Another Full Week

I missed most of the day of work on Friday when I went home ill.

I came back to the office this morning to find that the stack of work on my desk had multiplied mysteriously over the weekend. It will take a great deal of efficiency, planning, and hard work to accomplish everything that must be done in the four days that I’m working this week.

Last night was good. Dinner with good friends. (Great food if I do say so myself!) Then a trip to a local ice cream parlor, and a short walk by the river, below the dam, in a spot I’ve never been before, despite living near it for nearly my entire life.

I had my lights out shortly after 11:00 p.m. I can’t remember the last time I was in bed with the lights out that early.

I slept poorly, waking often, disturbed by dreams. Not quite present in either reality or the world of my dreams. Living somewhere in between.

I have a burn blister, about ½ inch long and ¼ inch wide on my left forearm. A cooking incident last night. It’s ugly, but surprisingly not painful for the moment.

This promises to be another full week.

Grocery shopping and household stuff with my roommate tonight.

A tea date with a dear friend who I see rarely since she lives in another province tomorrow night.

Wednesday night will hopefully be slower. Again, some last household things so that we’re fully settled in our new home.

And Thursday another dear friend arrives from out of town. We’re headed for the mountains for a few days on Friday morning.

Full Weekend

This has been a busy weekend.

I'm stealing a few quiet minutes, propped against pillows on my newly assembled bed, in my newly settled bedroom, to write and think.

My house has this delightful smell of ginger and garlic running through it. I'm making honey-garlic pork roast for a group of friends who are coming for dinner. Shortly I'll head back to the kitchen and prepare potatoes, steamed carrots, and a salad to go with the pork roast.

Just to give you a sampling of how this weekend has gone, here is a list of some of the things I've done today:

• shopped for groceries
• put some last items away in our house
• washed a couple loads of dishes (some by hand and some in the dishwasher)
  
• reorganized a couple of kitchen cupboards so that we have better access to some things we use regularly
• attended a Stampede Breakfast with my roommate
• driven my roommate to work
• gone to the bank to deposit a couple of cheques
• gone to the recycling depot to recycle the cardboard from our moving and bed-building projects
• visited a couple of garden centres in search of some plants and herbs for our garden
• gone to Home Depot to purchase shelves for a pre-existing nook in our kitchen
• gone to the dollar store to pick up a few needed items for our house
• fueled my car
• got the oil changed in my car
• cleaned up our patio table and chairs in preparation for dinner tonight
• prepared, marinated, and started to bake a pork roast

It's been a full, busy day. I'm tired, and I need to rest. There are several more things on my list of "things to do" for the day - some of which will get done, and some of which won't. Dinner will hopefully not be a long affair tonight, though I'll enjoy the company of my friends. Then quiet. Space to think, journal, read, and pray. Rest, before diving into what is sure to be another very full week.

Bed Complete

After four hours, much laughter, a few curse words, an emergency phone call to my dad, breaks for food and to catch bits and pieces of TLC programs on television, I have a bed. Tomorrow will bring a humorous recounting of the evening, and a complete rearranging of my furniture.

Good night!

Day of Rest

I only lasted at work for about 2 hours this morning.

I was feeling really ill, probably should never have gone in in the first place, but needed to learn a new process for some data entry I'm helping with, from someone who will be on holidays next week.

I came home and slept for about two hours. Now I'm feeling a bit better. I'm hanging out on the couch watching a bit of television, continue to rest.

It would seem that today was a forced day of rest, and I'm somewhat glad for that.

I'll pick my roommate up from the train later this afternoon, we'll cook together, and hopefully assemble the bed I bought last weekend.

Tomorrow and the rest of the weekend are going to be low key. I've got things to do around the house. The need to finish settling in. My aunt is coming over to help us hang artwork. I need to mow the lawn. I like nice, homey sorts of weekends. I've been on the run a lot the last several weeks and weekends, and it'll be nice to settle into our new house, to rest, to be simple and around the city and enjoy myself. To take it slow.

Feet

Another article, (this time with new information), on the severed feet that have washed ashore in British Columbia over the last year, and so caught my attention.