It’s been a day, y’all.
First, work. That’s normal, except that I’d been taking Fridays off before the holiday, so kind of not right now. Anyway, it was fine.
Except.
We’re expecting bad weather here around Sunday. And by bad, I mean leading to bad road conditions. People here can’t drive on ice. So it’s looking more and more likely that a lot of people won’t be coming to work on Monday. And possibly Tuesday, into Wednesday. Ordinarily, that would kind of be a pain, but fine. Except that next week is planning week. This happens every couple of months to plan the next couple of months, and there are deadlines involved. So I stayed later than I ordinarily would to try to get some things pre-planned.
Normally that would be fine.
But.
I had already planned that I needed to go to HEB after work. It’s in the opposite direction from my house, so kind of a pain to go, but usually worth it to get some things I can’t find at other stores. Then I figured I should go ahead and go to Walmart as well, to get things I can only get there, plus stuff we need for next week, especially while we might be snowed or iced in.
Cool.
Then.
My daughter has a church event this weekend. She’s 16 and has the exclusive use of a vehicle, so ordinarily she drives herself to these things, except that they stay at people’s houses, so kind of discourage everyone bringing a vehicle. So I had to drive her, plus her friend who lives nearby.
Then, I get home, have the rest of my dinner of leftovers that I didn’t have time to eat earlier, and play with the dog because he’s been alone most of the day.
And now the day is pretty much gone.
So I didn’t get a brilliant post written, I didn’t get to work on a project of any kind, and I didn’t even have time/feel like working out.
But, you know what, it’s ok.
I did the important things. Kiddos are where they need to be to have a great weekend together. We have plenty of good food to last well into next week. I did what I could to set my team up for planning success next week. I even texted friends to see if anyone wanted to do lunch tomorrow and slipped a load of laundry in there somewhere. (Am I going to hang any of it? No. But that’s not essential either.)
Time to start winding down and get some rest.
With any luck, I’ll have a brief unplanned vacation next week, too.