Sorry about my silence, but…
Monday my plane landed at 12:45, I was home, showered, and napping by 13:45, then I met Snooker in Berlin for a light snack before going to the gym, where I lifted weights did cardio, briefly. I closed out the day by coming home, unpacking the suitcase and crashing early.
Tuesday I went to the office, sorted through both of my professional work related email accounts and figured out what I had to do this week and next week. I came home in the evening and managed to clean up after my suitcase, which had exploded all over the living room Monday.
Wednesday was a long, but fun and exhausting day: My brother is visiting for a week and a half and I started by going to the airport where I met his plane. My apartment was really empty of food because I’d been gone for three weeks, so after he freshened up, we went shopping—looking at the bio co-op near my house, then a Turkish Supermarket, and then a mainstream supermarket. Shopping is challenging because my brother has, amongst other things, an allergy to corn and in all its forms. Finally my brother needed a nap, so he took a nap, and I hit the gym—this time, not feeling completely jetlagged, I did all of the lifting plus 51 minutes of cardio before calling it a day. Home for dinner, work, and to bed by 10.
Today I left my brother to his own devices: he went to Potsdam and I went to work where I had two meetings and managed to make a dent in the large pile of work that is begging for attention. I keep sticky notes for each project I have to do, and those two meetings led to two sticky notes getting recycled. I came home, discovered my brother wasn’t home yet—but I’ve received a call. He was lost and found himself by the Canadian Embassy at Potsdamer Platz. I’m not entirely sure how he got there from Potsdam—but I suppose I will find out, once he gets home.
Meanwhile, I am certainly on local time, but work continues to kick my ass—although tomorrow I will knock off early as I have a late afternoon appointment with my personal trainer who will tell me whether or not I’ve made any progress and change my workout routine.
Should be an interesting Friday!
Keep it up, I’m sure you’re making progress from the sounds of it.