A Day of Doing Whatever We Wanted, Whenever We Wanted

My Sweetie is a gem. Yes, there are times when I don't quite feel like that but for the most part, he is indeed a gem.

This morning we were to depart around 8:00. Around is the operative word here because I can never seem to be ready to leave at the appointed hour. There is always just one more thing I need to do.

After falling to sleep around 1:00 AM, I woke coughing and choking (too much dust) around 6:30. But as those who know me well, I was determined to leave this morning. Around 7:30 my Sweetie walked into the living room, sat in his chair, and said, "I have a proposition." I delivered my well-worn but expected line: "That all men are created equal."

He suggested that we not leave today and spend the day resting and paying attention to the furry members of our family. Yes, the building inspector and her trainee. All of us needed a quiet day with no one drilling, hammering, or digging a hole in our basement.

I organized the Renovation Notebook, scanned some pictures, fooled around with my latest toy (a turntable that digitizes all formats of vinyl and also cassette tapes), loaded a flash drive with especially selected tunes for when I am driving and my Sweetie is sleeping, washed the car, organized the freezer, finished cleaning out the fridge, and ran the sweeper. It all felt so good because it did not involve anything to do with the renovations.

So it is off to bed in hopes of leaving really, really early.

We'll see.