Friday
Friday I took the day off. I got to see my son’s music performance (eight trumpets playing Old MacDonald); I went for a little power walk on the Great Highway (more on that later) and then did some strength training at home, I didn’t watch a movie but I did finish Baby Reindeer (brutal). I also got the downstairs ready to host Book Club, which included a quick mop of the floors. I didn’t end up doing any work, but I made up for that on Sunday.
It was a pretty low key day off. I’m glad I took it. Getting ready for Book Club would have been hard without that time, and I appreciated being outside on Friday because rain was forecasted for Saturday, which was a very busy day.
Saturday
This Saturday was a lot like last Saturday. I took my son to swimming and then we went straight to the dojo (this time for his belt ceremony and board breaks). We hit up Free Comic Day at our local comic book store and got an arm load of free single issues and bought a couple graphic novels.
We got home around 1:30pm and went straight to Golden Gate Park for the youth art day at the DeYoung and an LiveSF event at the band shell. The DeYoung event was definitely geared toward younger kids but we enjoyed a couple exhibits. The live music at the band shell was fun – it had poured rain all morning but by 3pm it was sunny and a lot of people were there. A Weird SF event had been cancelled (due to the rain) and it was May 4th (May the Fourth be with you…) so lots of people were out in eccentric dress or Star Wars costumes. It was very authentically San Francisco.
At home again my daughter had a friend over and we enjoyed a very silly family dinner with her. Then it was movies and hanging out.
Sunday
Sunday we had nothing planned and I was grateful for that. I made the kids breakfast and did more laundry. I got some work done and worked out and got more work done. I ended up having to work pretty late into the night, but it was so nice to have everything done on Monday morning, because it’s a lot of work to organize stuff after a sub.
It was really nice to have my own little three day weekend, and I definitely felt more rested going into Monday than I would have been. We have six more weeks of school, in 2.5 weeks things should be a lot less stressful for me. I just need to get to Wednesday, May 22nd.
Or so I tell myself.
I’m glad you had your day off and didn’t spend it working! Your schools end late- we’re done shortly after Memorial Day. But then we start again mid-August. I readyour previous post- bummer about the chiro adjustment (I’m sure they would tell you you have to go 3X a week to see improvement.)
I wish I had some suggestions on the knee- strangely, the knees are my one body part I’ve never injured. I guess you’re the only person who really knows what the knee feels like, so trying a short run might be the next step? Good luck with it. And hang in there- May 22 will come (I almost said it will be here before you know it, but then I felt like that might be a lie.)
Funny how different school dates are across the country. We end May 22 (but start back August 5).
Appreciate the pictures! Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather as this week goes on.
You get so much done all the time. Really impressive.