September 1, 2024

Health:

Sleep: Laid down at 3:30, but tossed and turned until after 4:30am. Woke up at 7:45am to use the bathroom, then finally at 11am with an alarm

Food: Strawberry Vanilla Dr Pepper, Banana Nut Crunch (4pm), Baked potato w/ butter, cheese & bacon (6:30pm), Chocolate peanut butter ice cream (9:45pm)

Water:16.9 oz

Pain/Physical: Back pain while carrying laundry, ankle stiffness and pain when walking

Movement: None aside from cleaning

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $12.11

Branded Survey: 522 points

Job Search: No searching

Income: 0

Bank Balance: (27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: My laundry, mom’s laundry, took out trash, put away dishes, wrote 4 blog posts, updated my reading logs

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: A Vow So Bold and Deadly ch 35-50, Closing

Physical: None

Kindle: None

Streaming:

Plex: None

Netflix: None

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 55, H: 84
Indoor Temp- L: 75, H: 81
Air Quality- 19
Sunrise- 6:39 am
Sunset- 7:47 pm
Weather- Cloudy

Thoughts:

The month started off busy, but also a bit frustrating. I decided to go ahead and do both my laundry and mom’s today because mine keeps getting pushed off week after week. Unfortunately, this left me dealing with laundry for about 11 hours. And it’s not that we had a ton of dirty clothes, we each had 1 load. The problem is the dryer, it tumbles, it gets hot, but for some reason it’s keeping all of the steam inside so the clothes aren’t getting dry. It took 4 cycles to dry each load, and they weren’t jumbo loads. But without a car, I can’t take the clothes to the laundromat to dry, and we  don’t have anywhere that we can hang things to dry. It’s not like any of us have the money to replace the dryer (and we replaced the washer within the last year), but it takes so long and uses so much electricity, it’s frustrating.

Other than that, I scheduled some posts on the new blog. I’ve been delving into my past and what’s brought me here. So far I’m up to high school graduation. I’ve gotten a little emotional recounting some of my early traumas.

September 2, 2024

Health:

Sleep: Went to bed at 4am, woke up to use the bathroom at 11:30am, dozed in and out until 12:45pm 

Food: microwave popcorn & Dr Pepper (3pm), Asian salad (7pm), Cherry vanilla ice cream (9pm), skittles (12:15am)

Water: 33.8 oz

Pain/Physical: achy ankles 

Movement: nothing aside from cleaning

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $12.11

Branded Survey: 538 points

Job Search: Updated Indeed profile, no new local postings with the holiday

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: wrote and scheduled 2 blog posts, set up another post, cleared out some computer files, finished putting away laundry, straightened up my reading nook

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: Charming as a Verb ch 23-33 & Epilogue
The Young Elites 1- 5

Physical: Holiday in Death p.113-125

Kindle: None

Streaming:

Plex: NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 9

Netflix: The Great British Bake Off Series 9 Episode 4

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 53, H: 76
Indoor Temp- L: 72, H: 77
Air Quality- 25
Sunrise- 6:40 am
Sunset- 7:45 pm
Weather- Partly Cloudy

Thoughts:

I don’t feel like my to do list is too overwhelming when I put it together, but I can’t seem to get through it. And mom wants to add an extra shopping trip this week so she can buy slippers, plus my sister-in-law’s schedule has changed, so I have more trips and more days that I’m driving. I feel I’m supposed to drop everything for everyone else and I am so burnt out from it.

I do appreciate that everyone is making sure that I have food to eat and that my brother is covering mom’s stuff that I usually pay for, but it’s really difficult to find work or pick up side gigs when I’m constantly having to rearrange my schedule.

September 3, 2024

Health:

Sleep:  4:30am to 12:30pm, woke up at 9am to use the bathroom

Food: Microwave popcorn & Dr Pepper (3pm), Spaghetti with garlic basil vinaigrette, bell pepper, red onion & parmesan (8:30pm)

Water: 50.7 oz

Pain/Physical: neck pain and headache when I woke at 9am, stiff ankles, back pain, another headache in the evening, chest pains, vertigo

Movement: just cleaning

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $12.91

Branded Survey: 567 points

Job Search: 17 local jobs posted, all medical, legal or construction; applied to 1 virtual remote position (988 Crisis Services Team Lead)

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: vacuumed room, wrote 3 posts

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: The Bride Test ch 14-28 & Epilogue
The Rest of Us Just Live Here ch 8 & 9

Physical: Holiday in Death p.126-139

Kindle: The Worst Perfect Moment location 808-844

Streaming:

Plex: 9-1-1 Season 4 Episode 9

Netflix: Geek Girl Season 1 Episode 5
The Good Place Season 1 Episode 5

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 54, H: 83
Indoor Temp- L: 70, H: 72
Air Quality- 16
Sunrise- 6:41 am
Sunset- 7:43 pm
Weather- Sunny

Thoughts:

My brother had today off for the holiday, so I ended up not having to drive as expected. I actually got almost all of my to do list done today. There are a couple of small things that I keep moving from day to day, but I’m finishing some bigger things, so that should free up some time for the smaller projects.

I changed how I’m doing my audio book reading and have already finished 3 books in the first 3 days this month. If I can keep this up, this could be another big month like January (31) was. Even if it’s not, I’m already on pace to have my biggest reading year yet.

September 4, 2024

Health:

Sleep: 5am-1pm

Food: chocolate protein shake (2:30pm), Dr Pepper, Sunflower salad, quesadillas (7:30pm)

Water: 33.8 oz

Pain/Physical: achy ankles, chest pains, back pain, exhaustion

Movement: just cleaning

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $12.91

Branded Survey: 687 points

Job Search: nothing local, 

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: Dishes, loaded cardboard into the car, created poetry blog

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: The Young Elites 6-16 + Epilogue

Physical: Holiday in Death p.140-154
Writing Brave & Free p100-104

Kindle: The Worst Perfect Moment location 844-971

Streaming:

Plex: 9-1-1 Lonestar Season 2 Episode 9

Netflix: Grey’s Anatomy Season 2 Episode 8

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 51, H: 97
Indoor Temp- L: 72, H: 81
Air Quality- 35
Sunrise- 6:42 am
Sunset- 7:41 pm
Weather- Sunny

Thoughts:

I don’t really know what to say about today. I feel like I really didn’t accomplish much of anything, though I did get some things done. I’m just tired all the time and the heat is going up again so that doesn’t help. And I’m dehydrated but I can’t seem to get myself to drink more water. And based on this paragraph, I guess I’m a bit whiny as well. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better.

September 5, 2024

Health:

Sleep: 5:30am-12:30pm

Food: Microwave popcorn & Dr Pepper (3:30pm), Herb Parmesan Pasta Roni w/ chicken (8pm)

Water: 50.7 oz

Pain/Physical: achy ankles, slight headache, backache, extreme tiredness

Movement: none

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $13.00

Branded Survey: 705 points

Job Search: nothing local

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: Nothing over my usual stuff

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: The Rest of Us Just Live Here ch 10-21
One Last Stop ch 5 & 6

Physical: Holiday in Death p.155-169
Beyond Eden p. 1-4

Kindle: The Worst Perfect Moment location 971-1083

Streaming:

Plex: The New Girl Season 4 Episode 9
The Office Season 3 Episode 9

Netflix: A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 3 Episode 2

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 55, H: 100
Indoor Temp- L: 75, H: 84
Air Quality- 85
Sunrise- 6:43 am
Sunset- 7:40 pm
Weather- Hazy, Heat advisory

Thoughts:

Today was hot, and smokey, and I was so tired all day long. I really didn’t get much done other than my regular stuff- reading, writing blog posts, fruitless job searching, money games, surveys, general pick up, future planning, etc. I did finish going through a stack of magazines and pulling out articles to read.

Tomorrow will be busier than usual since mom wants to go somewhere to buy slippers (she had to throw hers out) in addition to going grocery shopping. And my sister-in-law works earlier tomorrow. Plus we’re getting a water delivery. So I’m pretty sure that there will be no extra projects happening. And I probably won’t finish my to do list either. Thankfully my brother did the COSTCO run, so I that’s something off my plate.

September 6, 2024

Health:

Sleep: Went to bed at 2:30am, but did not fall asleep until 6:30am, I was woken up by mom at 8:30am; went back to sleep at 12:30pm-4:30pm

Food: Banana, Dr Pepper & Peanut butter cookies (12:00pm); chili w/ rice (7pm), chocolate mini cone (9pm), BBQ Lays (1:15am)

Water:  33.8 oz

Pain/Physical: back pain, stiff ankles 

Movement: walking through grocery store & carrying groceries

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $13.00

Branded Survey: 705 points

Job Search: none

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: Grocery shopping

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before ch 1- 11

Physical: 

Kindle: 

Streaming:

Plex: The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 9
Friends Season 2 Episode 10

Netflix: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 1 Episode 3
Arrested Development Season 1 Episode 3

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 57, H: 94
Indoor Temp- L: 75, H: 82
Air Quality- 70
Sunrise- 6:44 am
Sunset- 7:38 pm
Weather- Hazy, Heat advisory

Thoughts:

I had a terrible night of no sleep which made today a bit difficult. I accomplished pretty much nothing aside from groceries and driving people around. I only got about an hour of sleep initially because mom decided to wake me up early, I am still not really sure why. I was thankfully able to grab some sleep in the afternoon, which helped. But it also left me with pretty much no time for projects, so I just embraced that and chilled for the rest of the day.

September 7, 2024

Health:

Sleep: 7am-1:30pm

Food: mini everything bagels w/ butter, strawberry vanilla dr pepper (3pm), pepperoni pizza (6:30pm), mini chocolate drumstick (11pm), BBQ Lays (2am)

Water: 50.7 oz

Pain/Physical: back and neck pain, chest pain, achy ankles, overall just not feeling great today

Movement: None

Finance:

Inbox Dollars: $13.00

Branded Survey: 705 points

Job Search: None

Income: $0

Bank Balance: $(27.87)

Projects:

Completed today: Wrote and scheduled 2 blog posts

Craft: None

Reading:

Audio: 

Physical: 

Kindle: 

Streaming:

Plex: Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 10

Netflix: The Bureau of Magical Things Season 1 Episode 5
Never Have I Ever Season 1 Episode 3

Games:

Phone: Family Island

Laptop: Super City

Environmental Conditions:

Outdoor Temp- L: 58, H: 89
Indoor Temp- L: 77, H: 82
Air Quality- 53
Sunrise- 6:45 am
Sunset- 7:36 pm
Weather- Hazy, cloudy

Thoughts:

I did absolutely nothing today except play my games and watch some streaming. I didn’t feel great and just didn’t want to put forth a lot of energy. I have 4 days left to get to level 25 on the game I downloaded in order to get the $25 payout. I’m less than 50 points from level 22 right now, so I don’t think I can do it, but I’m going to try.