Since I had New Years Day off I dedicated it to mopping all of my floors and scrubbing everything so I'd start the new year with a clean apartment. Unfortunately I didn't take into account that my body is still not 100% from Covid, and while I wasn't sore (so I haven't lost muscle tone), I was incredibly tired all week. Today I finally slept for 12+ hours, which meant that I didn't get around to food shopping/errands until after the rain was coming down pretty hard, but hopefully as long as I don't overextend myself like that again next week will be better.

Tomorrow I'm meeting up with my parents and we're going to Uncle Giuseppe's, an Italian specialty/grocery store that opened up relatively close to me in Shrewsbury, and I think I can handle that. I always feel like I'm running catch up though on so many fronts, so who knows, but it will make them happy to see me again. And after all, I work 5 days this week, then it's MLK Day and I don't have to mop since I've already done it so I will hopefully have some time to myself in the next couple of weeks to do something fun like go to the mall for the first time since I've been living here.

It's hard to believe I've been here a year now! Things have been so hectic and getting back into doing everything myself for the household has been an adjustment, but it's still worth it.