I really want to get up and blog about a home project, but I lie there realizing that I don’t have any photos loaded. I quickly feel defeated and fall back asleep.

Later, when I wake up around 7, I realize that I could have started my {Week in the Life} post – so I start the coffee, then hurry up and dash off a bit of that post. The day always gets off to a better start when I’ve had a chance to sip my coffee and blog a bit before heading off to the cubicle for the day.

The day in the office is just as busy as yesterday’s, only with fewer meetings. I leave a bit early so that I can get to the post office in time to buy some pretty stamps and mail the WEDDING INVITES! 🙂

4:55 pm Just in the nick of time, I pop into the post office. Cherry Blossom stamps are the only ones that are even remotely attractive, so they’re the ones that I stick on each and every wedding envelope.

Whoosh! Down the chute go the envelopes,  and just like that I’m reminded that I’m *really* getting married.  I feel really awkward as I snap a furtive photo of the act. 🙂

5:20 pm –  Exercise has not played a big enough role in my life lately, so when I arrive home I immediately set off on a short walk. Charlie’s still recovering from her spine infection, so she can’t go on these walks with me and Merlin. I keep his leash in the car – that helps prevent the total freakout that occurs when the coat closet door opens and I jingle a leash onto his collar – but Charlie still knows she’s being left out and she doesn’t like it one bit.

Once outside, I set my Runkeeper app on my phone and take off.  Runkeeper is great because it not only logs your activity, it also creates a map of where you went on your walk.

The walk is one of the best parts of the day, and now that it’s spring there are so many things to catch my eye.  This yard, in particular, grabs my attention – because it’s the kind of yard I’d love to have someday.  The way the bushes are grouped throughout the yard, creating so much visual interest – it beats a plain green grassy yard any day.

Near the end of the walk I get to a little stretch of woodsy trail.  I love this part of the walk, because it momentarily feels like I’m miles away from everything.  Merlin splashes in the creek before taking off up the trail.

5:45 pm – Sit down to catch my breath from my vigorous walk and do a little blog reading, and finish my Monday {Week in the Life} post.

6:00 pm – I’m in the mood to sip something tasty, so I pour a small glass of the Linden Vineyards Late Harvest Vidal wine.  The 2003 vintage has aged amazingly well.  If only I had some stinky blue cheese to pair with this sweet, honeysuckle and apple-y dessert wine, then I’d really be in heaven.

I have a little fun with the camera, taking photos of all the sediment (aka wine diamonds) on the cork.

Hm. . . now am I motivated to clean up my pigsty of an office / dressing room? 

Oops. . .Ryan comes home from work and he throws off my attention span since we start talking about work drama. (We both work for the same company.)   Guess I’ll have to clean up the office later.

7:13 pm – I finally finish the Monday {Week in the Life} blog post.  Ryan is outside starting the grill, which means it’s time for me to clean up the kitchen (again) and make dinner.  At least we have a yummy BBQ pork tenderloin to look forward to tonight!

8:00 pm – Woohoo! Dinner cooked, we sit down to dig in with the show Joe Schmoe on DVD.  My BBQ pork tenderloin was seriously tasty – thank goodness there’s enough left for about 3 more meals!

8:30 pm – With the Joe Schmoe show still playing, I set about cleaning up the mess on my sewing table that was created by the previous night’s wedding-invite-assembly. I also start some laundry.  Yeehaw, I have an exciting life.  😉

9:00 pm – Time to get sewing.  I have just a few more custom pup pad and pillow orders left to fill before my shop is “closed” for the wedding countdown.  I’m hoping to finish everything by Friday, so that the weekend can be totally wedding-focused.

11:30 pm – Finally, I’m finished sewing for the night.  I package up the orders,  set up my coffee so it’s ready for the morning.  I’m proud of myself for managing to serve dinner without making a disaster in the kitchen this evening.

11:50 pm – My bed looks oh-so-cozy (to my cat too, apparently) and I’ve got a few minutes to curl up with Stephanie Plum (13th book in the series, I’m hooked) before falling asleep.

Knowing I really want to wake up early Wednesday morning, I set my alarm on my phone, then set my phone on the floor of the hallway.  Having to haul my butt out of bed and into the hall to turn the alarm off forces me to really think about whether or not I want to go back to sleep.  Here’s hoping it works like a charm in the morning.