When I started at UNL in 1998, having the week between
Christmas and New Year’s off was new to me. My dad came for Christmas for the
next eight years and so hanging with Norm was the focus of my breaks. When I
started going to Rhode Island, I always tried to come back early enough to have
a chunk of time at home. I made exhaustive to do lists and always ended break disappointed
that many things hadn’t gotten done. Well, this was the first year I had zero
expectations over break and it was wonderful! I ended up getting plenty done
between the relaxing and knitting so it was all good. They say with age comes
wisdom. Clearly that’s kicked in for me.
My flights were uneventful again, making this the first
Christmas trip without any travel issues. I did forget my ear buds at Carolyn’s
but I had enough time before my flight to go back through security to meet
Carolyn at the curb and get back to my gate just in time to board. I’d also
done early check in so had an A boarding pass, which was totally worth the
$12.50. I got to Wahoo at 8:00, just missing checking in with the knitters at
the library but it felt great to be home.
Monday was a veg day. I managed to unpack and start laundry
but mostly sat on my butt knitting. Perfect. I had to leave the house on
Tuesday to do year end deposits for Friends of the Library and ran a few
errands while I was out but that was it. I did nada for New Year’s Eve, going
to bed early. Worked for me.
Wednesday was my annual knitters’ tea so I got busy first
thing in the morning – cleaning, pulling out china and teapots to wash, setting
out cookies and making hot artichoke dip. All was ready at 1:30 when everyone
arrived and we had a lovely afternoon sitting in the sun while knitting,
chatting and eating yummy stuff. It’s a wonderful way to start the new year.
Unfortunately I had stomach issues later in the evening that made for a bad
night’s sleep. Too many sweets maybe? I need to add Pepto to my shopping list.
I cleaned everything up first thing the next morning and
finally made a to do for the last 3 days of break. I had lunch with Lorri at
Chip’s on Saturday but otherwise spent the last three days inside, plugging
away at each day’s list between stretches of knitting. By the end of break, I’d
gotten lots done, had plenty of time for relaxation and just enough interaction
with friends. All good.
One last thing to mention – I fired yet another cleaning
lady. What is it with me and cleaning ladies? This one was very nice and only
used green, natural products. Unfortunately she didn’t make up for the lack of
chemicals with extra elbow grease. I would walk in the door and the only way to
tell she’d been there was the money being gone. The last straw was when I had
to clean the bathroom before my tea and she’s only been there a week before.
Then 2 minutes with scrubbing bubbles and a Magic Erasure had the bathroom sink
cleaner than it’d been since she started. Enough! Why pay big money (50% more than
my last cleaning lady) for such crap cleaning? So I ended the break telling her
I was done and just to drop the key on Tuesday when she would have been “cleaning”
my house. I’m going to give doing it myself a try again. Wish me luck.
I hope you all have had a nice start to 2015. I’m heading
back to work rested and relaxed but with the beginning of a cold. I'm going to try to be at my desk at
8:00 rather than my usual 8:15. Would you call that a resolution? It’s not much
of one but I’ll give it a try. I’ll probably fail within a few days but it’s
worth a try. And my cold sheep (knitter's speak for a yarn diet) in 2015 is going fine but mostly because Lori gifted us all pink yarn at the tea and I got my first installment in the British sock yarn club on Friday. Isn't this gorgeous yarn? How cool that the first skein is orange. But I digress.... Did any of you make any resolutions? Do tell. Happy 2015.
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