Same as every day :

• Make a To Do li… oh squirrels !

• Visit the house where Martin Luther lived
• Buy a Perry Rhodan hefte (an SF pulp serial magazine that has been published weekly since 1961) at a newsstand after not reading one for over 40 years
• Eat my first currywurst since I arrived in Germany three days ago

It’s not even 8 AM here yet. Guess the first item on my to-do list is ‘write a to-do list’.

1. Muck about with Netbird (oops, wait, that wasn’t on the list!)
2. Walk the dog.
3. Tidy the garden.
4. Replace the shower curtain.
5. Clean and lubricate the bean-to-cup coffee machine.
6. Book holiday flights.

1. Make breakfast for kids

2. Go to work

3. Not sure what it says, but I just got a text from my wife so there’s at least one more thing I gotta do

4. Ensure kids all have clean uniforms for school tomorrow

Shop for a dining furniture set that sits 4 people. We just eat at the kitchen bar but since we’re having guests for the first time next month, we need a proper dining table.

I had a pretty low key day today, and things went smoothly and painlessly. Just had to:

1: Get dressed for sexy Sunday

2: Go shopping for a friend’s last minute birthday present

3: See said friends, hang out for a bit

4: Go home

5: Make dinner

Step five is all that’s left, and prep is done so it should be easy peasy.

I feel bad for you though, that’s a brutal work schedule. I remember doing 50-55 hour weeks and not having any time or energy left to really care for myself, doing even more than that is just wild to me. I hope it’s at least setting you up for a lovely future!

Every day I sink lower. When I think the bottom approaches, the foundation cracks and I am pulled even lower then I thought possible.

Time to drink about it.