2 posts in 1 day to make up for a month of nothing? Today is the last day of our official Spring Break - we were out beginning last Friday and we go back Monday. This is probably the first break in 3 years or more where we didn’t go somewhere or have a major project to work on, and as people at school asked, “Are you going anywhere for Break?”, my answer was a resounding No! We made no plans - we’ve just mostly drifted through the week. Shea is babysitting 8:30-5:30 all week, which I’m sure makes going off to college look great. I was heading off to lunch today, and made a mental list of things I have accomplished this week, and thought I’d share it (though I’m not sure anyone but me will care!).

All of my normal “time off” buddies are out of town this week - no Sarah or Kim to hang out with (Sarah’s cruising and Kim’s visiting family), and even The Queen is out of town, so no Thursday night phone date! I was worried I’d be lonely, but thus far I have survived, and Cindy came over Tuesday to keep me company and give me my first spinning lesson. I’d say it was a disaster, though not the fault of the teacher. It was horribly overspun (The Queen said, “Of course it was. You’re a tight knitter too!”) and really resembled rodent intestines more than yarn. I will have to practice - and read a bit - and watch some videos. Just when you think you’re somewhat coordinated… Cindy promises it will get better.

So #1 is that I spun. Sort of.

2. Had a lovely anniversary (#18!) day trip with my husband.

3. Finished and blocked the shawl.

4. Started and finished 1.5 socks or so.

5. Bought Easter basket stuff for the kids.

6. Had a lovely Easter dinner with family and saw some people I hadn’t seen in 12 years! And made a rockin’ pan of au gratin potatoes!

7. Paid bills.

8. Filled out financial aid application for school - much harder and more painful than it sounds. The FAFSA is a cakewalk compared to this one.

9. Blogged! And learned how to use the new software - mostly.

10. Actually posted something to Ravelry, and pulled a whole bunch of FO pictures to upload when I find time.

11. Made a Sam’s Club run by myself (yes that’s a big deal - it’s very difficult for me to push a 100 lb. cart around and load all that heavy stuff into the car!).

12. Had a long catch-up lunch with a friend - we’ve honestly been trying to get together for lunch or coffee for 4 years now.

13. Caught up on my sleep.

14. Took H to the doctor for a shot.

15. Read 3 books.

16. Finally caught up through the current season of The Office.

When I look at that, it almost looks like I’ve been busy this week. OK, maybe not busy, but certainly not sitting around on my butt the whole time.

What I failed to mention before all of this was that the prior 2 weeks are my worst weeks of the entire year at work - just surviving them without going off the deep end is enough, but having a week off afterwards is priceless!

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