Still in Search of Sun

THANK YOU. I feel caught up now (but would still love to hear your voice should you call later). Sounds like a great vacation with your girlfriends and a nice visit with your parents. I'm happy for you on all counts--including your 5K success (go, you!) and the bit that JJ surprises you and you miss him already.

My first day of vacation has been less than relaxing, but productive. Sort of. I did laundry in the morning and ran errands most of the rest of the day since the weather is still rather gloomy. What happened to what started out as a sunny pool season?!? Finally, tomorrow it is supposed to turn to summer, and I am going to L's and taking S and C to the beach. C's birthday was Monday and I opted out of the family party that night and will spend some one-on-one (two, I guess) time tomorrow instead. Anyway, errands included shopping for a present for C (he's 4) and dropping off dry cleaning that I should have dropped off weeks ago. Maybe months. It doesn't seem like much, but it took all day. Maybe because I'm slow-going. And Costco is never a quick errand. Or a cheap one.

I really do feel beat up. Like I don't remember getting in a bar room brawl beat up. Between the weather that makes me feel a little arthritic and all the packing and running around the last few days of school, I am just wiped out. So much so that even though I didn't have to get up early today I went to bed at 8 last night. I did wake up and tossed and turned for an hour or so around midnight, but then slept soundly again until 7:30. But my body still hurts. I guess it will take a few days before I feel more physically rested.

I should probably ignore my mess--the green grocery bags strewn about and clean laundry that needs to make it upstairs (and I know it's not walking itself there) and magazine piles (each with a different destination) and make myself a nice dinner. I have white wine in the fridge and shrimp in the freezer and would enjoy a light and lemony pasta with shrimp...but I seriously don't know if I have the energy to cook. Or the right kind of energy to sit and enjoy a meal. Any bursts of energy I get I feel I should use to continue getting guest-ready. What I don't get done today I will have to do on Friday, and the weather for Friday looks good too, so if I could get a pool day to myself in before D arrives, I'm all for it. Maybe Bugles and this margarita will do for now, then later I can have some bread (I also have a baguette in the freezer) and cheese, maybe some caprese salad, with that white wine. Sounds like a good plan. It would be just perfect if you call while I'm sipping.

Welcome back. Love you,
Barb