Happy 2012 to all who venture here.
It's the last day of vacation. A one day reprieve brought on by the placement of the holiday on this Monday. Having the week off was good and mostly very low key. My wife does most of the cooking during the week, because I get home late, and she was also on vacation last week. So it made sense to to take that up last week. I like doing it, and do it every weekend so this was just a small change for me and gave me some structure. We did a trip to the theater with the family to see Santa Land Diaries. A great benefit of being a full time residents here is what they call the "Berkshire discount" which for a performance like this was half price. We also did a couple days travel to visit family and could hit some of the high school basketball games, which are fun and very fast to watch.
Other that that it was a very unstructured week. I had to check work emails a few times and handle some tasks that didn't have coverage and that was more than enough work exposure. I was conscious of not engaging in responding to some of the email rants and just forwarded them to others in case they "blew up" because I wasn't there. Sometimes people need constant stroking and reassurance and I realize that it is those parts of my job that are the most draining.
So as I am in this last day I am even more unstructured than usual and all over the place. A moderate run in the morning, checking the work emails for any land mines I'll hit tomorrow. (nothing more than the earlier rants). A few chores and getting ready for a meeting tonight, cleaning the fishbowl and thinking of the lists I need to make of all things going on over the next several weeks. We are in college application process for my youngest and anyone who has gone through that and knows the terms FAFSA and CSS profile and two kids in college, can relate to my angst about the to do list. But that too will get done.
So, I hear that the latest batch of bread is out of the oven and a visitor is at the door and I hear the dryer buzzer also summoning me. All amazingly routine stuff, which is great.
Cheers!
4 comments:
Sounds like you had an enjoyable week! We are in the midst of a fierce snow squall - can hardly see to the end of the yard in the front, and can't see it at all in the back. Bah Humbug. I'm not a fan of cold. Ah, the old collge process - yes, I remember it well, although for us it was some time ago. We are, however, putting money aside for each granddaughter. It will be a start for them when their time comes. Hope your day back at work tomorrow isn't too much of a pain in the patoody. So many complaints...it's going to be another year of adult day care. Hope all the rants are minimal!! ...debbie
Thanks, we too had a good snow squall but nothing much came of it. It's been a remarkably snow-less and warm winter so far,but the cold comes in tomorrow.
Life trundles along; it is good to have that 'unstructured time'! If only all time was just so!
Happy New Year Jeff!
Peg
Thanks, Peg
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