Monday, June 07, 2004

The weekend

I didn't get much privacy for blogging over the weekend so I'll have to catch up.

Friday was a day off work and I needed to get the dog off to the vet early for an appointment. I came home, showered, took the top off the jeep and grabbed big breakfast with S. We ended up running a few errands I had promised to do for the wife and since I was essentially on call to pick the dog back up I couldn't stray too far. We killed a few hours at the end of the afternoon on S's deck drinking beers and philosphizing. I do enjoy a beer buzz while sitting outside on a warm summer day, and this was one of the first summer-ish days this year. I had been excited about the prospect of going out later Friday night and my wife was fine with letting me go but true to form S pooped out. While selfishly disappointed, I also sometimes get a bit concerned - he's overweight and eats like hell - I see it's effect on his energy and health overall. I'm resolved to not get that out of shape. I know how hard it would be to ever get back. These Fridays off have really confirmed that I need a hobby or pursuit where I can get outside and work on without any advance planning.

Saturday I headed to the grocery store first thing then did yardwork in anticipation of having friends for dinner that evening. R & B have been friends of ours since college. B is probably the closest thing to a female best friend that my wife has. Unfortunately she's about an hour and a half away and time and distance has had some effect on their relationship. They didn't stay long, having brought their 3 yr old. Socializing with another couple is an interesting dynamic - maybe I'll post some thoughts on it sometime. I'm not as close to R as my wife is to B so it wasn't a night of enlighting, intimate conversation. The were gone before 8 pm and I could have easily continued the evening given a collaborator/enabler but we ended up in front of the TV

Sunday I woke up in a lousy mood. I made it to church and that helped some but I felt like a lot of precious weekend has gone by and I didn't feel like I had made good use of it. After church I called S to see if he wanted to get breakfast. I was torn about doing this since I wanted to get some resumes out and a few odds and ends done later in the day and often breakfast evolves into a 2 hour event and tends to be the start of how I killed the day. I ended up pulling out of breakfast and gettting a few things done.

currently in my head: Where I end and you begin, by Radiohead from Hail to the Thief

Not to worry, another fantasy coming soon....

1 Comments:

Blogger Kelwhy said...

I feel the same way about my weekend - it went by with nothing to show for it...I so wanted to go out - but have no one to go out with - except of course for hubby, which is always fun - but I really just wanted a night away - out with the girls, flirting and dancing...alas, it was not meant to be...oh well...just waiting on the next fantasy - thanks!

June 7, 2004 at 7:00 AM  

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