My Non Working Hours

     I realized yesterday, part of why I am working so long is it is an easy way to fill the days. My home isn't well cleaned and organized not for lack of time, but lack of ambition to do it. Of course some of my lack of ambition might be long hours trying to help mitigate the impact of the health crisis in the early childhood sector. I hope I never hear caring for young children is babysitting and child care is too expensive ever again. There's more time needed to figure out creative solutions to the new way of  doing my job, while still keeping standard tasks and deliverables going and completed and accurate. It kind of creates a cycle for me, and I still end up doing the bare minimum around the house. My commuting time has been filled with a few extra hours of work each day. My evenings are filled with a  lot of mindless, and some mindful streaming. I've gotten a little too sucked into social media a truly bad habit I need to kick immediately. 

     This week was not a good exercise week, mostly because it was so cold and I have a seasonal cold. I didn't go to the river or falls for long walks, though I did use my hand weights a bit more. I am so impressed with my daughters results of her ab crunch routine, though admittedly, I doubt I could even give it 10%. A show choir mom, who teaches yoga and other classes through the Y has been posting low impact exercise videos targeted to women over 50. Yes, that's me. Let me see if I can be diligent and actually put an appointment on my calendar for these-that would help get me away from the computer during the day, and help tone me up. I'll let you know if I am successful. Minimally, we have two full weeks as part of the stay at home order. That's 300 minutes of exercise I could get in.

     Here's a few things I have done this week when not working.

• Joined DD1's old trivia team from Wisconsin for a remote Pub Quiz. I can see why she had a good time with them. 
• With my Trivia group, I've posted the days five trivia questions, and then the answers next day. Go to Triviamafia.com to get daily e-mails with lots of trivia opportunities. 
• Cooked a few new recipes, like beer bead and a new pizza crust (though am going back to my version)
• Shopped for us and my mother-in-law. I've gone on Tuesday's for her and on weekend for us, but so that I only have to do one shop, I'll switch to Tuesday for us both. She's been giving me her list Sunday night or Monday, as she then knows what she has run out of or is low on. Stopping on Tuesday early evening is a good pint to check on her and make sure she is doing OK.
• Made my own Clorox wipes with coffee filters and bleach-thanks Belinda at Frugal Workshop for the idea. I actually just used a diluted bleach mix, following the guidelines, and only mixed up enough for 50 as that what would fit in a cottage cheese container. I'll need to put my cleaning gloves on when I use as the solution is strong, but I also rigged up putting a few in a ziplock bag, with a second bag, that I then can use as an impromptu glove so I have some with me at all times to wipe down other things I might come in contact with. 

     Pretty much, nothing going on outside of work when it is cold and I am sick of staying at home and sick of cold.  I hope to do better over the weekend. To launch the weekend, tonight at 5:53, our classical public radio station, MPR,  is hosting All Sing, using Carol Kings, You've Got a Friend. I have absolutely nothing else on my calendar and it might be fun to see if anyone else on my cul de sac joins in. What have you done or will be doing to break up your stay at home? Are you maximizing any new time for projects, organizing, or cleaning? How do you find the motivation?