Playing Hookey
May. 10th, 2006 05:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebI stayed home from work today because I already had permission for the day off and they didn't need me a third day at my other job and I wanted to get some stuff done. Specifically, I wanted to organize my papers.
I started by getting up with Robin.
Then I decided I should do some weeding, since the ground is all full of water. And I decided I should do it early, while it was still cool. Which turned out to be 80 degrees (27C).
There were hardly any weeds in my rose garden! I fully expected to pull my usual 100+ weeds there. So I cleared out as much beggar's lice as I could from my side yard, the neighbor's adjacent side yard, and the back yard. That took forty minutes, and I was plenty sweaty, so I went in.
Meanwhile, a guy with a chain saw had finished breaking up the tree that had fallen on my neighbor's car. I brought him and the lady with him a drink of water. Only the man had some. Woo hoo! Good turn for the day!
Then I had some peanut butter and rubbed my skin with ammonia, which is what After Bite is made of. Except that Robin thinks regular ammonia is harsher. I don't know. So I hope to prevent aching and itching.
Then it was time to tackle the file cabinets. I switched mine and Robin's so both would be closer to our own stuff. This involved moving everything out of the cabinets into the bedroom, clearing a path, and switching the cabinets. Don't you hate when you're in the middle of a project like this and suddenly you're tired and don't feel like continuing, but the place is completely unlivable, so you just have to suck it up and finish?
Which I did. Whew!
I also did laundry, dishes, playing on the web, lunch, second lunch, sorting through the mail, and cleaning a trash can.
It was a good day. I relaxed, had some fun, and got stuff done. Now I get dinner, fun with Robin, and ballroom dance lessons.
I started by getting up with Robin.
Then I decided I should do some weeding, since the ground is all full of water. And I decided I should do it early, while it was still cool. Which turned out to be 80 degrees (27C).
There were hardly any weeds in my rose garden! I fully expected to pull my usual 100+ weeds there. So I cleared out as much beggar's lice as I could from my side yard, the neighbor's adjacent side yard, and the back yard. That took forty minutes, and I was plenty sweaty, so I went in.
Meanwhile, a guy with a chain saw had finished breaking up the tree that had fallen on my neighbor's car. I brought him and the lady with him a drink of water. Only the man had some. Woo hoo! Good turn for the day!
Then I had some peanut butter and rubbed my skin with ammonia, which is what After Bite is made of. Except that Robin thinks regular ammonia is harsher. I don't know. So I hope to prevent aching and itching.
Then it was time to tackle the file cabinets. I switched mine and Robin's so both would be closer to our own stuff. This involved moving everything out of the cabinets into the bedroom, clearing a path, and switching the cabinets. Don't you hate when you're in the middle of a project like this and suddenly you're tired and don't feel like continuing, but the place is completely unlivable, so you just have to suck it up and finish?
Which I did. Whew!
I also did laundry, dishes, playing on the web, lunch, second lunch, sorting through the mail, and cleaning a trash can.
It was a good day. I relaxed, had some fun, and got stuff done. Now I get dinner, fun with Robin, and ballroom dance lessons.