Fri, Jan 20, Phew, I made it!

 I was up around 6a but definitely not feeling as groggy as yesterday. I fell asleep shortly before midnight. So maybe I only need 6 hours of sleep? Who knows. 

It was pretty warm last night. I think I might try sleeping in my bed tonight since it's warming up a bit. My cough is still there but no longer productive, at least not for the last couple days.

The pest problem still troubles me but I try to work around it.

I baked some more 1 cup cupcakes last night and ate it with a generous dollop of frosting. I only used the egg white because something felt off the last time I made it with 1 whole egg. I used the cute new heart cupcake pan I got from the dollar store. It tasted fine to me with just the egg white.

I didn't want to waste the yolk, so I dreamed about a cozy weekend with 2 muffins each morning Fri to Sun. So this morning I used the egg yolk in the Jiffy blueberry muffin mix. I originally was going to just add the yolk to the whole egg for some richness since I can't use butter or milk. But then at the last minute decided to make it just with the yolk.

When I looked in the toaster oven, they looked a bit strange but they smelled so fragrant. I think that's how Jiffy got me as a loyal customer. The smell. I haven't tried them yet because I got sidetracked with actual work!

I was so elated to realize the meeting I had later was optional for me! Woo-hoo!

So I checked up on some pending personal tasks. Still no word on the 2 bank bonuses I applied for. Typically, it's an instant approval or something to submit documents, but I've heard nothing. 

I went to check the mail because I still haven't gotten a debit card for one of the bonuses that I need to make 10 debit card transactions for. Oh well, I'm surprisingly not that stressed about it.

The I got a check from freeshipping.com that I was not expecting. So I finally felt motivated to download a mobile app for a bank to do the deposit. Since my land bank is in my old name and the 2 checks were in my new name. 

It still makes me nervous to have all my banking stuff so easily accessible so we'll see if I keep the app or not. It makes me nervous to write 'for x bank only' because once my deposit was rejected, so then what do I do with that!

Accomplishments

- checking mail

- checking up on bank bonuses

- depositing 2 checks

- work tasks

- baking muffins

- baking cupcakes

- rescheduling a personal meeting

Oh yesterday I mixed my favorite popcorn brand with some corn pops and it was the perfect snack! I'm telling you, my passion is snacks and tv. And a sunny day. I live for that! I found some reality shows for this weekend - I think Bethenny's new reality show about finding her assistant with my new found snack sounds like a pretty sweet weekend. 

I have to cancel my free trial by Sunday, so I'll probably do it Saturday. So I might watch a couple episodes tonight and then finish tomorrow. 

I was thinking, my therapist wants me to go on anti-depressants. His patients have had good results. How do you say - will anti-depressants help change the way I get treated as a black woman in America? 

I was worried he wouldn't keep me as a patient if I decided not to do that, so I asked and it won't be an issue. Accomplishment!

Getting a bit overwhelmed with all the work I have to do to put 2 documents in review by Tuesday. Yikes!

I think there are some early murmurings that give me hope that I might have a manageable workload that I can work on away from home this summer. We shall see.

I did quite a few work tasks this morning. I think I might format some tables (and maybe some references) and call it a day. 

My brain is too tired for content.