The Daily: It's Tuesday, so that's good

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

4:58 am: Two minutes until the alarm goes off. Last night was rough. The husbands' snoring woke me up it was so loud I literally thought someone started a chainsaw. I am an avid horror movie watcher so you can imagine how it scared the shit out of me, I was expecting to open my eyes and see leather face.

6:25 am: Day two on the wonderful breezy fan covered treadmill at the gym. I am going to be so bummed when the old man that usually walks on this machine returns from the cruise he took with his wife and spreads his travel germs with the gym goers (I am just imagining that's where he is, but it seems likely).

7:14 am: My husband is not a morning person. He cannot manage getting his stuff done at the same time we are getting our stuff done. I told him that I was thinking about getting an air fryer and he almost popped a vein in his neck asking me where I thought I would store it. Yikes.

9:35 am: I am heading out to the Costco. I am not a fan of Costco but I have to return apple juice that has chunks in it, yes, some kind of floaties. The juice has to go back and I am on Costco duty because the husband is working during the day this week.

11:15 am: Back from Costco and working on some art for The Baby Gene on TikTok, a terrifying clown. I like it.

2:10 pm: On my way to pick up the kid from school. The day is speeding by as usual.

3:32 pm: Eating chocolate covered banana bites that I attempted to make this afternoon. They're pretty good but the recipe needs to be tweaked a bit. Don't they all.

8:11 pm: Sitting down to watch Netflix, Russian Doll, loving Natasha Leone.

The Daily: Monday's were made for Winners

Monday, April 25, 2022

4:58 am: Waking up before the Monday alarm. Not feeling too terrible. I think the knowledge that everyone else will be out of the house until at least 3 this afternoon has got me feeling motivated.

5:48 am: Running on my old favorite treadmill, the one I used everyday for two years before an elderly man and his wife joined my gym and now he bogarts that machine. I had the lovely cool breeze of the fan...perfect.

6:26 am: Went to wake up the kid and he left his patio sliding door open all night. Yikes. Thankfully he is still here.

7:25 am: Leaving early for school. This is not our typical Monday, but I am NOT complaining.

8:56 am: Just finished breakfast. I had to stop and buy groceries after I dropped the kid off at school. I am going to slowly drink my coffee without anyone judging me for how long I've been sitting on the couch. Hello, empty house.

10:45 am: Finally sitting down to work on a creative project. I am filming The Baby Gene drawings I did for TikTok. Four story scenes to shoot, then work on more ideas. 

11:45 am: Making lunch and some of dinner at the same time. For a person that doesn't have to to work I am so flipping busy. By the time I sit down to eat I will have to get back up again, chores are the burden of life.

2:25 pm: Walking the dog around my kids school neighborhood. It is hot and I am sweating, now my bra is going to have to be cleaned again. Damn Southern California weather.

6:16 pm: Finished dinner and cleaning up, I've got to go our and walk the dog. I am still feeling unsafe after the man harassed me on the weekend. Shit, I hate this feeling.

 

8:08 pm: Sitting down watching Ozark on Netflix...yes, I still have my account. 

The Daily: Here's to Getting a Little Extra Sleep

 Saturday, April 23, 2022

5:40 am: I don't know if it's the extra forty minutes or simply the lack of that annoying alarm that makes waking up so much easier, either way I am all about it.

6:08 am: Running in the neighborhood before the sun is so bright it kills my retinas. It's nice an cool too, sometimes sweating at the gym is a little much.

7:51 am: Drinking coffee and working on this last episode of Inventing Anna, I won't be sad when it's over, I am ready to move on to something new.

9:03 am: My mother in law just called to say her father (my kids great grandfather) isn't feeling well. He's 90 so anytime he isn't feeling well it gives everyone a scare.

9:15 am: Sitting with my kid in his room looking at Pokemon cards and trying to organize something that I have no understanding of. This should be good.

10:04 am: Working on drawings for The Baby Gene TikTok account when my kid asks for help. Help with what you wonder? Well, he wrapped his comb around his hair like a tornado blew through his bathroom while he was combing his hair. 

 

11:30 am: Still trying to get this comb out of my kids hair. My back is tired, my kids head is pounding from me pulling as gently as possible to get the comb out. Holy shit. 

11:45 am: I DID IT!! I freed the hair from the evil comb. Wow. Take this advice from me. Do not let your kid get a comb stuck in their hair. It is bad. Comb stuck in hair = bad.

12:15 pm: Making lunch after getting that comb unstuck from the kids hair and drinking a beer. I deserve this beer.

2:02 pm: Walking the dog through my tidy safe little neighborhood. There is a man sitting in a white car with Texas license plates. He is parked in the road, not off the side. I walk by and look at him but keep walking, a few minutes later he pulls up next to me and says something. I take one of my airpods out and say, "Excuse me?" He repeats himself, "Can I smack you ass?" Yup. That's what he asked. I replied with my snottiest "no", which to him meant to ask me again. What a fucking day.

6:08 pm: The husband is cooking dinner and which means that I am making a separate dinner for the kid. Mac and cheese and vegetables. I have told you before that the weekend is rougher for me than during the week.

7:30 pm: Sitting down to watch tv. We are watching The Summer of Soul on Disney Plus. I am enjoying it, the husband seems bored. Go figure.

The Daily: Give it up for Friday

 Friday, April 22, 2022

5:13 am: Yes! Thirteen extra minutes of sleep. It's not much but I will take it. It almost feels like a little gift to myself. Late start Fridays always start the weekend off right.

6:00 am: Jogging on the gym and my stomach is burning. I went to bed with indigestion and now it's back with a vengeance. Any kind of stomach ailment is a real bitch when you jog.

7:07 am: Happily sitting down and drinking coffee while I watch the news. There were two stories about wine already...I feel a story for The News Without Sound coming on.

11:04 am: Working on filming for The Baby Gene on TikTok. I have so many great background drawings to use...

2:11 pm: Walking the dog in my own neighborhood for once, the husband went to pick the kid up from school so I didn't have to. 

3:15 pm: Things were great until the boy and husband got back from school. The kid failed his math test, bad grades two days in a row. Holy hell, teenagers are hard.

8:42 pm: Almost done with Inventing Anna, way more into it than I was originally.

The Daily: One more day til the weekend

Thursday, April 21, 2022

5:03 am: Good morning. Or maybe just morning. I am tired of waking up at five. Summer vacation can not come soon enough.

5:41 am: Running on the treadmill. Surprised? Me neither. I remember when I was a kid and was blissfully ignorant to the idea of the daily grind, those days were good.

6:57 am: The kid is actually already in the shower. I am always thankful when it doesn't take four or more times of me telling him to get ready. We are starting on the right foot today.

8:39 am: Back from dropping the kid off at school, traffic sucked. Drinking coffee and reading a few pages of St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves, by Karen Russell. This book is crazy imaginative and so well written. I am loving it.

10:20 am: Finished picking weeds out in the yard. Dude, weed picking has become a weekly occurrence. The summer is unbelievably hot, but there are not G.D. weeds to pull.

1:29 pm: Had a great lunch from Rainbow Poke. Poke is SO expensive but so GOOD. I am addicted (to eating raw fish, hahaa, that sounds weird).

 

3:40 pm: Back from school and the kid got a D on his English poem project and now I have to punish him. What am I supposed to do to make this kid care about his grades? I would have been terrified to go home having gotten a D on a project, my kid isn't worried at all.

7:41 am: Talking on the phone with my husband about the kids grades. We are trying to figure out a good old fashion scare tactic to get him to work harder at school. Hey guys, being a parent is SO fun.

The Daily: He's Running Late Today

April 20, 2022

5:02 am: Out of bed. Still feeling really sleepy, this whole week has not been easy to get up. 

 

5:45 am: Running on the treadmill. There has been two new people at the gym, a man with a big beard and a young lady, I can't figure out if they are a couple or brother sister or father daughter. Forty minutes on the treadmill leads to many ponderings.

 

6:54 am: Trying to get the kid to get out of bed. I've told him three times already. We have about a half of an hour before we have to leave and he is slow moving this morning. 

9:05 am: Happy to have the morning to myself. There has been too much changing of schedules and what not around here. I like to have my mornings to get my chores done so that I can work on drawing or filming The Baby Gene, things I like to do.

11:25 am: Working on a story about LA banning plastic cutlery. Good plastic forks and knives suck anyways, who needs them (The News With No Sound).

12:30 pm: Eating lunch with my husband and watching the latest Lakers Winning Time on HBO. It's calmed down a bit since the third episode, I am actually kind of thankful, it was a little sex gratuitous even for me.

1:18 pm: Ready to go back to working on my 3 panel drawing, well two three panel drawings, even though I screwed up one of them already. So now it's fix it mode instead of draw it mode.

3:31 pm: Eating cinnamon cookies that I made with the left over pie crust I made for the quiche. This is my kids favorite thing.

6:08 pm: Cleaning up the house after dinner. It's Wednesday so, I am not really into my yoga practice tonight, but I'll throw down a couple of stretches so my traitorous hip doesn't keep me up all night.

8:10 pm: Watching Real Housewives of Orange County (my lord those ladies are rich or at least go places rich people go) and drawing some backgrounds for The Baby Gene on TikTok.

The Daily: Back to 5 AM

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

5:05 am: The alarm went off five minutes ago. I fell back asleep pretty good, that was dangerous, I could have slept for at least another hour. 

6:10 am: Driving back from the gym feeling bleary eyed still. A four day weekend makes it very hard to get back on the early rising and gym going kind of motivation.

7:50 am: Kid is at school and I have to pick up groceries. My husband wonders why I don't wait to get groceries later in the day, when I've had coffee and food, but I think being around all that food first thing in the morning makes eating my breakfast even better. It's like delayed gratification (which usually I only care about when it comes to opening birthday gifts).

9:09 am: Breakfast and coffee done. Working on a story about how disgusting your dogs mouth is, it really is, they lick their butts and who knows what else, it will be posted tomorrow on The News With No Sound.

 

11:31 am: Eating lunch about two hours after I ate breakfast is kind of weird, but I did it. I've got to pick up the kid at 12:40 pm today, so I am rushed today.  Early out school days are a real pain in the ass.

11:43 am: Tried to leave a few minutes early because I have to use our entire savings account to put gas in the car (have you heard that gas prices are crazy right now), but the husband stops me on my way out to as me to do something that I could have done an hour ago. Annoyed.

12:00 pm: Like an idiot I tried to get gas at the Costco station but the line was out of the parking lot. It took all the extra time I had just to exit the parking lot without getting gas because there were so many cars. Dude, I hate Costco.

1:04 pm: Getting gas at the local corner station. It was only $100 to fill up the tank. We barely ever go to the beach, sometimes I am unsure why we live in California.

2:27 pm: The husband is sleeping again, he has his reasons, and the kid ran away from home to play with his friends in the neighborhood. Which I have mixed feelings about, but I guess that's a story for another day.

 

4:30 pm: The kid is back from the park, on his own, without me having to beg him to come home. That was a nice surprise. Now he is sitting on the couch like a lump, things always go back to normal.

 

6:02 pm: Eating dinner. I made a creamy pasta with ham and peas recipe that was kind of disastrous, its one of the downfalls of recipes from the internet.

 

7:48 pm: Back to the couch. Feeling tired and ready to call it a night. I really love going to bed early, really early, like 9 pm early.