Jan. Week 3: A Long Weekend-Sunday-Leah Spends Time with Jonathan (Suspicion: -5)

As she sat at the kitchen island, cradling a mug of coffee and splitting a banana over oatmeal, she decided she needed to take the time to spend it with Jonathan. She made him breakfast and poured him a cup of coffee when he emreged and then the remote soon found its way into his hand and within minutes they were watching a go-to show from Netflix that he really liked but that she would only half-watch while she doomscrolled TikTok and Instagram on the couch. Somewhere in the haze of caffeine and sugar, the anxiety that usually haunted her Sundays lost its sharpest edge.

A few hours trickled by in a blissful malaise with Jonathan. While they were doing a whole lot of nothing together--it was together. And that made their day feel special and helped them grow closer together. The laundry could wait. She would get groceries after lunch. She let herself drift, allowed her mind to wander, and even considered taking a nap if her conscience would ever shut up. Self-care, she thought, was ninety percent not feeling guilty about slacking off.

The day consisted of the typical Sunday reset intermixed with prepping for the school week ahead. She spent some time puttering around the bedroom, Marie Kondo-ing her sock drawer, then folding Jonathan’s laundry, even though he always mixed up her sports bras when he tried to help. She found herself humming a song from the radio, off-key, letting the domesticity of it all soak in.

Sunday seemed to vanish as they got all the household chores completed, went shopping for groceries, and relaxed in the evening after an easy-to-make dinner Leah had promised herself she would make after she saw it on Tiktok.

They settled into bed and quickly fell asleep in a freshly made bed.