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Test day

I did a bit of testing today and went through the first lesson in the 'Read for Advanced' book. It wasn't too complicated, but my pesky mistakes were highly annoying. But, apart from these annoyances, the unit was doable alone and easy to complete, so I'm looking forward to executing my plan, which will start tomorrow. The goal is to go through the lessons in both books in the morning, complete the exercises, and then do the listening and writing tasks. Grammarly and chatGPT should be involved in the task control phase as long as I'm learning alone. 

The afternoon passed quickly. After preparing devouring lunch, I gave Ági a foot massage, and after finishing it, I had to pass out and sleep for half an hour. Then we took Abby for her afternoon walk, which wasn't too bad; however, her constant leash-pulling made it nightmarish.

I still don't feel wide awake after the afternoon slumber, which is terrifying. But taking a nap seems essential nowadays, and I can't imagine at least the weekends without these short kips. I blame the weather and my reduced coffee intake...

The earthquake in Ecuador is terrible. I hope Charlette and Mikkel are safe and are not affected by it.
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