One of the things I am enjoying about my new job is having weekends off. My entire life, I've worked on Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays). It's never really been a big deal, because it's what I know. Plus, it allows me to have a day off during the week to get "normal people" things done -- Dr. appointments, bail proceedings, etc. You know.
Being off on weekends now reminds me of when I was growing up and in school -- that feeling of pure glee on Friday afternoon, knowing that you had the whole weekend ahead of you to do whatever you pleased. My household always felt particularly jovial on Friday evenings, my parents were always in a great mood, dinner was casual, my dad often played his old man big band music extra loud, and it was kinda cool. I haven't felt that for a very long time, until today. I have the whole weekend ahead of me!!
There are bittersweet things that go along with this. NNG is out of town, doing the whole racing thing. (He got to take a friend's Ferrari to VIR this week...and took me for a spin before he left...we were totally Brad and Ange the whole time...it's a heady responsibility.) He lives to drive fast on the racetrack, and the fact that he's getting to drive the Ferrari is heaven on earth for him, so I'm happy that he got to go and have that experience. And if you know me, you know that I do enjoy my alone time -- so yeah, I really miss him when he's gone, but that's ok too. It's nice to have a weekend to myself now and then, and therein lies my dilemma.
My house is a filthy distaster area.
-- and --
I want to go shopping, and get my hair cut and colored, and have a pedicure, sleep late, lay in bed and catch up on all my DVR stuff, and read.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know the outcome of *this* particular weekend.
And while I'm at it, I want to thank everyone who gave me Happy Birthdays on Facebook and Twitter! That was very cool. (See, Efen, if you'd come back to FB or figure out what the hell Twitter is, you'd have known that, and now you wouldn't be struggling to find the most extravagent bouquet available on 1-800-Flowers. But nooooo......).
Best wishes going out to my girl Loni. Most of you know that she's off to FL to see her daddy, who is going through the fight of his life right now. Hang in there, honey.
I'll be back in a few days to let y'all know how clean my house is.....or, not. (Hey, Efen...cancel the flowers, and order me a maid, would ya? Thanks :)
Friday, August 28, 2009
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8 Ramble on, y'all....:
You can clean a little and still do all your fun stuff! Hope you have a great weekend. And if you have some free time, give me a call. You could always come to my house, help me peel wallpaper (free wine, too!).
I have so much cleaning to do and just literally spent 4 hours on the net
You got to ride in a Ferrari? Awesome! Enjoy your weekend...do all the fun stuff, forget the rest!
Enjoy your weekend! The way I look at it, the house will still need to be cleaned Monday. What is the point of doing it now when the other stuff sounds so much more fun!
When I am faced with this VERY dilemma - I clean 1 or 2 things & then go do whatever the Hell I wanna!! ;) Win-Win situation, NO?
screw the cleaning and have fun! life is too short to worry about that lol
Thanks for the words... I am hanging in here.
So cool about the Ferrari. I have never even seen one in real life!
Your description of a perfect weekend sounds exactly like what mine would be!
Btw Tipsy housecleaning with loud music is actually an enjoyable way to spend an evening. I've done it. Wine and Mops go together sometimes. :)
Ummm.. I hope you chose the things that you wanted to do! You know, Brangelina has a maid, so you should get one ASAP. While you are at it... get an assistant, too!
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