I was working on photo album project and I realized I have so many photos I took to write blog posts with us and then I never wrote them and now the photos are just random. I have a post on being a jerk and a day in the life with two year old twins and have written neither post.
I'm happy to report that twin sleep is much improved. They are now sleeping around 7:30, which is the right time. We can usually get all kids down by 8:15, and the house sometimes even sorted by 8:30. It is good.
Last night a friend offered to do bedtime and babysit so Andy and I could go out. The last time we left the house together with kids awake was March so this was a big deal. We have had two date nights/days so far in 2026 (two got canceled due to twins terrible sleep and Nanny's unfortunate injury). We went for a hike up a local mountain (yay!) and then went to a local pub for a drink and some cheesy chips. I tried to take a cool photo:
This morning I got some Rachel time, so went to the gym for a quick strength workout courtesy of ChatGPT
And then I went and did Parkrun - a free 5k run. I have not run at all since the half marathon in October of last year so I took it very easy, except for racing past to people at the end because I had a bit more in the tank. Does it make me a jerk to run fast at the end of a social 5k timed run with 237 people running? It does mean I came in 214th instead of 216th so I guess that's good, but it does make me feel a bit rude to pick up the pace in the last 200 meters just because I can and because someone is ahead of me - I ended up 4 seconds ahead of the next runner.
There are a bunch of life admin things I should/could do with this Rachel time... but I am not feeling them right now. Because of summer holidays my fridays are now kids-all-day days, not kids 2.5 hours of childcare days, and losing 2 hours of life admin time is basically losing 1/2 of my garunteed weekly admin time so I'll cut myself some logistical slack here.
On Thursday I did manage to spend about an hour working on kids photo albums. Albums take about 1-1.5 hours a month to stay up-to-date. I got very behind. This far behind:
Maybe if I wasn't watching White Lotus I would be up early enough to write a blog.... but I'm really enjoying White Lotus
Have you seen White Lotus? Do you feel bloggy behind sometimes?
I don't feel bloggy behind sometimes, I feel it all of the time! I am the world's slowest writer. I have an entire graveyard of posts that I planned, took pictures for, and then everything fell apart in the writing process.
ReplyDeleteYes I've seen White Lotus and IMO everything else can wait until you've finished it. Mind you, I am still carrying a grudge from the way that season two ended, but I was glued to the TV for every second of season three.
I also use chatgpt for lifting workouts. I mainly follow Dr Simms workouts for peri menopausal women- lift heavy but less reps. I lift as heavy as I can. I also added plyometrics- jumping and hopping to my routine. Supposedly it's good for bone density. I no longer do any kind of cardio. Only weights.
ReplyDeleteBeing behind on blogging. OF COURSE. Always, especially on writing and commenting. I do read since it's easier but I want to comment meaningfully and sometimes I don't have the computer or my kids need something or don;t want to do it on my phone... I still need to write my hello, month, goodbye, month post for July and August.