Weekends are for Work

I wish I could share a vainglorious post about an exciting trip to the beach complete with ocean kayaking and sea lions, but alas this long weekend was dedicated to work. Work around the house, work/job/work, a science project for our son, the Honey Do list is pretty endless.

We have a new client at my job (Yipee, I'm thrilled, doing the happy dance!!), so I have been super busy during "ramp up" dealing with all these new patients and their myriad of diagnoses and pyschosocial issues.

I cleaned out the bathroom drawers which is right up there on the "Excitement-O-Meter" with rearranging the sock drawer or alphabetizing the spice rack. It was waaaay overdue and I encourage everyone to do it. Can I tell you that it took the better part of a day to undertake this mundane task? I got rid of medicine that had Expired in 2001. How in the world does it gets so freaking dusty in there? It really is the little things.

I also hit "pay dirt" this weekend when a neighbor ordered too much top soil and invited us to take some for our garden. I scored four wheelbarrowfulls and am excited to move forward on converting a grass strip to a rock and flower garden. I have to go pick out some boulders from our local rock store in addition to the roses, agapanthus, geraniums, and alyssum that I am planting. I love playing in the dirt and really enjoy creating art with flowers and rocks. (I will post some Before and After pictures when I am done because I love that kind of stuff.)

My darling husband has been working his tush off this weekend working around the house and running errands. But he wasn't too busy that he didn't have time to let our 14 y/o son drive in the parking lot of his office!! Nothing like beating the rush to Driver's Education Two Years Early!! And in my car!! Thanks, honey, I don't mind the driving lesson so much as next time could you please do it in your car??

My husband was also again called to duty to help our younger son with his science project due today. It is Very Unusual for the younger son to procrastinate on projects, usually he finishes things in advance, but I think both boys when it comes to school are "Put a Fork in them, They ARE Done!!" Why the teacher assigns three big projects in the last few weeks of school with all the parties and assemblies is Beyond Me. Ah, well, just a few more weeks to go and Then Freedom! Yes, not only for the boys, but also for me and my husband. We get a wonderful break from nagging and overseeing our kids in their schoolwork. It's a nice break and no, I don't panic at the thought of them home for the summer. Actually, I love having them around and they are so self reliant and relishing of their time off, it's infectious.

It wasn't all work, we did do fun stuff this weekend. Our family met up with some other neighbors at our community pool which just opened for the season. My husband made grilled sausage and pepper sausages that were delish and we chatted with our friends while the kids swam.

We also went shopping for new dishes and towels (Company's coming and the old stuff is ready for retirement). I have lost my "shopping gene"* and do not enjoy shopping anymore, but it was fun to look at dishes and towels with my husband like we were newlyweds again.

Thank you for your visit and I hope you had a great weekend. Happy Tuesday that feels like a Monday.


*Disclaimer: The loss of my shopping gene does not include loss of enjoyment over nice, new things, I just don't want to be involved in the procurement process.