Sunday Morning Musings

I'm pretty tired this morning. Went to bed LATE after going to watch the fireworks, and woke early. So, for the moment I'm curled up on the couch in the living room, writing a blog post. In a little while I'll get up properly, get dressed, and head for the kitchen. I need to make chicken salad for a trip to a local lake a little later this morning.

Right now there is loud ethnic music filtering through my ceiling, and I'm wondering if our new neighbors are going to be up and noisy this early every Sunday morning. I haven't met them yet, though my roommate met one of them, and my dad another. They're African, and the music I'm hearing would seem to reflect that - though different than you would exactly think. Oh well... I guess I'll just turn on music that I love to listen to quite loud too, and we'll all be happy!

Today is for relaxing. Leisurely cooking this morning, then I'll head to Mom and Dad's and catch a ride to the lake. A couple hours in the sun, then home. I think Dad is coming over again this afternoon to do a couple little things for us - hang a bulletin board, help me paint a lamp - that sort of stuff. Slow afternoon - maybe watching a movie or some tv on dvd on my laptop, packing for the trip tomorrow, leisurely evening - probably reading, maybe a trip to Kensington, bed at a decent hour.

I love days like this. Sort of scheduled, but with lots of time for doing almost nothing. Sometimes I find it so hard to slow down, but if the time is planned into my day, I do better.