I have somehow slipped into a later schedule, need to claw it back, mostly because I want to be up when the kids are heading off to school, not that they really need me up anymore, but Kavi in particular will often skip breakfast and I’m trying to coax her not to — I’ve heard intermittent fasting can work well for adults, but at sixteen, she’s still growing and developing, and I am dubious that it’s a good idea for her.
Not that she’s actually practicing intermittent fasting, but she doesn’t have much appetite in the mornings, and sometimes if I’m up, I can tempt her by making something yummy. I feel like I don’t do that much parenting these days, but there are little moments, here and there. And so, I should go back to going to bed by 11, so I can be up at 7 and cooking…
I haven’t really accomplished much today, other than placing a grocery order for the week, and playing Don’t Starve. I’m supposed to rest on the weekends and not try to work, but it’s tricky, when so much of my work is also stuff I do for fun.
Oh, speaking of work fun, I did read the intro to the Vandermeers’ Big Book of Science Fiction — my department asked me last week if I could switch my postcolonial lit. class to teach an intro to speculative fiction class instead, and I said yes, so now I have a somewhat tight timeline for putting my syllabus together, but it’s all right — I can adapt my American writers of color in spec fiction syllabus, so it’s not as if I’m starting from scratch.
It’s funny, though, it turns out I can’t read this kind of thing before bed, because I end up wanting to argue with the editors. That happened when I started reading the Gunn Road to Science Fiction anthology (vol 1) a few nights ago. I had to put it aside if I actually wanted to get sleepy rather than reading out bits to Kevin and arguing with him (while he was trying to sleep).
Anyway, plan for the day:
– 1 p.m. phone call with accountant re: eldercare
– check on the garden and water what needs watering, harvest tomatoes
– maybe spread mulch if feeling energetic
– reschedule dinner party as one person now has a work conflict
– organize more of basement (chugging along, it’s a big project)
– put away groceries in late afternoon
– post some more food and sewing and garden photos
– maybe experiment with red cabbage sambol / mallung
– play more Don’t Starve
– read some of the Vandermeer anthology, the actual stories
That’s it. I’m trying very hard to be reasonable and relaxed on this Sunday, so I am NOT putting all the other things I could do on the list. My goal for the year was to work less, and I am making progress, but it is slow.
Pic of the garden — phlox and wine-cups and allium and fairy roses in full bloom still, sedum coming.