I’m sitting here with my coffee and an Olaf waffle that Alexis made me. She finally used the Olaf waffle maker she got for Christmas years ago. I guess it took a few years for Olaf to finally make his grand appearance. It made me laugh because sometimes those gifts end up tucked away somewhere and almost forgotten, and then one random day they suddenly become useful. So this morning I’m enjoying coffee and an Olaf-shaped breakfast.

Karissa’s birthday is coming up. The other day, she reminded me that her birthday is Sunday. I already knew that, so of course I teased her about it. I can’t believe my oldest will be 26. Twenty-six. Has it really been that long already? It doesn’t seem possible. Sometimes I still picture her as a little girl, and then moments like this come along and remind me just how quickly time moves. The years somehow feel both incredibly long and incredibly short all at once.

I only got 4 hours and 26 minutes of sleep last night. I had planned on going back to sleep after Tommy and Kel left for work, but I needed to call what used to be Culligan Water at 9 when they opened. They open so late. If they had opened even an hour earlier, I probably could have squeezed in some more sleep. But by the time 9 rolled around, it already felt too late to go back to bed. Once the morning gets moving, it feels harder to hit pause and start over. So instead, I just decided to stay up. I took a shower and got ready for the day.

The funny thing is that when I woke up at 5 this morning, I wasn’t even tired. I’m still not really tired now. My energy feels a little low, but not nearly as low as yesterday. They always say you’re supposed to wake up around the same time every day, but I’m sorry… I’m not waking up at 5 a.m. on a weekend. That’s just not happening. Unless there is a reason that I have to wake up at that time. I do try not to completely throw off my sleep schedule, though. I’m thinking maybe waking up around 7 or 8 on weekends would be a good middle ground, not too far from my normal 5 a.m. wake-up time, but still enough to feel like I’m getting a little extra rest.

I have a doctor’s appointment later today at 3:15. Alex and I are leaving around 2, so we can stop for gas and then head over there. The appointment itself is basically just to refill my medication and will probably take all of five minutes. The drive there takes longer than the actual appointment does. After that, we’re heading to the store to pick up some sides for tonight’s dinner, which are fish sticks, and get dinner for tomorrow night too. Just another ordinary day of appointments, errands, and checking things off the list.

I put the laundry away this morning, so I’m glad to have that done. Yesterday, I also vacuumed the area where my computer used to sit next to my desk. I went through all the mail that had piled up on my desk, too, threw away the junk, and started shredding everything that needed to be shredded. There was way more than I realized. I actually didn’t even finish because the shredder overheated. It has a habit of doing that. I’m planning to finish shredding the rest of the mail today.

I also just made an appointment for my yearly gynecologist checkup. It’s kind of crazy realizing the last time I went was back in 2022. I’m supposed to go every year, so I definitely need to do a better job of staying on top of that. I also scheduled my mammogram appointment. On top of that, I made a doctor’s appointment for Karissa so she can get her medication refilled.

I think I’m done with phone calls for a while, though. I’ve always had phone anxiety, and making appointments is really not easy for me. The anxiety starts creeping in and makes it harder than it probably sounds. Even though it stresses me out, I’m glad I got everything scheduled and taken care of.

Now that the appointments are finally done, I’m going to spend some time studying before my doctor’s appointment.

I just sat back down. It’s 7:30 p.m. now, and I’m eating dinner while writing this. My appointment went well today. I got my medication refilled, and I also received a referral to a new psychiatrist. The psychiatrist handles my medication management, so I’m glad that’s taken care of and moving forward.

After the appointment, Alex and I went to the store to pick up some sides for tonight’s dinner and also grab dinner for tomorrow night. After that, we got the mail and headed back home.

Tommy and Kel got home not long after we did. Then Tommy and I went out for a walk. We walked two miles. I’m definitely feeling it now because my legs are burning from that hill we have to climb at the end of the walk. That last stretch always gets me. By the time we got back, Kel had dinner ready, which was really nice after walking and being tired. So here I am now, sitting down, eating dinner, and writing at the end of the day.

I have therapy tomorrow. The only thing that’s making me a little uneasy is that I haven’t received any text or email reminders for the appointment. Usually, I get some sort of reminder, so I’ve been wondering about that. I’m thinking I might text my therapist and mention it, just to make sure everything is still set. I guess I’ll deal with that tomorrow.