staycation

I took last week off from work.  And the week before I was very diligent about getting my hours in so I didn’t have to work on Friday.  Which meant 9 1/2 days of non-work bliss.  (The reason for the 1/2 day is because I had to work a few hours this last Sunday evening for an event but at least it was fun.)  And let me tell you – I could get used to not working real quick.

I didn’t go on a big trip.  Instead I stuck around town and got lots of stuff done.  The first weekend I got so much organizing done that I was pretty much able to do relaxing stuff the rest of the time.  Some highlights were:

*Going to Friday Harbor with my roommate

*Getting a pedicure and a massage on the same day (fancypants, I know)

*Going to the Abbey Garden Tea Room.  This is one of my fav places in town.

*Helping my friend with his videography business at a dance recital he and his wife were taping

*Going to the Deming Log Show with an old college friend and her sister.  And one of my cheerleader’s dads was the announcer!

*Lazing around the condo a lot

But now I’m back at it at work.  You would think that after having so many days off at home I’d be ready to get back, but the adjustment isn’t so easy.  The thing that’s the hardest so far is just sitting at my desk all day.  Luckily cheer camp is next week and I know I’ll be ready to get back to the office after being GO GO GO for 4 straight days.  With screaming high school cheerleaders.  Yep, the quiet of my office will be a welcome thing.

To Do Lists

In case you don’t already know, I am a HUGE fan of lists.  I like to make lists, reorganize the lists, add to lists, make sub-lists, etc etc.  Pretty much anything that has to do with lists except for actually taking care of the things on the lists (although the feeling of crossing something off the list is a nice little boost).  Yep, I’m a procrastinator and for some reason or other I often choose to put off my daily to do list so that I can do something much more fun like um…sit on the couch and watch tv.  And I do this even when I know that I HAVE to get these things done by the end of the week and I’ve been proactive with my list making and organized myself so that I’m planning not doing 297 things on my one day off that I could have spread throughout the week.  But seriously at the end of a work day the last thing I really want to do is follow through with the list.

Take last night for example.  At the end of my work day I made a list of personal to do’s I needed to get finished this week.  I’ve got a trip out of town next week, a parent meeting and a banquet for cheer this week, plus a bridal shower to attend on Saturday, and my nephew’s first birthday is next week and like a good auntie I am, I need to get him a gift and actually send it to him.  So I’m all smart breaking tasks down and trying to be realistic about the amount of time each thing is going to take me.  I spread things out through out the week, keeping in mind when they have to be done, what things easily go together, even the fact that I’ll want/need a little free time on Friday.  Now I know it is only Tuesday and I obviously haven’t even really gotten going on my week, but still I can’t even manage the Monday night responsibilities!  I did a couple of them – went to the mall to look for gifts (but didn’t find all I was looking for), took some of the recycling out (living on a third floor apartment with just stairs can make taking everything out quite overwhelming), and dropped some keys off at my uncle’s house.  As for the 4 or 5 other things on “Monday’s To Do’s” – nope, nothin, nada, zilch.  Instead I spent some precious hours watching clips of the Danny/Lindsay storyline from CSI: New York on YouTube.  Seriously.  Because that is what is apparently important.