The Longest Short Week Ever
Here it is, finally Friday! Thank goodness for small favors. We had Monday off for Memorial Day so this was a 4 day work week for me, but still ... the longest week ever. I think that really, this week started for me LAST Friday when I worked from home. See, every year we host a big Memorial Day party for some of our family (there are entirely too many of them to have everyone over at once). It typically consists of Burgers, Dogs, Lots 'o Desserts, Visiting & Swimming. As was the case this year, but with the constant threat of a massive thunderstorm the entire time.
Friday I worked at home so I could wait for the new maid, we switched from Thursday's to Friday's and therefore had a new person. I like this lady, she's very cool and did a great job on the house as I can be a little picky at times. The yard guy was supposed to come later that afternoon to de-weed the flower bed, lay down fresh mulch, mow/edge, etc. But when he hadn't arrived by 4:15pm I called to see what was up. He was running late - and since I was supposed to be at a friend's birthday happy hour by 5:30ish I asked him to come the next morning. Well, wouldn't you know the next morning it was pouring down rain. And continued for several hours. So, he was delayed in coming but finally was able to get here and get everything taken care of and did a very nice job. The rest of Saturday I tried to rest and did a few little things to get ready for Monday.
Sunday was another story. My hubby is off on Sunday's so we went into overdrive mode. There was grocery shopping to do, party supplies to buy, and most importantly .... we had to clean off the back patio. There was a whole winter's worth of grime and gick. That took a while but we got it done, and it looks so nice now! With the proverbial promises made of never letting it get that bad off again. Come Sunday evening I thought we were in good shape and went to sleep feeling pretty good about the next day.
Monday morning I woke up a little before 7 and couldn't go back to sleep in anticipation of a house full of people arriving at 11 o'clock. You see, my biggest desire when people come to my home is that they feel comfortable and have a good time. And this desire makes me STRESS OUT COMPLETELY! Ha! However, pretty much as soon as people arrive then I'm all good. It's the anticipation of arrival that drives me insane. I'm sure it doesn't help that since the moment I was born it was drilled into my brain "If you're not 30 minutes early, you're late." Thank goodness my Mother is exactly like me and arrived at 10:59. But, backing up a little bit ... when I awoke at 7 and went downstairs, I took a fresh look at the house and realized I still had a lot to do! The kitchen had junk everywhere on the counters and the table was filled with magazines galore! So I spent the next couple of hours finishing the last minute things until 10am when it was time to shower and get dressed.
The party was a blast ... we had 19 people, the most we've ever had. The rain stayed away the whole time guests were here - thank you Mother Nature! We had plenty of food and drinks, the pool was delightful and I really think that everyone had a good time. There were no major issues, and only one minor one that was easily remedied. After the last person left, hubby and I both collapsed and took naps! Then it was time to get ready for the work week. Sigh, did I really have to????
The work week has been pretty typical of the last few months. Mostly chaotic and frustrating. Nothing horribly eventful has happened, which I guess is actually a good thing. Hopefully today will be quiet - and there's a happy hour after work so that's something good to look forward to. After all this typing I can't say I'm really sure what the point of this post was other than to just get all this information out of my brain to make room for other, less important things like the season premiere dates for the summer TV shows on USA and TNT. I can't wait for The Closer, The 4400, The Dead Zone and Monk to start back up. I love that these channels are giving us die hard TV junkies something to do during the summer ... you know, other than whining about how we have to wait til 2008 for new episodes of LOST.
I'll leave you with a most awesome quote my friend Diane texted me yesterday very randomly: Some people are like slinkies .... they aren't really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Happy Friday everyone!!!
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