Although we put off our Friday work until later in the day, I'm glad we took time to get out of the house for a while. We have a busy weekend behind us. I had five grandchildren and one bonus grand plus Katie and Cody here most of Saturday. Then on Sunday, it was two grands and a bonus grand with Katie and Cody here. It got very loud and noisy.
Saturday: Our local paper joined with a group of Georgia Associated Press Newspapers to lobby a complaint against the USPS in Georgia. Now, not to be ugly, but ours is a small town newspaper and isn't that heavy on news beyond the city councils, commissioners, school board meetings, and elections in an election year. Pretty much everything from there is strictly local: honor roll students, college news of Taylor County students, obits, local festivals, etc. It is also the legal organ of the county. Typically it's about 6 pages and takes under 5 minutes to read through even if you look at everything.
Friday: Yesterday's meals: We skipped breakfast
John had frozen Chicken Fried Rice. I ate Chicken Shawarma and Rice Pilaf from dinner the other night. I followed my meal up with Strawberries and John ate an apple.
Cheeseburgers, Baked Beans, French Fries, Lettuce and Tomato Salad, Bread and butter Pickles.
We went to tend to Caleb while Katie had a doctor's appointment. They brought home a pizza and we shared lunch with them.
We had a busy weekend. Friday we went to keep Caleb while Katie went to her OB appointment. This was a long appointment where they did all sorts of tests and ultrasounds and incidentally learned the gender of her baby. Then we did some errands before returning home. I did my Friday Home Blessing on Thursday, anticipating that I'd be tired by the time we returned.
On Saturday we were back at her home for a gender reveal party. Her best friend had been given the results, so Katie and Cody would have the 'surprise'. It turns out that the ones surprised were those of us who weren't at the appointment because the baby was front and center during the ultrasound and though the technician said nothing to indicate gender, Kate told me that it was very obvious.
Saturday: Sometimes things just don't go well at all, and it's hard to see the things that come instead the welcome things they might have been under other circumstances.
Our day out yesterday was a disaster. We ended up arguing gently about why that disaster occurred. I sulked. I did. I sulked all the way back home, sulked all evening and most of the night, and had a good case of sulk going on still today.
Friday: I'll start with the usual weekly things: I washed a full load of dishes last night. John did laundry yesterday afternoon when he'd finished mowing and hung a few things on the line to dry. We did sheets and towels this morning and more things were hung to dry.
We made plans to have a day out. Well, circumstances were against us. That's all there was to it. We had a nice long ride but not to the destination. We ended up turning around and driving home.
Now we enter the fifth month of the year. I heard someone say that time is passing quickly. I've not been as aware of time passing lately as I am at other times. Is it because I've been busy and can look back over the accomplishments in the weeks behind? Or did I just stop paying attention? I don't know.
New months mean new goals for me. I did quite well last month in getting the things done I had on my goals list. I would say I'd get a solid 90 out of 100. That's good enough. It means I focused on the areas I'd said I would and that the things that didn't get done were due to other events like unplanned visits, days out, or inclement weather. Though I know one or two days were solid fails simply because I couldn't find the energy after several busy days. I'm okay with that. My goal is not 100% but to DO SOMETHING. And I did exactly that. I DID things. Back to Rhonda's motto, "If you do stuff, stuff gets done." Amen!