The week didn’t start off well. Monday was a normal day at
work and then knitting at the library. Then I went to bed. I fell asleep fine
but was up from 1:15-4:30. No reason. I stayed in bed for awhile but when it
was clear I wouldn’t be sleeping anytime soon, I got up and organized all my
knitting (needles, yarn, accessories, frogged a project.) When I was done with
that, I read until 4:30, at which point I turned off the light and fell asleep eventually.
Sheesh!
When the alarm went off at 5:52, I turned it off and rolled
over. I had considered calling in when I was still awake but woke up at 7:11
(from a disturbing dream but at least I was sleeping hard enough to dream!) and
decided to go to work. I was in the shower directly from bed then just grabbed
lunch stuff and a yogurt and scone for breakfast and was out the door at 7:50
and at my desk by 8:30. Needless to say, I was a zombie but made it through
most of the day, actually getting a lot of little things done from my to do
list. I left at 4:15 and headed to the polls. I voted then had cereal for
breakfast and waited for bedtime, doing nothing to get a second wind. I went to
be right after 9:00, at which point the election was head to head and I hoped
worry wouldn’t keep me awake. I needn’t have worried. I was out like a light. I
did stumble out to the TV at 12:40 when I woke up, sighed with relief and went
back to bed, sleeping until my alarm went off.
Besides Obama, everyone I voted for lost but then that’s par
for the course. I felt so much better rested and would have a good lunch. I had
invited Darla to UAAD for lunch because Paul Wesselmann, the Ripples Guy, was
presenting and he’s one of my very favorite people. Not only was it a good
meeting but there was a drawing for people who brought guest and I won! A
subwoofer and speakers for my computer. Nice. I swam after work and went to bed
early again in an attempt to catch up on some more sleep.
I was looking forward to Thursday because there was an all
afternoon professional development session with Paul. The morning flew then I
grabbed soup and a bagel with Dodie before heading to Paul’s PD, which was
wonderful. Since it was off campus and didn’t get over until 4:30, I left from
there and picked Darla up for a thrift run. We found a few things and had fun,
as always.
I was going up in the elevator with Josh on Friday and he
mentioned that with Nora out, the mice could play. NOT! My phone was ringing
before I had my coat off and two other people were waiting for something from
me. Then Nora called with a project that took the rest of the day. After a
quick lunch with Layton and finishing everything else, I dug in on that. I was
super frustrated and only then remembered that I had felt this way before on
the same project. I checked the documentation file and found that it couldn’t
be done! We tried the same thing a year ago and didn’t have the supporting data
so I pulled out some pdf’s and started plugging data. I met with Mary and dug
into some detail for her and didn’t finish until 4:45. The day was over in a
flash. I stopped at The Warehouse on the way home and scored on their buy 10 frozen
items and they’re 50% off. I got 7 pints of Ben & Jerry’s, enough
blueberries for a pie, a pork roast and a Lean Cuisine for $18.50. It’s always
good to end the work week with a deal.
Since it was supposed to be 77 on Saturday, I was going to
spent it doing yard work. But before I headed out, I finished all the inside
stuff that had to be done in case I blew out my knee. Yes, that’s where my mind
goes these days. With the cat boxes changed and the laundry hanging on the
line, I headed to Andrea’s to pick up her cordless hedge trimmer, getting BK
for us before dropping her keys back at the shop. I planted my last perennials
and started the hedge, which is HUGE, covering half of the front of my house.
The charge on the trimmer only lasted 5 minutes so I did the rest by hand. But
the bush is so big that I can’t reach the middle, even after trimming what I
could reach from inside my bedroom hanging out the window. Since my neighbor always seems to have kids
in her house, I headed over there in search of a kid to finish my hedge. Did I
hit pay dirt! For $10, Billy climbed the ladder and did a great job of
finishing my hedge. Then he said he would do anything in my yard that needed
doing. I wrote his number down, thrilled to have someone to call for gutter
cleaning and such. Yay!
With the yard work and all the must do chores done, Sunday
was a nice relaxing day. I cleaned up the kitchen and did some cooking plus
lots of knitting and even some reading in the sun in the afternoon. Since a
front had come through and the temp had plummeted, it was a nice day to stay
inside. Plus I was now thinking of my vegging as necessary recovery time thanks
to Paul’s wisdom so didn’t feel guilty at all. It’s time to cut myself some
slack for taking a day off. Thanks Paul.
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