Postby helia » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:21 pm
Happy New Year SHE friends!
I hope you and dh can truly work less this year, Harmony. I'm very interested in the Mary Poppins movie, but several people in my family love the original and don't think it could possiblY compare well.
So true Kathryn, another Wednesday that feels like a Monday.
I'm not familiar with that app, Twins. I used to use Todoist but have gotten out of that habit.
We're planning a trip to AZ in February with dfriends from California, RRose. I thought of you. We're going to Tucson, though.
It's nice to have a helpful dh, Dee. Good luck with the reports!
Dh and I are getting used to such lazy habits - relaxing evenings, getting up late, not much payroll - none for me. It's going to be rough once we're back to our normal work schedules. Though I do have to say, the time off payroll has been VERY good for workaholic dh. He has taken 2 weeks "off" work (he is still somewhat engaged, going in some days, emails, phone calls, etc.), partially b/c we've had (and still have) a house full of guests for 2.5 weeks. He wanted to be available to help me. However, he's said to me a couple of times that he's enjoying the time off, and he'd like to work less hard in the future. Yay!! That would be good for him! He's enjoyed getting back into his workshop. However, for him to work less means he needs to shrink his lab (30+ people), which is very large for a professor; he does share the lab and students/ scientists with another professor, but the other guy is less and less engaged as the years go by. Shrinking means dh would need less funding (funding forces his need for more students) and fewer projects -- and I just don't see those changes meshing with his idea-generating personality. We shall see. He's also heavily involved with one of his start-ups. That said, he's back to his office today. He's actually teaching a course this semester. He bought out the last couple semesters to concentrate on his research, which is his main passion.
Anyhow, my school doesn't start until January 9, so I have another week of break! Our house is still full, 7 people now - all 3 kids are here, M is here until she lands a job, and Ro is here until classes start up again next week. Ds flies home on Sunday. Dd20 goes back to school late in January.
E and C are gone though; we had a good visit with them, and I'm glad we could see them! But it was a bit tiring at times with the nonstop talking (sometimes both at the same time) and turning conversations back to themselves and being talked to rather than with. . . . That was more C (wife) than E. And 7 days was too long for a visit, imho. With a household of 9, we were running the dw at least 2x/day, and it felt like dh and I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. I'm SO glad dh is so helpful in the kitchen and around the house in general! In the end, I think we did well with them. I think they had a good time, and we do love them and enjoyed being able to see them and catch up with them. I gave myself permission to go off and "introvert" once in a while. And the larger household meant that there were more people to talk to E and C.
We did have a reprieve as Dd23, dd20, and Ro went off to their religious org's national conference in St. Louis for 6 days. We had a quiet house with just ds and M -- until E and C returned for 24 hours over the weekend.
Our main holiday celebration is this Saturday, Sinterklaas, so we're not done with holiday happenings yet. It will be almost exactly a month late! The young people have several activities they want to do between Wed. and Friday, including a dance party, going to see the Spiderman movie, a viewing of the first LOTR movie, an escape room scheduled for tomorrow. I'm not sure what activity is happening when! But they're keeping us busy.
Today, my stomach is not very happy. This means I may not go for a jog this afternoon. I am trying to get caught up on decluttering and cleaning that has been neglected over the year. Today, I hope to work on the piles of my payroll files. Although, it is now 11:15 and I'm still sitting here in my PJs.
Done:
- tea
- kitchen fully reclaimed
- 3 dogs out, in, fed, watered
- 2 dogs medded
- Anna's stuff packed up
- Anna has just been picked up, so our animal population has decreased by 25%.
- emails: Small group and Th. dinner reminders. Not Th. dinner this week. I'm not up for hosting another larger gathering of 12 -13. We did that 2 nights in a row last week.
Next for me:
- some qt
- s2s and self care done
- back exercises
- lunch
Sorry so long! I'll try to pop in again later today.
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helia on Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.