Memorial Day Weekend

Despite all the work I have to do this weekend (yesterday was completely lost to the woes of work), I have time today to get myself together at home. Because time to myself is so precious these days, I am looking at a little after 2pm and a mass of things accomplished.

Earlier this week I had to have several sprinkler heads and a leak fixed in my yard. So todayI filled the hole from the leak with soil and repotted a nice flowering shrub - which hopefully will take in its new home. Then it was off to Home Depot (Lowes irritated the hell out of me and I might be switching my boycott) where I put my car to the ultimate test. I bought a ladder, 8 bags of pine mulch (not enough..it's never, ever enough...), a flat of Blue Daze flowers, a bag of garden soil, paint thinner, window privacy film, and a big orange bucket. Then I went grocery shopping so I could make key lime pie (from scratch using real key limes!). It all fit in the car and I folded my ickle seats down and created a flat bed truck. It all fit and I had room for a lot more, truth be told.
That was all done by 10 or so this morning.

I got the mulch spread around, filled the hole (and bailed water out of it), repotted two plants, changed the porch lights (thanks to new ladder), put up the privacy film on two windows, made key lime pie (used help with pre made crust and cool whip), and now I have hawaiian chicken over hickory chips out on the grill. Do I want to pass out? Of course but it feels SO GOOD to not do anything for work for awhile.

This last week has been very intense and stressful for all of us. My team started to fall apart, stress being the primary driver. M and I fractured, badly and while I'm sure our business relationship will resume, I"m not sure that our friendship ever will. I know he's going through a very hard time right now but he pushed me too far. He's been asking my friends when I'm going to talk to him again - though I am talking to him just not about social things. He went too far this time and I doubt I'll ever trust him again.

So now I'm starting to relax with the Cubs-Braves game starting shortly. Then I need to clean the kitchen and get a few other things done before I need to spend yet more time tomorrow working.

Sigh.