Writing, Walking, Sleeping

After waking up and having a delicious cinnamon pancake breakfast with the much-needed coffee, I finished the short essay. Then we decided to go out for a long walk because the weather was so lovely that it would have been a sin to remain between the walls. We jumped in our hiking boots, and off we went for a 5.5k hike. The temperature was already high when we left the house, but it got even warmer on the way back. Nature is booming. The last few days brought back the summer feeling, but it's a shame that the next few days will be rainy and cold. It's just as well since the soil and the plants need more water to thrive, so we can deal with a few bad-weather days. I prepared lunch, which, nowadays, is the fish-fingers sprinkled with lime, mashed potato and peas. We ate the meal like two hungry wolves. I then gave Ági a foot massage and watched two more episodes of Elementary. Needless to say that after finishing Ági's feet, I lost consciousness and passed out for an hour. That's what long walks do to one's system. Since waking up with a start, I can't clear my head and feel like a terribly confused moth. Anyway, I made and ate pancakes for dinner and came up to my little office - with a view - to finish my essay so I could send it to Charlette for revision. Which I did not long after perusing and changing a couple of things in it. Since my wee head still felt like a huge empty bucket, and I still felt like a sleepy sloth, I decided to take the rest of the day off.

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Chillaxing

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