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Much like week
four of summer break, week five was also spent at home catching up on things
and prepping for yet another trip.
Monday, June 22
Monday, I was up at 8:15 AM and we woke up to more rain. I wanted to get up earlier to get stuff done
since we’d just gotten home from Nashville the day before, but I was so tired
that I ended up sleeping in.
Olivia requested homemade waffles for breakfast, and after we all filled
our bellies, I headed to my office to catch up on all the things and start
prepping for our trip to Colorado later in the week. On the agenda for Monday was:
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Transferring photos from my iPhone to my computer
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Planning some social media content
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Sorting the laundry
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Washing and drying five loads of laundry
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Catching up on a few things in my planner
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Catching up on emails
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Checking insurance (again) for a bill we need to pay
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Paying another bill
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Tidying the kitchen
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Finishing unpacking
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Watering the outdoor plants
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Watering the indoor plants
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Starting to organize photos from my phone (but I didn’t
finish)
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Scheduling a couple of dates with girlfriends
Meanwhile, the kids did their laundry and Jacob helped Olivia with the
last few problems that she was struggling with in her summer math
homework. He also tackled some more of
his own summer homework, and Olivia did some gem art and wrote letters to two
of her pen pals (her beach friend, Evelyn, who we didn’t get to see this year
and my cousin’s daughter, Clara, who lives in Colorado).
After they were done with all that, Jacob played video games for a while
and Olivia Facetimed with her friend, Maren, since they were both finally home
at the same time from various travels.
Shortly after she and Maren got on their call, Maren’s mom called me to
see if Olivia wanted to sleep over since the girls hadn’t seen each other since
school let out for summer break. Olivia
was ecstatic and we happened to be free, so it was perfect timing.
I dropped her off at Maren’s later in the afternoon and then I put some
gas in my car. Then, the boys and I ate
a frozen pizza for dinner.
It finally stopped raining long enough for me to walk outside, and then
it started pouring again shortly after I got home.
I also tried a tai chi workout (finally) and I really liked it. I’m doing some simple ones on YouTube that I found,
and I’m hoping to start doing them regularly.
After my workout, I showered and got ready for bed and then I lay down on
my vibration plate.
I’m still dealing
with dizziness since my C1 and C2 aren’t staying aligned for long, so I haven’t
been standing on my vibration plate because it makes me feel worse when I’m
already dizzy.
Instead, I’m laying on my
back with my calves draped over the plate, because supposedly that works,
too!
Hopefully soon I’ll be able to get
back to standing on it again, but I’m just taking it easy right now while I figure
out how to stabilize my C1 and C2.
After that, I put away all five loads of laundry, and I listened to The
Swiftie and the Scholar podcast while I was doing that. It makes laundry much more enjoyable. ;o)
I started packing a bit for Denver after that, and I got a good chunk
done.
Meanwhile, the boys were utilizing their alone time to finish Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 3 that they’d started a while back. And I got a picture from Olivia's friend's mom of the girls night swimming.
When the boys were done, I helped Jacob download some new music that he
wanted and then I made a master to-do list of everything that needed to be done
before we left on Thursday.
Jacob went to bed at 10 and then Brian and I finished season two of Your
Friends & Neighbors before calling it a night. It was SUCH a productive day, and it was much
needed since we’d been out of town and were about to go out of town again.
Tuesday, June 23
It stormed loudly for quite some time overnight, so I woke up at 7:45 AM on
the tired side since the noise had kept me up.
I got my breakfast and unloaded the dishwasher, and then I got Jacob up
at 8:30 AM per his request. He doesn’t
like sleeping too late and most days he tells me what time he wants me to get
him up. We really do need to get him an
alarm clock since we do not allow phones in the bedroom overnight.
After that, it was time to tackle another to do list. On the list for Tuesday was…
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Looking at and sharing some Amazon Prime Day deals
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Catching up on emails (it’s an everyday thing)
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Getting my planner ready for the week ahead
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Finishing my blog post for Wednesday
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Finishing organizing photos I had transferred from
my phone to my computer (that took foreverrrr)
After that, I got showered and ready for the day and Jacob and I left to
pick up his friend, WJ, from the kids’ school.
He volunteered at the summer camp there, and he got done at noon, so we
grabbed him to hang out with Jacob all afternoon.
On the way home, we swung by the library to pick up Olivia’s summer
reading book and then we stopped by Chick-Fil-A to have lunch.
When we got home, I folded and put away all the towels, I finished my
blog post for Wednesday, I texted Olivia on her iPad to send her info for pickup and I loved her response (also we don't usually let her bring her iPad to sleepovers, but this was an abnormal circumstance since Maren's dad was on calls all day and might not be able to answer if I called), and I started my blog post for Friday before picking
up Olivia from Maren’s house later in the afternoon.
She was in the pool when I got there, and she and Maren had a great time
night swimming, doing each other’s hair, watching movies, and day
swimming. I helped her get all her stuff
to the car and then we said goodbye to Maren and her dad who had been on a work
call on the back porch so he could keep an eye on the girls while they swam.
When we got home, Olivia changed into her leotard and tights, and I made
her some chicken fingers for a snack. After
that, we drove to dance, and I went inside to let the office manager know that
Olivia was going to miss dance on Thursday since we were leaving town.
When I got back home, I made a cup of tea and did my devotional for the day,
and I did two Bible studies. I also
started my blog post for Monday and then I put all the dishes away.
WJ was going straight from our house to karate, so I made him a quick
dinner since he wouldn’t have the chance to eat until much later, and then
Brian loaded up with the boys to pick up Olivia and drop off WJ at the dance
studio since his sister dances with Olivia.
While they were gone, I made a toasted marshmallow old fashioned and photographed
it for my blog post and then I synced some new music before getting dinner
ready.
Thankfully, we had some leftover taco joes in the freezer, so I warmed
that up and served it over fresh burger buns with some melted cheddar on top,
and we had that with chips. Since we
were in between travels, I didn’t want to go grocery shopping and stock the
kitchen, so it was a clean out the fridge, freezer, and pantry kind of week.
When Brian and the kids got home, we all ate together and then I cleaned
the kitchen while Brian mowed the lawn. After
that, I walked a couple of miles, I did another tai chi workout, and I did 15
minutes on my vibration plate while laying on my neck pillow and
meditating. It’s knocking three things out
all at once, and they go SO WELL together.
I feel FANTASTIC when I’m done.
Once that was done, I showered and got into pjs, and then we finished the
episode of America’s Got Talent that we’d started. The kids got in bed at 10 PM and Brian and I
started season two of The Four Seasons.
Wednesday, June 24
Wednesday, I had a list a mile long since we were leaving Thursday morning,
so I got up at 7:45 AM and got right to it after my morning routine was done. On the list was:
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Finishing my blog post for Friday
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Ordering a couple of things from Amazon while they
were on sale
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Finishing my blog post for Monday
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Packing everything for myself for our trip
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Overseeing Jacob and Olivia packing their stuff for
the trip (we were carrying on for our flight so I just wanted to make sure they
got it all pared down and followed the rules for TSA)
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Start catching up on blog reading
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Cleaning my makeup brushes (finally)
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Updating my concerts spreadsheet (yes, I keep a
spreadsheet of all the concerts I’ve attended)
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Prepping for July 4 (basically making a list of what
we need to buy and do since we’re hosting)
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Catching up on some things in my planner
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Doing three Bible studies (I wanted to stay on track
since I knew we were about to go out of town yet again)
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Trying on and washing my new travel outfit that had
already delivered from Prime Day
By late afternoon, all that was done, and then Olivia and I finally learned
the dance that my whole family performed at my cousin’s celebration of life in
Denver. More on that when I recap our trip,
but we basically learned the dance to that song Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go
Home) by Elle King and Miranda Lambert and ran out flash mob style to close
out the celebration. (Yes, I know this
sounds like a really random thing to do at such an event, but I’ll explain it
all eventually. Haha.)
It took Olivia about five minutes to pick it up since she dances all day,
erry day and it took me about 15-20 minutes.
I kept accidentally Cupid Shuffling during certain parts because my
millennial brain wouldn’t turn off, so it took me a bit longer. Hahahaha.
After that, Brian and I made breakfast for dinner, we cleaned the
kitchen, and then I walked, did tai chi, watered the outdoor plants, and did my
vibration plate/neck pillow/meditation combo before showering and getting in my
pjs. Whew.
After that, it was more packing and more to-dos and then we ended the night
with some more AGT, Four Seasons, and bedtime. It was quite a marathon!
Thursday through Sunday we were in Colorado, and in true Lindsay’s Sweet World
fashion, I’ll be recapping the trip in another post, so stay tuned for that…
and Nashville, too. I have a backlog of
travel posts!
Happy Wednesday, y’all!
