Making the best of it

We’re having BEAUTIFUL weather in San Francisco. It’s probably too hot everywhere else in the Bay Area right now, but it’s GORGEOUS in the city. I look forward to our two most beautiful months (September and October) all year, and I try hard to appreciate when they’re strutting their stuff.

Some stuff I’m doing to feel better this weekend:

• Sleeping in. I woke up this morning at 9am. That almost never happens these days, and I really, really enjoyed it.
• Putting stickers in my planner. I have actually been using a Simple Elephant planner since the beginning of the year, and last week I grabbed a little booklet of planner stickers from Grocery Outlet, hoping that they would inspire my daughter to use her planner more. Alas, she is still pretty disinterested, but I am loving them. (I shouldn’t be surprised, since I got myself the planner so we could fill then out together every night, and while she has abandoned hers, I’m still using mine).
• Reveling in the 1.5 hours I get in the house alone. I’m watching LuLaRich and putting together a project for school next week. And… eating unhealthy snacks and drinking a Limeade + fizzy water. I’m also writing this post! I SO RARELY get the house to myself. I try to revel in it when it happens.
• Going to the beach with my daughter. Well, I hope she’ll go with me. If she doesn’t want to, we’ll hang out in the backyard. As long as we’re outside, I’ll be happy.
• Swimming in a pool! Tomorrow we get to spend the day at my mom’s friend’s pool down on the peninsula. It’s usually too cold to swim at this time of year (the nightly temps dip so much that the water gets really cold), but she has a new solar cover and we’ve had some consistently warm weather down there this September, so we can get in one last swim day. My kids usually get to enjoy the pool with my parents when they spend the night, so I’m excited to get to go myself. We’re bringing some big floaties with us too.
• Picking up the house. This might seem less-than-fun, but the house has gotten to a place where cleaning up will make me happy. It’s getting more messy than I’d like, and sometimes I feel overwhelmed, but when I take the time to tackle it, I’m reminded that I can get it back to a pleasant place relatively quickly.
• Spending QT with my kids. My daughter and I will hang out today. Both kids will be with me at the pool (and they are SO EXCITED I’m coming). Next weekend they are spending a night with my parents so it’s important that we get some time to hang out this weekend. I’m trying to make it meaningful and memorable.

One of the reasons I told myself it was okay that we weren’t going, was that I needed a weekend to get caught up, both functionally and emotionally. So I’m trying to give myself some time and space to breathe, and also to get enough done so that next week feels easy (or at least easier). I think I’m doing a pretty decent job of that, and that makes me happy.

How are you spending this first October weekend?