Day One - June 19, 2006

There were good points, and bad points to my first day of vacation.


Part of the problem is that I have to be careful not to invest too much meaning in the "first day". Example:

"This is the first day of vacation, and it will set the tone for the entire summer, so it has to be the perfect mix of fun, rest, and getting household crud done."

This leads to unrealistic expectations, and despair when things do not go as planned.

Today started off well. I hustled Leroy out early to the Zoo (we got there shortly after they opened at 9 a.m.). Why is this important? Well, if you're foolish, or just completely time challenged, and you dawdle into the zoo at around noon, you get to face the full rath of the Sacramento summer in all its glory. It's going up to 100 this week, so that is no joke! I convinced first his father, and then Leroy that he wasn't entitled to a toy, or purchased food at the zoo so that was another plus (we're trying to save money this summer).

I got home and discovered I had started my period. In years past this wasn't a big deal, but lately, I'm having significant pain and discomfort so I took a two hour nap, and didn't do any housework today, just limped around. We went to the pool, and I managed to clean up the kitchen a tiny bit, and make dinner.

I am supposed to go to a planning meeting for work, but no one has contacted me about it (I don't know where it's at) so I'm skipping it and taking Lee to the art museum tomorrow. It'll give me more time to clean house, in preparation for a meeting here on Friday.