We are meeting over lunch today because my morning is busy and the afternoon too. But since we didn’t get to catch up in December it is high time. The plan was to take a walk outside but it’s raining like crazy just above freezing. So unpleasant. So we sit in the car with our drinks. At least we have heated seats and the raindrops make a soothing noise. We have a lot to catch up.
If you and I had coffee…
…I asked how you have been starting into the new year? How did you celebrate? Have you set goals or intentions? And do you have a word of the year? As I had mentioned I was sick and the time between the years I usually cherish a lot has been a bit meh. I didn’t have much energy to deep dive into my goals. I still set a ton but I feel like I did’t spend enough time fine-tuning them. They almost feel a bt random and too much or too unspecific. I guess we’ll see how I manage in the coming months.
If you and I had coffee…
…I admit that I splurged on some apple products. I’ve gifted myself an Apple Watch early in December because I was 300 g of m target weight. ( I am 3 kg over right now, sigh). I love the new starts for health and sleep. And then just last weekend I splurged and finally bought anew phone. I have been postponing that for the past three years but it was necessary for work and also for the Arctic. So yeah me. And then I got new AirPods for Christmas. I am very much set.
If you and I had coffee…
…I tell you that my piercing started bleeding in December and that I had to go to the piercing studio a few days before the holidays because it was swelling and hurting. Nothing serious but a bit annoying. It is not all healed yet and it needs still daily cleaning twice – which I often enough forget. Unfortunately I can not report that the piercings did anything for either migraine or sleep. I don’t think anything has changed. Sad.
If you and I had coffee…
…I quickly report that I no longer use the APAP. It didn’t help my sleep in the long run. I had not been using it for almost two months and when I strutted again November I slip so so bad that the husband said I should just not wear it. The doctor agreed that this is not the right therapy for me. Unfortunately there is much more we can do besides sleeping pills – which I obviously don’t want to pop daily. So the last resource is a behavioral sleep therapy through an app I am currently doing. It takes more time than I had hoped with all the tracking and I am a bit annoyed that the apple health date cannot be synchronized. Two weeks in I haven’t really learned anything new yet.
If you and I had coffee…
…I still need to show you my secret Santa gift. I’v been using the cup and love it. Yesterday I treated myself to some hot chocolate.
If you and I had coffee…
…I tell you that I was elected for the church council. we had a nice ceremony first Sunday of the new year. I wasn’t feeling too well and couldn’t sing. In the past week I had three meetings already one lasting from 6.30-10.12pm. I am not yet sure what I sighed up for. I guess it is helpful to go in green otherwise I probably would have never run for that job. Oh well, we’ll see. For now it is fun and exciting.
If you and I had coffee…
…I share that the husband and I had planning session. After we didn’t manage to do anything vacation for the last two or three years besides the week in February over our anniversary trip and we were both rather burned out we agreed we need better planning. It was nice sitting down trying to figure out what we want to happen this year and already putting it in the calendar. I have booked our anniversary trip. We will do an easter vacation in which we plan to learn how to golf and then in September we want to go to Lake Como – two weeks. I just need to book everything before it is too late.
If you and I had coffee…
…I happily report that I have been doing yoga daily in January. I loved it so much in 2024 and whenever I did in 2025 so much so that I decided to start with a 30 day challenge this year and then see how far I get. It is so relaxing and gives me so much. I really need to remember that when times get busy and I am unhinged.
Lunch break is over. We extended it by 30 minutes but now we both need to get back to our to-do lists. So many task I inherited from 2025. But before we go we quickly step outside to admire the river view.
January 15th 2026 – 1.31pm – it’s still a thin layer of ice on the water
January 9th 2026 – 2.36pm – this is the image I had hoped to see at the 15th as well. But since my project is taking a photo every 15th this will be a bonus photo.
Then we hug goodbye and head on our way.
Tell me about your plans for 2026! How did you start the first few days? Any yoga classes you can recommend? Do you sleep well these days?
