Thursday, the fifth day of the week, and for many, the last productive day of their work week. To still my bosses heart, I'm the exception. :) He's not a reader though so there's no reason for me to be sucking up! I was up at 5:30am today, as usual. The morning sky was chilly yet clear, and again the tell tale signs of spring were in abundance.
I followed through with my morning routine and then readied for work as one might expect.. There was nothing unusual about this day. I was ready for work by 7:30am sharp, so I spent a few extra minutes strumming my guitar.
I arrived at work on time and got 'wright' to it. There was no cell phone dialogue with Mindy this morning for it being a planned 'late day'. As I understood it, this was the last day of classes for her students before spring break and it sounded as though she'd have an easy day in kind.
My day was not easy and the recent fast paced only continued, but that's what I expected too, so it's not like I was overwhelmed. I just worked hard all day. I left for my run at my planned time, however. That hasn't been occurring of late. It was nice to be on schedule! It was sunny before I headed out for my run, but it clouded up as if on queue when I hit the door. The wind kicked up as well making what at first appeared to be a spring like afternoon into more of a late winter's day. What was really laughable was that the sky cleared as soon as I was done and back in my office. Did the weather Gods get the last laugh at my expense today? Hmmm?
The afternoon was brisk and short. I left shortly after 5pm for having a strong desire to get home on time since this was a guitar lesson night. As usual, I didn't feel as though I had completed my assigned task which was to write a song or two. The two weeks just seems to fly by before I know it. At home I rushed through my chores and was completely done by 5:40pm leaving a plenty of warm-up time before Josh's expected arrival. A quick check of VM revealed a message that he'd be 5-10 minutes late due to an accident on I-70 west. I used the time constructively.
When Josh finally arrived we got right to it. And while I hadn't written my song on paper, I had practiced the chords in the key of 'G' and had an extended set of riffs which I demonstrated to his satisfaction. In his eyes he was proud of my accomplishment. I must admit, however, I felt a little like a small child receiving praise from his school teacher for getting all of my spelling words correct! The lesson wrapped up shortly after 7pm. I continued playing though for about ten minutes. Not long after I readied for Mindy's.
She was busy entertaining my daughter Lindsey and son, Rocky. She had ordered Joseppi's pizzas too. For whatever reason, that sounded awfully good. I hoped there was some left for me! I arrived earlier than expected, around 7:40pm. The children were playing hard and loudly as evidence by their sweaty exteriors. After greeting everyone, I found my way to the leftover pizza, which Mindy had lovingly stowed in the warming drawer. After about 45 minutes Lindsey wanted to head home. Because Lindsey still is without a car, Mindy offered to take them home if I'd stay and get Jacoby and Bella in their jammies. I agreed. In Mindy's absence the kids were fairly well behaved and only Bella took advantage of me by being a slippery escape artist as I tried to get her jammies on. But in reality it was only trying because I was so tired. My only goal was to have them ready for bed and settled before Mindy returned.
I was successful and upon Mindy's return she had only to tuck them in. As soon as she came upstairs I retired downstairs to the couch where I collapsed in exhaustion. I fell asleep for about an hour to find the house dark and Mindy in her bed. After rising I gave her a hug good bye and headed for home. She let me out so she could lock the door. As a parting gift, she gave me a bag of Orville Redenbacher popcorn she had popped earlier in the evening that the kids never ate. I ate it on my way home. I love popcorn. My thoughts on the drive home were of the day ahead. Tomorrow is Friday and the weekend practically upon us! That was reassuring. At home I grabbed my book and water and went directly to bed. After about two pages of reading I was where I wanted to be - asleep!
Thursday, the fifth day of the week, and for many, the last productive day of their work week. To still my bosses heart, I'm the exception. :) He's not a reader though so there's no reason for me to be sucking up! I was up at 5:30am today, as usual. The morning sky was chilly yet clear, and again the tell tale signs of spring were in abundance.
I followed through with my morning routine and then readied for work as one might expect.. There was nothing unusual about this day. I was ready for work by 7:30am sharp, so I spent a few extra minutes strumming my guitar.
I arrived at work on time and got 'wright' to it. There was no cell phone dialogue with Mindy this morning for it being a planned 'late day'. As I understood it, this was the last day of classes for her students before spring break and it sounded as though she'd have an easy day in kind.
My day was not easy and the recent fast paced only continued, but that's what I expected too, so it's not like I was overwhelmed. I just worked hard all day. I left for my run at my planned time, however. That hasn't been occurring of late. It was nice to be on schedule! It was sunny before I headed out for my run, but it clouded up as if on queue when I hit the door. The wind kicked up as well making what at first appeared to be a spring like afternoon into more of a late winter's day. What was really laughable was that the sky cleared as soon as I was done and back in my office. Did the weather Gods get the last laugh at my expense today? Hmmm?
The afternoon was brisk and short. I left shortly after 5pm for having a strong desire to get home on time since this was a guitar lesson night. As usual, I didn't feel as though I had completed my assigned task which was to write a song or two. The two weeks just seems to fly by before I know it. At home I rushed through my chores and was completely done by 5:40pm leaving a plenty of warm-up time before Josh's expected arrival. A quick check of VM revealed a message that he'd be 5-10 minutes late due to an accident on I-70 west. I used the time constructively.
When Josh finally arrived we got right to it. And while I hadn't written my song on paper, I had practiced the chords in the key of 'G' and had an extended set of riffs which I demonstrated to his satisfaction. In his eyes he was proud of my accomplishment. I must admit, however, I felt a little like a small child receiving praise from his school teacher for getting all of my spelling words correct! The lesson wrapped up shortly after 7pm. I continued playing though for about ten minutes. Not long after I readied for Mindy's.
She was busy entertaining my daughter Lindsey and son, Rocky. She had ordered Joseppi's pizzas too. For whatever reason, that sounded awfully good. I hoped there was some left for me! I arrived earlier than expected, around 7:40pm. The children were playing hard and loudly as evidence by their sweaty exteriors. After greeting everyone, I found my way to the leftover pizza, which Mindy had lovingly stowed in the warming drawer. After about 45 minutes Lindsey wanted to head home. Because Lindsey still is without a car, Mindy offered to take them home if I'd stay and get Jacoby and Bella in their jammies. I agreed. In Mindy's absence the kids were fairly well behaved and only Bella took advantage of me by being a slippery escape artist as I tried to get her jammies on. But in reality it was only trying because I was so tired. My only goal was to have them ready for bed and settled before Mindy returned.
I was successful and upon Mindy's return she had only to tuck them in. As soon as she came upstairs I retired downstairs to the couch where I collapsed in exhaustion. I fell asleep for about an hour to find the house dark and Mindy in her bed. After rising I gave her a hug good bye and headed for home. She let me out so she could lock the door. As a parting gift, she gave me a bag of Orville Redenbacher popcorn she had popped earlier in the evening that the kids never ate. I ate it on my way home. I love popcorn. My thoughts on the drive home were of the day ahead. Tomorrow is Friday and the weekend practically upon us! That was reassuring. At home I grabbed my book and water and went directly to bed. After about two pages of reading I was where I wanted to be - asleep!
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