3:08 a.m. — I wake up to a low blood-sugar alarm blaring from my phone — ugh. Happy Friday! I grab the Capri Sun I keep on my bedside table for this very reason and chug it down in three gulps. Juice is my nighttime treatment of choice...
6:58 a.m. — My sleep tracker app's alarm wakes me up. I have one of the ones that tracks when you're in deep sleep and wakes me up when I'm in a lighter sleep cycle. Normally the alarm goes off right at 6:30, the very beginning of the 30-minute window, so I'm guessing my body is more tired than usual thanks to that late-night low. I roll out of bed and head downstairs to boil water for the French press and get started on some work emails.
6:15 p.m. — On my way out of the office, I stop by the floor below us to chat with my work husband. He's already left for the night, so I grab a consolation mini Milky Way from someone's candy bowl and then peace out. 9:06 a.m. — I get a jump start on meal prepping for the week by throwing a dozen eggs in the Instant Pot to hard-boil. After my eggs are done, I season and throw the chicken into my Instant Pot.
8:12 a.m. — I finish up my last email, get dressed, grab my snacks and lunch, and head to Orangetheory. 6:42 a.m. — Okay, up for real now. I head downstairs to start coffee and begin on some work emails. Not sure if I'm a little hungover or just extra tired, but hopefully the coffee will fix me either way. Miraculously, my blood sugars stayed pretty stable overnight, so at least I know this headache isn't from that.
4:45 p.m. — Where did the afternoon go? My blood sugar is dropping, so I eat half the cupcake in between meetings. 10:36 p.m. — Time for bed. I quickly run through my nighttime routine and read a couple chapters of my LBJ biography before crashing around 11:30.6:47 a.m. — Up a few minutes before my alarm today. I scroll through Instagram a bit before getting up to start coffee and work emails. I make enough coffee to bring some with me and hope it prevents me from spending money at Starbucks.
11:43 a.m. — It's payday! I spend a few minutes updating my budget and pay off my credit card balance. Each month, I put virtually all of my purchases on it for the cash-back rewards and try to pay it off in full. It's been an extra spendy few months with lots of travel, so I haven't been able to put as much into my savings as I'd like, but I'm expecting those expenses to taper off in the fall.
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