Friday, October 9, 2009

TGIF...now what?

Meh. Blah. So uninspired today.
You gasp in disbelief. But...it's Friday! you protest.
Yeah, so?
It's the weekend! You should have plans to do all kinds of stuff!
Uh-huh. That's the problem. I have TOO MANY plans. Where in the world do you start? It's all stuff worthy of completion. The garden needs to be cleaned out, the garage wiring needs to be done, I've got weeds to pull, a stone path to install in the front yard, endless housework to do. How does one choose? There is no way I can get it all done. Not in my present state. And yet, it all needs to be done.
Yes, Jeff will likely be doing most of the heavy work. But even after he gets that done, there is more to do. It would be nice to have a weekend where we don't have anything to do. That never comes. I suppose, some time this winter we may have a day where we are snowed in and therefore have just house stuff to do, but there is a lot of that too. Besides house cleaning, there's wiring and repairs inside to do as well. We still have old light fixtures and wiring in the ceiling that are just blazes waiting to flare up. I swear we must have guardian angels keeping the house from going up in flames. Getting into the attic is the fun part. The opening is small, and it is stuffed full of blown insulation.
I don't like to make excuses for why things don't get done. But sometimes...you look around at everything that NEEDS to be done, and it just defeats you. How the heck do you find a starting point? And when you get to the end of the day, how do you choose a stopping point? You see "just a few more things" that need to be done, and before you know it, it's midnight and you're so tired you can't even see straight. You're useless the next day because you overdid it.
So what's the answer?
Haven't a clue. I guess, this weekend, maybe I'll find it.

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