Also known as: prioritizing during a very packed month!
My month-view analysis revealed that April includes:
- 12 clinical work days (of which 5 are inpatient/on call including 4 nights)
- 6 creative work days (counting yesterday, which was sort of hybrid vacation / work day)
- 2 normalish weekend days (and Josh will be gone for these so it really isn’t entirely normal)
- 10 DAYS THAT INCLUDE AT LEAST SOME TRAVEL! To be specific: 1 day driving back from Orlando (done), 3 days (Naples), 2 days (Gainesville), 3 days (Williamstown) and 1 day (flying to SF). I absolutely have never come close to this frequency of travel and I anticipate it will be a challenge.
So basically I need to mostly be focused on life maintenance here. There isn’t much room for much else! Here we go . . .
PERSONAL
- Practice self-care while traveling. Meaning: prioritize sleep, eat in a generally intentional manner (continuing to roughly macro track!), continue regular exercise and my daily rituals (reading, journaling, etc) when possible
- Bring 2 dresses to tailor. It’s a one-off errand and I could even do it after work. I can do this!
- Practice a cappella music. Gotta be at least somewhat prepared for the reunion!
WORK
- Get back into a reasonable email rhythm. I was doing so well for a while. Time to get back to ~twice weekly clear-outs.
- Finishing touches on BLPA2.0 so designer can finish with the new workbook!
- Keep a positive attitude on my call week and send a text about some potential future call swaps
HOME/FINANCES
- Complete 2 (already scheduled) Konmari Sessions with organizer. We’ll be tackling paper . . .
- Sign up for one AA business card. I don’t have one yet! But AA/Citi points are my most-coveted and most-used points so I feel like I should.
RELATIONSHIPS
- Work with Josh to plan our anniversary trip (already scheduled in May but we have to do some more detailed planning)
- 2 dates (I’m counting the kids’ school Parent Night Out as one of them even though Josh would probably NOT count this as he doesn’t consider anything social to really be a date!)
- Take A shopping for her bday – only problem is when . . . maybe we’ll aim for this Sunday afternoon which is her actual bday!
METAPLANNING (ie prepping for farther-flung events)
- Work on planning Hawaii!!! I have some great tips. I also don’t want to overplan this trip – I think we’ll do a lot of chill exploring and swimming and hiking etc. But I want to have a couple of fun adventures set (kayaks? guided hike? etc). ** Has anyone done a biking activity in Hawaii that WASN’T down a mountain – ie something good for 8 year olds? ** One of our fave New Hampshire memories was a family bike ride we did in the hills – we’d love to do something equivalent. I did bike down Mount Haleakalā in 2006 but I don’t want to risk injury in the kids.
- Book refundable Costa Rica lodging for next spring break. Not that I plan on cancelling but we don’t know the state gym meet dates yet for 2027 . . . I have some awesome recs for where to stay though and figure I might as well try to book something as long as it’s cancellable if the dates don’t work out.
- (Maybe) buy PHL tix depending on what airfares do.
- Ariana Grande tickets. Maybe. I really want to go. But the price tag is hideous. I might actually just try to snag these last minute if the prices drop . .
Do you have a packed April, May, or spring? I feel like there is so much fun stuff but I’m also bracing for it to feel like a lot (possibly too much). Will keep my own advice in mind . . .
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