This past week was a tough one. I was ridiculously busy catching up with project work that has piled up while I was sick and then traveling. I had a few doses of disappointing personal news that really knocked me down energy-wise. I’m also seeking to handle some of the unsettling confirmed and proposed changes coming from one of the open source projects I work on. Then on Friday morning MJ left for a long-planned weekend trip.
Perhaps needless to say, I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of spending the weekend alone and it was tempting to spend it sleeping a lot and watching TV.
Fortunately I had to take Simcoe into the vet for a check-up on Saturday morning, 8AM appointment. Like it or not, I was getting out of bed early on Saturday! This ended up being enough to get me going for the day. After Simcoe’s vet visit I ended up going to The Grove for a breakfast burrito before spending an hour or so in Yerba Buena Gardens where I settled down on a bench and worked on some project work.
Upon returning home I realized that I was getting a bit mopey again, so I decided to do my favorite thing when my mood is bad: go to the zoo! Seeing a giant anteater was the perfect medicine.
And I had sushi on my way home, also a smart move. The meal ended with cupcakes.
I spent the evening catching up on home stuff, getting through a bunch of laundry and outstanding tasks I was hoping to get done while MJ was out of town, much success!
This morning I had the good fortune of another must-get-out-of-bed appointment, the 4th Intro to Judaism class. This week it covered the “Jewish Life Cycle” which I mostly was familiar with, but it was interesting to explore in a classroom setting. It was also my first time going to the class without MJ.
I took the bus there, so I had the opportunity to visit Japantown for a few minutes to pick up some things and then get off at Powell on my way home to treat myself again in preparation for spending the rest of the day at home: flowers!
This afternoon I stayed home, I had some work stuff to pick up on and also a Xubuntu team sprint to participate in. Double-booking my afternoon was a smart move, it kept me busy. This evening was more of the same, and I actually managed to make a small dent in my Inbox, even if it still needs a fair amount of love.
I’m heading out in about 15 minutes to pick up MJ and a friend who is visiting this week from the airport. Hooray for surviving the weekend!