Cycles

Hey there, Amanda.

I see you started working...how did things turn out? Are you temporarily full time? Or were you able to keep the dream schedule? How was your first day?? Has there been a second? And--I guess by the time you read this I should also ask--how was your weekend?

My weekend was low key, as most are, but good. Friday evening L et. al. came up and my mom hosted a family dinner. After dinner we lingered a while, then all of us but mom and dad made our way to M's. We had lots of laughs (no one is safe from friendly ridicule) and a good time was had by all. When I got home I had a sentimental moment, feeling really fortunate to have two sisters that I like enough to hang out with them on a Friday night. We are all so different, yet clearly cut from the same cloth--and there's never a dull moment. The kids all get along well, too, and I feel very grateful.

I never got my laundry done, but yesterday and today I ran a bunch of errands, and this afternoon I made some tortilla soup before sitting down to the Pats game. I could use another day to myself before going back to work, but what else is new? I decided I need to get over it. I need to stop compartmentalizing my life so much. It's like the only thing I can manage to do during the week is work, and then I spend my weekends cooking, cleaning, doing laundry and running errands and going back to work on Monday already looking forward to the next weekend. Which will be exactly like the one before, or one during which I do absolutely nothing, thereby perpetuating the cycle either way. Ah well. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

Anyway. Game is over and my kitchen beckons. Time to clean up and pack up a lunch for tomorrow.

Hope all is well.

Love you,
Barb