Playing good day/bad day, because my creative isn’t stretching any more than my overly tight hamstrings.

Good

• A quiet day in the office. Heads down, bums up.
• Train trips went quickly. Return trip was aided by an episode of Mad Men and an American Theatre Wing podcast.
• Helped out a young guy who left his phone on the train when he got off a few stops before me.
• Coming home to find Nico has washed and ironed my work shirts from the last two days.

Bad

• Finding my kitchen smelling like effluence instead of affluence. Attributed to a VERY stinky bin and piles of dishes to be washed.
• My new bed time of 9:30 not allowing for the work I had to do. Note the time of this post.
• My neighbour harassing me again over minor issues (apparently I’m to be blamed for placing my rubbish in the wrong bin – clearly I rarely take my rubbish out at all).

I spent the weekend preparing the house for what I knew would be less time at home to do chores. I even washed the exterior windows and cleaned the window frames and walls outside. What I didn’t expect was how much time this job was going to eat up. Being out of the house for 14 hours of the day is exhausting, not to mention my 5:30 wake up each day. Other than that, I love the job so far and the people are great. I just hope I find a way to restore the work:home balance somewhat. At the moment, it’s 90%:5%, and it’s a struggle.