So it's Friday night - I'm sitting here watching the Sox - both dogs are sleeping, the kids are upstairs, and I'm enjoying another moment of peace. They have been few and far between lately. I actually poured myself a glass of red wine - haven't done that in a long time.
Rocky got out earlier - scooted right past me at the front door. He is not good off-leash - takes off every time. I looked for him, then decided to see if he came back. The kids were worried so we started the car - then the phone rang - it was one of our neighbors - Rocky and their dog were playing. I thanked him profusely and hopped in the car to go retrieve my renegade pooch. Rocky happily jumped in the car and after thanking the guys again, we drove home. Theo was quite worried and gave Rocky a hero welcome.
Amanda's cell phone was dead when I got home from work, so rather than having her with no phone all weekend (at games, etc.) I decided to jump back in the car and take her to the phone store to get it fixed or replaced. That's 40 minutes away in good weather, and we're having what feels like a monsoon. I didn't realize how bad the flooding was until we were halfway there. We made it safely - it turns out that the place that her charger plugs into had a bunch of gunk in it - the tech cleaned it out and got it working again. Saved me at least $30 to replace it - more if she had had to pick a new model. That was worth 1/4 tank of gas.
Sox are winning - I'm so glad it's the weekend. I have 3 months to lose weight before vacation. I can't seem to control my eating - I just have to get back in that mindset. Food is fuel, nothing more. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Repeat again.
My floor is being weird. The laminate that we installed is popping up a bit right outside our bedroom. It goes back down when we step on it, but then goes up again. It's not something that is noticeable, but isn't right - I don't think we can do anything about it. It still looks good.
This weekend's goals: food shopping, find books at B&N on web design, clean a little, exercise a little, rest a little. Nothing too extravagant. Amanda is scheduled to have a game tomorrow if it isn't rained out, and Mike has a car wash on Sunday if it isn't raining. I'll use that time productively.
sox are up 5-1. Keith Foulke just replaced Matt Clement and he almost let in a HR and just let up a double. Thinking they should have kept Clement in...get the phone.
Oh, and my phone just rang - Amanda's game is cancelled tomorrow. What? Nowhere I have to be at the crack of dawn? Woohoo!!
Friday, May 19, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Reflection
Something I have always had a hard time doing is just that - stop and reflect. I can't slow down - I can't get my brain to slow down...to analyze, to think, to look ahead and plan. I'm not a goal-setter. I live in the moment. I find it hard to see the future and I often have no interest in looking back at the past. For some people this seems so easy - they can focus, think, and act. I get stuck on the focusing and thinking parts.
I need to set some goals for myself - but I'm lost. My health, my family, my job...I live in the day-to-day and my wheels are spinning. I bought a Franklin Covey planner - it came yesterday. I have used these before but abandoned paper when I got my first Palm. Now I think there's room (and need) for both. I eagerly put all the pages in place, then started reading the guide as a refresher. I never used the system to its potential in the past, so why not start now? There they were again - analyze - goals - roles - my brain started to shut down, my eyes started to glaze over - this is going to be WORK and I can't focus on it. blah.
So here I am writing in my deserted blog, trying to clear my head enough that I can get to work on planning for the weeks and months ahead - so that I will be more productive and less stressed. We'll see...
I worked on the grill tonight - I had bought replacement parts - a burner bar, a warming rack, and an ignitor. It's been raining all week so I haven't been able to go outside to work on it - but this afternoon we saw some sun, so I jumped at the chance. All went smoothly until I got to the ignitor. What a piece of junk. I got it installed but by then it had started to rain again and I couldn't get the thing to light. I don't know if it was faulty or just wet - but I took it apart and put it together again about a dozen times. The grill will light with a match, so I know it's not the burner. Oh well - even if I can never get the ignitor to work, the rest of the grill is like new.
On a totally different note, it's quiet at the moment. All I hear is the hum of the ceiling fan and the clicking of my daughter's fingers on the computer keyboard upstairs. The puppy is snoring so quietly. We were having a thunderstorm but it seems to have passed. Everything outside is green, and night is falling. I sigh. Peace. Maybe I'll go pull out that planner.
I need to set some goals for myself - but I'm lost. My health, my family, my job...I live in the day-to-day and my wheels are spinning. I bought a Franklin Covey planner - it came yesterday. I have used these before but abandoned paper when I got my first Palm. Now I think there's room (and need) for both. I eagerly put all the pages in place, then started reading the guide as a refresher. I never used the system to its potential in the past, so why not start now? There they were again - analyze - goals - roles - my brain started to shut down, my eyes started to glaze over - this is going to be WORK and I can't focus on it. blah.
So here I am writing in my deserted blog, trying to clear my head enough that I can get to work on planning for the weeks and months ahead - so that I will be more productive and less stressed. We'll see...
I worked on the grill tonight - I had bought replacement parts - a burner bar, a warming rack, and an ignitor. It's been raining all week so I haven't been able to go outside to work on it - but this afternoon we saw some sun, so I jumped at the chance. All went smoothly until I got to the ignitor. What a piece of junk. I got it installed but by then it had started to rain again and I couldn't get the thing to light. I don't know if it was faulty or just wet - but I took it apart and put it together again about a dozen times. The grill will light with a match, so I know it's not the burner. Oh well - even if I can never get the ignitor to work, the rest of the grill is like new.
On a totally different note, it's quiet at the moment. All I hear is the hum of the ceiling fan and the clicking of my daughter's fingers on the computer keyboard upstairs. The puppy is snoring so quietly. We were having a thunderstorm but it seems to have passed. Everything outside is green, and night is falling. I sigh. Peace. Maybe I'll go pull out that planner.
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