Ho Hum Day

Okay I'll admit it. This has been one of those boring days where I find myself just waiting...counting down the hours until Pete gets home. He has had so many 3-, 4- and even one 5-day weekends for the past month or so that I've gotten used to having him around a lot. This week is the first in a long while where he'll be working all five full days. Granted, last Friday when he was off we spent the day at the clinic getting my chemo refill but still...that's genuine time together.

I am always happiest when my Honey's around! When I say he completes me, I totally mean that. And the thing that gets me the most is that he enjoys being around me, too! I know, I know...you're saying, "of COURSE he likes being around you! You've been married for 6 1/2 years! DUHH!" But still. When I stop to think about it, I remember there was a time when I could not fathom anyone wanting to spend so much time with me as much as I'd like to spend with him! My Honey is the best.

So today was just a boring day. I didn't do very much. Not very PRODUCTIVE! But I've learned to accept not being PRODUCTIVE every single day. Some days I just physically am unable to do so and other days I just plain don't wanna! Fortunately, I have the ability to not, if I don't have to.

Pete says it's just fine if all I do in a single day is little things around the house, or nothing at all, really. I cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned out the sink, washed some dishes by hand, did a couple of loads of laundry (to finish it up), went through the mail, wrote a defensive note to our water company regarding our bill and an unjustified late charge they've tacked on to our bill, I looked up how to get rid of all the stupid gnats that are flying around in our house and then cut up some potato slices and placed them in all of the potted plants on the main level...okay so now that I've written that all out, it looks like I've done a lot more than I thought I did!

It had been snowing almost all weekend, non-stop. Granted it was really tiny little flakes and it took a very long time to pile up just a couple of inches but it was bitter cold all weekend. Fortunately, today the sun is shining but it's still reeeeally cold out there. I like to walk on the newly-shoveled sidewalks on the sunnier post-snowstorm days like this, as long as it's not too freezing outside. Which it is today. Alas I am stuck indoors to walk on the treadmill. Ho hum.

Over the past two plus years of not working, I've learned how to manage my life in many different respects. I know that I start to get really depressed or at the very least a bit stir crazy if I don't leave the house for a couple hours every two or three days. Lately, though, I've made an effort to leave the house every single day, if only for a standard trip to the grocery store. As long as I get out among people, I'm A-OK! Tomorrow, I have a family-visitor coming to bring us a meal and catch up with us a little. And Friday I am going to a friend's house to make some more greeting cards with all my new scrapbooking stuff! Otherwise, this week is wide open and not too demanding (which is good considering my wavering energy levels the week after a chemo treatment).

Well, I suppose this post may be boring to you but I just wanted to get some of those thoughts out of my system! In about two hours my beloved will be home and we will make the most of a small trip to SuperTarget this evening! In the meantime, I will climb aboard the treadmill and walk for at least 30 minutes. Here I go! :)