Tenth story
It won't be story, I will just tell you about my daily routine. I try to use these words and senteces when I do this. It is a little brain exercise, I hope this will help me switch to English faster during conversations.
I wake up around seven am, but I open my eyes at half past six. It is strange, because in the summer I wake up at eight am and open my eyes at half past seven without an alarm clock. I think my body lives in a +3 hour time zone or it has a psychological setting to wake up at this time depending on the season. I get up, put my phone and headphones on charge, and then go to bathroom. I take a toothbrush, squeeze out some toothpaste and brush my teeth. I wash my face and dry it with a towel, comb my hair and use deodorant.
After that I put on my jacket, rubber boots and go outside with my dog. Now in the mornings the grass is covered in dew. That's why I have to wear rubber boots. First, I walk several times from the gate to the end of the yard along the fence, which is about 90 meters, while my dog walks. Usually sunny and warm, sometimes cloudy and cold. Spruce, pomegranate, fig, pear, apple and orange trees grow here. The orange tree is very young. It's only a meter tall, but there already has five oranges.
I hear birds. In autumn these are usually titmouse, robin, magpie and sparrows. After the walk I start training my dog. This is important for maintaining both its body and brain in shape. We learn new commands and tricks. Recently he has learned to pass through six poles like a snake with me standing at the end of line. After training we play with a rubber ring, it's one of his favorite toys. The walk lasts 40-60 minutes. It's important that I go for a walk without my phone.
So, after walk I take a pill and go do my morning exercise. It's difficult now, since the working day in St.Petersburg has already begun and sometimes I get distracted. If no one distracts me, then I spend 30-40 minutes on my exercises.
I go to the kitchen and have breakfast. For breakfast I eat wheat porridge and drink a cup of coffee with milk. I leave some porridge for my dog. I take my pills after breakfast and go to my home office as if I were going to work. A big part of my job is communicating with my clients' employees. Sometimes the user calls me and the problems solve themself.
I have a lunch about 2 p.m.. I eat soup with a sandwich and a cup of tea with cookies for dessert. Sometimes I lie on the sofa for 30 minutes after lunch to relax. Then I go back to my mini-office and work until 6 p.m. Until 7 p.m. I can work in the basement or in the backyard, in short, do housework.
I have a dinner at 7 p.m. Usually I have a main course with a garnish (pasta, potatoes, rice, buckwheat) and meat, as well as a salad. Sometimes it will be dumplings with meat/potatoes or more complex dish. After dinner, I go back to the office or lie down on the sofa to relax until half past 10 p.m. At this time I go for a walk with the dogs. Yes, now I go for a walk with two dogs in the evening. We walk for about thirty minutes and come back.
I work two more hours. Sometimes I write these stories in the last hour, or rather, I try to do it every day. Go to the bathroom and get ready for bed. It's funny, before going to bed I brush my teeth on one leg, it is a little excersize. I go to bed at one o'clock in the morning. While I'm walking the dogs in the evening, or getting ready for bed, or doing housework, I listen to audiobooks. In general, I always try to listen to audiobooks when I don't have to strain my brain. Yes, it is not the same as reading paper books, but I don't have enough time to sit and read. Before going to bed I try to complete the English cards in Duocards, and I often fall asleep in the middle of the exercise.
