So on Monday I went off to work and not really late, well for my record at least.
I did not get a lot done, but I got some things done. Tuesday was washing day, Wednesday was for the next blog and I think I knitted a lot. Also I put my washing, that had been hanging to dry into the dryer to have it fluffy.
Thursday I had planned to iron, but I was so knackered from the day, I was just glad to be home and have nobody but myself around. Thursdays are Team-Days. That means the whole section is in. All part-timers and those who work from home and we had a team-meeting to boot. So: it was really very full and I do not like those kind of days. But after a while most people have left and so, by staying on until 4.50 pm, I got a lot of stuff done after all.
Friday I was very lucky and just because I decided to take a later train. Now, my trains come in a 20-Minute Rhythm. I was there for the 6.44 am. The announcing board said, "train late 30 min. approximately". First I thought, ah well, bad luck. Next I looked at what train was meant and it wasn't mine at all, it was the one for 6.04 am. That was a piece of luck, but then, Friday 13th has always proven to be a good day for me. Thursday the 12th though: not so good, as demonstrated above... Whatever. As you will have cleverly deduced, a train that is supposed to come every 20 Minutes, cannot really be 30 Minutes late. So actually one did not arrive at all and the other was 10 Minutes late. But that's the German train system for you. If they do inform you at all, they formulate it in a way, that sounds more positive, in order to not make the travellers cranky. They fail, because we're not stupid, but they are lucky, because there really is no other practical public transport. And they are not in general late, even in very bad weather. So it is not all that bad. But annoying at the time.
Apart from that, I decided for this year, not to think so bad about people and situations I do not like. As for people: I don't generally even know them, so who am I to judge or criticize? And situations: there is a saying: If life gives you lemons, make lemonade (or you could make a good cleaner, if you do not like lemonade). So I will try out that. As well as living more in the now and less in the yesterday and tomorrow. As a matter of fact, I can't do that anyway, but I have a habit of letting my thoughts, ideas and wishes stray there. I shall work on not doing that anymore or at least far less.
Then on Friday I found out, via a YouTube Video, that Sims 4 has brought in the Toddlers again and that is lovely. I missed them. And they just sort of tossed them in. There was a big annoucement of Vampires and I thought to myself, that was great, as I am not interested in Vampires and so I would be "saving" at least 9,99 €, if not even 39,99 €, I do not know how big a pack this is supposed to be.
The Toddlers though are free!!! So I got something I wanted for free.
Yuppie And they are cute...
They also can learn a lot more and even with a little tablet. Great fun. I have played them a lot recently.
Apart from that, I did a lot of food preparation today and yesterday as well. Yesterday I made a Salami-Pizza "from scratch" as they say and it was very nice. Half I ate and half I freezed. The other half I freezed into three parts, so that's three meals with a side dish.
Today I used up the groundbeef I bought on Saturday. It got used with pancake-batter and cheese in the oven, as meatballs and as an addition for a pasta-dish I am eating on Tuesday. The meatbals I tested, because I really had to... So two got eaten and 10 got frozen in 5er bags, that's a side dish for a potatoe-salad I planned. Because, on Thursday night I did make a mealplan for the rest of the month. But I think, I did it the wrong side around. One is supposed to see, what is on offer and plan around that and I planned my meals and bought accordingly.
On the other hand, I alread have a lot of the things. Still, I used a 10 € off coupon and had some bottles on which I got 1,15 € return so instead of 35,68 € I paid "only" 25,68 € (the 1,15 € are already factored in). That is still 5,68 € more than I had calculated and there as to be added a bread at the baker for 3,10 € still: I will not have to go shopping again this month because I have all that I want. I did not buy one or two things on my list and in one or two things I chose the bigger package, because then I will not have to buy that product again for quite a while.
So even though I did pay more than I wanted, I will not have to go shopping again on the 28th and that's fine by me. Next time I go shopping will be on the
first Saturday in February. Until then I will be well fed.
Due to a new decree in my office-building, we're not allowed to have fridges or microwaves in the offices, so I will only have a snack at lunch and do the "big meal" after work. Since I work reduced hours, that's not so very late and o.k..
We have communal tea-kitchens, but since there a really some pigs working on my floor, I wouldn't want to use machines, that are open to everyone.
Whatever. We are getting into the dirt and we don't want that. :)
There really is not much more to write about. I have set up a web-site, but it is not yet running, for some reason, so I won't even give you the name. Especially, since there really isn't anything on it. I blog here, I won't blog there, I don't think.
So the next week... mainly I will work on reducing Minus on my time-account, work off some things in my piles and cook at home and clean after me and cook again and rest and read.
Another goal for this year is to read at least 6 books. That may not seem much, but I am a slow reader and I often read big books. The book I started last year counts, e-books and paperbacks, but not audiobooks. That's not reading, it is listening. And I have at least 4 paperbacks and about 10 e-books to read. So I can turn that goal over into the next year. But I will read more, sleep less and we'll see what comes out of it.
Actually, I do not have any real plans for the coming week. I will write a post about a book or a movie or some song I like, haven't decided yet. I will wash and clean and cook. Try to be in the office early and out of it likewise.
Right now I will read a bit more. Or I might knit a bit (a rhyme, a rhyme...)
Cheerio to all of you and thanks for reading my rantings.... you've got some patience, let me tell you... :)
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