I took the weekend off from all the shit I needed to do. Friday I didn’t go to work because my son’s preschool was closed for two days. My husband took Thursday, and our son to his TK-required physical which involved three shots and a blood draw (so glad to miss that!) and I took Friday. We just lounged around the house because my son wasn’t feel great after all those vaccinations. I mostly cleaned up the house in preparation for my daughter’s sleep over.
That night, while my son enjoyed special grandparent time, my daughter had three friends over. It was our first big spend the night and it went pretty well. Of course it was exhausting but they were all passed out by 10:30 and no one got up again until 7am. I will take it!
Their parents were here to pick them up by 10am and the rest of Saturday was very low key. The only stressful part was not realizing that Target would be a mad house the day before Easter (I went to grab non-Easter related things), but I survived. And now my husband can try out jar salads, which I’m thrilled about because he’s been buying lunch every day at work for the last year and I really wish he wouldn’t.
Sunday we spent a beautiful day at my parents’ house. The kids found their eggs and gleefully opened them. Then they stripped to their skivvies and played in the wading pool. After two weeks of gray and rain it got very warm last week, and the heat wave still isn’t over.
Of course the forecast calls for rain this Saturday and I’m trying hard not to freak out about it. So many hours have gone into planning for this carnival, the idea that rain could ruin it is more than I can bear.
But I have to accept what I cannot control and plan for inevitabilities. I spent 5 hours last night getting ready for the final publicity push and coordinating everyone else’s efforts. It was so nice to take the weekend off from work and carnival obligations; I do think I’m ready to push through and get this thing done.
In Buddhism there is a teaching about putting forth your best effort while having no expectations of the result, and accepting whatever happens. I always struggle mightily with that teaching, especially when I have put forth an immense amount of effort. But the reality is there is nothing more I can do to make people come, and less I can do to control the weather. So I will focus on what I can do. And try hard to be okay with whatever the outcome might be.
Sounds like a positive weekend and happiness. GLAD!!!!
I need to learn more about this Buddhist teaching. I’ve finally landed in a job (career) that I believe to be my calling but there is so much work to be done and so many people to keep happy all the time and it’s enormously challenging. Good luck this weekend!
Fingers crossed for your PTA weekend!