Ahhh, Saturday
Made it through the night without getting paged. Only 1 more on-call left…next Saturday when the kids are with X.
Been taking it pretty easy this morning. Cleaning out email inboxes and sipping tea and trying to figure out what I really want to do about this concert tonight. I know abbagirl says to go alone. I’m perfectly capable of that. I’ve been to these concerts alone for the past umpteen years. I went to the NLC concert alone at the beginning of November. I’m just fed up with going to concerts alone.
The boys went to The Who/Pretenders concert last night with their dad (aren’t I nice that I let them go with him on a night that wasn’t “his”?) and because the concert was likely to go late, they went to his house to sleep over (aren’t I reasonable that I allowed that since it’s not the weekend they are with him?) When they get home we’re going to pile in the car and drive up to Saint Croix Falls to meet with the couple from my choir whose cabin I’m going to stay in for a few days after Christmas.
Yes, it’s now down to “a few days.”
I talked with my mother last night and she has scheduled “her” Christmas on Dec 30…that’s when my brother’s family can be bothered to show up and I have a command performance with my family to do the same. Problem is, that weekend is X’s with the boys. Oh, and never mind the little fact that I was hoping to have a week long vacation.
Ah well. It’s not too surprising.
Add to that the fact that LN hopes I can come into the office that week for a couple of hours to meet the rest of the development team and it looks like I’ll be lucky to get to stay for two nights…much less five or six.
Didn’t really expect people to let me get out of town that easily anyway. And it will probably work out for the best. Just makes me a little cranky that all I really wanted was a few days to decompress and I feel like I’m being pulled back into the whirlpool before I’m even out.
As I write this I’ve begun to realize that I’m feeling resentful about this. Better process that and decide if I want to let them pull me back to town, or if I need to hold my ground. I’ll keep you posted.
It’s at least going to be out of the deep freeze here today. Above freezing and everything! Maybe we can get a walk in when we are out in the woods.
Peace.
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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Beginning alone in Florence 2008
A Conversation 2007
Music appreciation 101…maybe 200 2006
cabin fever 2006
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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Beginning alone in Florence 2008
A Conversation 2007
Music appreciation 101…maybe 200 2006
cabin fever 2006
— — —
A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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Beginning alone in Florence 2008
A Conversation 2007
Music appreciation 101…maybe 200 2006
cabin fever 2006
December 31st, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Obviously no one is changing their plans to fit around your vacation. Why should you be the one to change? I feel vocal about this because I am going through the same thing right now. We all have to change our Christmas to fit around when my brother can show up as well. Stinks. But let me tell you, if I had a get away to a cabin planned, they would just have to open presents and pig out without me.
Sat Dec 09, 04:14:00 PM 2006