Yesterday was supposed to be a down day.
Jan. 20th, 2019 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crazychicknladyYesterday was going to be the one day this week that I would have time to spend at home catching up on things I didn't have time to do during our crazy first week of both girls in college classes.
This, however, has been the season of unexpected visits from old friends. My oldest friend from college (the same one who made it to our solstice BBQ with his family) had a plane flight cancelled due to snow, and was stuck on our end of the country for a day. It's always good to see this particular friend, especially since we have been known to go as long as five years between seeing each other. His visit did, however, eat up what would have otherwise been a productive day. (Plus, I am an introvert from an energy accumulation standpoint, so regardless of how much I enjoy having someone around, I am wiped out by the time it is over).
My original plan for Saturday was to drop S off at her class at 8:45am and then get stuff done. Or, at the very least, waste an inordinate amount of time recovering from the week.
S is only taking ceramics, but that entails getting in extra time at the studio, and until she has her license or we can coordinate her lab time with H's schedule, I gain extra chauffeur duties. S will get in driving practice for some of that, but it still constitutes a time sink for me.
So, in addition to the two extra times S ended up at the ceramics studio this past week, there were also the many runs to craft stores in the sometimes fruitless quest for supplies for both girls for their classes. On Friday alone, we went to Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Walmart, and the Dollar store.
We still need to check more places for the magical paper H needs before her next class, but that's Monday's problem.
This, however, has been the season of unexpected visits from old friends. My oldest friend from college (the same one who made it to our solstice BBQ with his family) had a plane flight cancelled due to snow, and was stuck on our end of the country for a day. It's always good to see this particular friend, especially since we have been known to go as long as five years between seeing each other. His visit did, however, eat up what would have otherwise been a productive day. (Plus, I am an introvert from an energy accumulation standpoint, so regardless of how much I enjoy having someone around, I am wiped out by the time it is over).
My original plan for Saturday was to drop S off at her class at 8:45am and then get stuff done. Or, at the very least, waste an inordinate amount of time recovering from the week.
S is only taking ceramics, but that entails getting in extra time at the studio, and until she has her license or we can coordinate her lab time with H's schedule, I gain extra chauffeur duties. S will get in driving practice for some of that, but it still constitutes a time sink for me.
So, in addition to the two extra times S ended up at the ceramics studio this past week, there were also the many runs to craft stores in the sometimes fruitless quest for supplies for both girls for their classes. On Friday alone, we went to Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Walmart, and the Dollar store.
We still need to check more places for the magical paper H needs before her next class, but that's Monday's problem.
