weekends throw me

long weekends, especially – not that i’m having one this weekend…

i do better with things that have to get done (like work) than many things that could get done.  i used to be a teacher thinking that i would like summers off – but i didn’t – usually ended up thinking i was depressed or something. (oh, teachers don’t get summers off, by the way, they have to wrap up the previous year and prep for the next year)

so, today, i slept in a bit, got up, sent the girls on their way for some sister time for em’s b’day, did some yoga, watched “cheerleader nation” (first timer), 1.5 loads of laundry (so far), loaded and ran the dishwasher (forgot the 2 glasses sitting right here in front of the keyboard) and am now blogging.

we’re headed to friend’s house to watch bball around 5, so i have about 4 hours and 50 minutes to do all of the other things i could do.  utterly overwhelming.  and i do this every weekend. (well, that we aren’t having to do something else)

it’s probably why i enjoy working outside of the home more than at home – i feel like things have to get done, and i get them done, and that feels good.  at home, i don’t even know where to start.  there are so many things that need to get done, but time, finances, energy impact and they never seem to move to the have to get done category.

if you ask bill, he will say advice is futile – almost 20 yrs of it he’s given me. 

if i take a shower right now, and shave my legs, i might have just enough time to go have a pedicure…

totally useless