Alternate Headline:
OMG I NEED A LIFE!
Empty Dishwasher – check
Fill Dishwasher – check
Do Laundry – two loads – check
Fold it, hang it, put it away – check
Clean up the kid’s room – OMG – What is that STENCH? Why does my daughter’s room smell like a locker room? Ugh. I lasted about 30 seconds in there. My eyes began burning and watering. Seriously – it probably would have been less painful to be pepper-sprayed at a protest! I ran out screaming and gasping for fresh air, shutting the door against the odor that even now permeates my nostrils. Girls are supposed to be frilly and neat and not stinky. Ugh. Someone is getting a FeBreeze bomb in their room later. Seriously – I am going to zip-tie the valve open, toss the can in there and run! My kid is grounded until the origin of that stench is located and eradicated!
Jigsaw puzzle until I’m cross-eyed – check
Coffee – lots and lots of coffee – check
Yard work – nope – raining today – too bad for that
Chat with also very bored co-workers – none of us have lives apparently – check
Time check – 11:30 a.m.? That’s all? OMG – I’m going to die!! It’s barely been two hours since the boss told us all to take the day off. How do people do this?
Reading – check
Nodding off while reading – check
Sum total number of pages actually read? Maybe two? Guess I needed the nap.
Lunch – check
More jigsaw puzzle – check
Pick the kid up from school – check – well sort of. She decided she wanted to walk home so all I really picked up was a back pack and her friend, who didn’t want to walk home because it was orchestra day and she had her violin.
More chatting with bored co-workers – check
When is the ball game coming on? Not until 8:00 p.m.? OMG – it’s ONLY 4:15 p.m. – I’m going to DIE!
More chatting – check
More jig saw puzzle – check
Listening to the kid practice her trumpet – ouch – check
Pacing around the family room trying to think of something – anything – to do besides working – check
Add chores to the kid’s list of weekend activities – check
Make a shopping list for Costco – check
Dinner – leftover chicken pasta salad – check
Time check – 6:20 p.m.? That’s all?
Chat with friends who actually got to work today – check
Plan a Girl’s Night Out for next week – check
Work on book I’m writing – check
OMG – it’s finally time for the ball game! See ya! My Tigers better win tonight – I have waited ALL DAY for this game!
My Life Is Not Really This Pitiful . . .
I am not used to not working. I have a job that I truly love – writing and editing here at Liberal America. I have the greatest boss in the world (yes, of course I get suck up points for that mention). I make my own hours. I get to write fun stuff occasionally. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. In addition to work I usually maintain a pretty full schedule of volunteer work and activism. This was just one of those rare days when I had no other activities planned for the day and was going to just work and relax. Thanks for the day off. I really did enjoy it. Can I come back to work now?
