July 22. Wednesday, Free Day!

I have no idea how many hours I slept but it was definitely less than 6. All I know is that before falling asleep I couldn't stop touching my legs in bed - not because I would be horny, but because I had bought this aftershave lotion with shea oil. Yesterday was the first day I used it and I can say it works so far. It's too warm at night and hot during the day to sleep well but I don't mind because I love this kind of summer. It awakens my senses and I feel like I can do anything. And I CAN!

9:07 am

I really want to sleep more but I'm hungry. I eat a waffle with maple syrup, sliced banana and cinnamon sugar and then I go to bed again. I close my eyes but I can't sleep because my new phone and books I got for my birthday distract me too much.

11:57 am

It's decided: I won't sleep. I have read, chatted on Whatsapp and managed to agree to meet my friends from the university in Prague tonight. I'm still home alone and today there's no work for me. There are too many things I want and need to do, so I won't sleep now.

12:10 pm

I do a bit of yoga while listening to Spanish group Fito & Fitipaldis. My legs still hurt a bit from exercising three days ago but I think I will do some more exercise today before I hit the town center.

12:20 pm

I have a shot of this herbal drink I got for my birthday. I have two bottles: one for good morning and the other one for good night, which contains a bit of red wine.

12:25 pm

Song Butterfly by Crazytown comes up on my iTunes. It reminds me of when I was 14 years old. When it finishes, I put Foo Fighters - a band I love for working out (and not only for that actually) I do a quick glutes & legs workout:

• jump split squats 3 x 20
• dumbbell squats 3 x 20
• wall sits 3 x 35 seconds
• glute bridge 3 x 20

I did three rounds. It took me 16 minutes. Uff. It's 32 °C outside and 28 °C inside our apartment.

1:00 pm

Things I hate: cooking only for myself and eating alone. However, I do have to eat, so I put three eggs to boil.

1:25 pm

There's no bread or tortillas. Luckily we have vegetables and a few pickled seranos. I'm a genius! (A starving genius)

1:42 pm

I feel like I'm high. It might be the heat, it might be the music (still listening to Foo Fighters), it might be the herbal drink I had 2 hours ago. I'm eating, typing, chatting on Whatsapp and cleaning and thinking about many things at the same time.

2:00 pm

One of the adrenaline activities I do almost daily is getting in the shower, realizing I forgot the towel hanging on the heater in the living room, creeping around the apartment naked and thinking nobody can see me. (Ehm, I love light and sun, so I have all the shutters rolled up). When I seize the towel, I wrap myself in it and triumphantly and confidently walk back to the shower. You might think I forget it on purpose, but I don't think so. What would Freud say?

2:10 pm

I do my hair. I make some kind of bun and put my awesome rubber with a blue ribbon. I started making these about two weeks ago and I really like it. I have been to the haberdashery four or five times to get different colors of ribbons to make more for me and my friends.

I get dressed, cut my nails and watch one and a half episodes of Sex and the City.

3:20 pm

I go out to the city (no, just town). It's still 32 °C but I need to go to the bank and buy groceries. I get a bottle of frozen water and use it to cool myself. Great idea! The town is dead, I only meet a few people in the streets.

4:28 pm

I'm back! It feels hot but I don't complain. Since I was in Mexico, I don't complain about hot Czech weather.

Time to hang the clothes and make late lunch: chicken tikka masala with basmati rice. Mmm...

5:45 pm
I'm making colorful hair ribbons (black and yellow) for my two friends. It's so relaxing and the ribbons are pretty :-)

6:40 pm

I head to Prague to meet my friends. I put a bottle of red wine in my handbag. Let's go!

6:48 pm

I'm leaving the apartment. The bus leaves at 6:55 and it takes 11 minutes walking to get to the bus station. So I run. It's still like 30 degrees outside.  With a heavy handbag, with my hair bun jumping up and down, and this movement makes it looser and looser.

I run because:

• I'm late
• I'm late because I don't know how to be on time.
• I don't know how to be on time because in my family it has always been like this (actually only because of my father but I seem to take after him in character).

Running is exercise. Doing exercise with this heat, though...

6:55 pm

I make my way towards the platform 17. Yes!!! There are about ten people waiting and still no bus. It's 10 minutes late.

 

7:35 pm

I finish making the yellow ribbon on the bus and I feel like I can do anything. So I ask the lady sitting next to me for scissors because I forgot mine and I need to cut off the last piece of string.

8:20 pm

I meet my friend, we buy some more wine and snacks and we head towards the Vltava river. Soon our other friend joins us and we spend a pleasant 3 hours in the hot night at the river bank. Let the celebration begin!

PS: I'm not naked, I actually have a top on!