Today has been one of “those days.” Not a bad one, just a really busy one. You know, one of those days where you start early – you rake the yard, do four loads of laundry, tidy up around the house, drop your wedding dress off at the cleaners, run to the grocery store to do your Thanksgiving shopping now while stuff in still in stock and the mobs aren’t quite so obnoxious (and spend a truly horrifying amount of money in the process), drive home, unload the Butterball, chase back to the store to retrieve the items they forgot to put in your bag at the checkout, etc. In fact, it has been exactly one of those days. Today I am still hoping to do some dishes, rearrange the stuff we have stored in the basement, try to put away some of our kitchen wares (umm, with no room in the cabinets or panty. I’ll let you know how that goes.), check up on a prescription order, shower (yeah haven’t gotten to that yet), and do some job hunting. All in the next 3 hours. With any luck tonight will be a relaxing evening. I’m meeting Ted at UC at 6pm, we’re going to grab a quick dinner at one of the hot spots near campus and then see CCM’s production of Evita. I could really go for a relaxing evening of good musical theatre entertainment right about now. I’m sure Ted could too. Depending on how much energy we have left we may even come home and enjoy a small bonfire.
I am pleased that I have purchased all the ingredients for our first Thanksgiving meal as a married couple in our first house and my first time hosting a Thanksgiving. We sure do have a lot to be thankful for this year! Tomorrow is Ted’s first full day off of work since he began the job on November 1. We’d love to say we’re going to go to the park, see a movie and sleep late, but we have a ton of stuff we’ve been trying to find the time to do around the house together since we moved in. On that list is mow the lawn, gather firewood, install bathroom hardware, set up the guestroom, clean the outsides of the windows, set up the living room electronics, install shelving in the closets and hang our pictures and stuff on the wall, unpack more boxes, blah, blah blah. We’re happy to have the full day together to get it done though.
Yesterday our new dinner trays arrived. They’re pretty spiffy looking – nice dark wood, strong, sturdy and classy looking – quite unlike the old worn-out green ones we used to have that look like they belong in a college apartment. They look good. Also, I received a call from the Door County Registrar of Deeds confirming my mailing address because apparently the Marriage Certificates I’ve been waiting on for two weeks were “Return to sender. Address unknown.” They had the correct address, we just have a dumb post office who doesn’t know how to deliver mail. Everything else has made it here okay. So that sets back my name changing, driver’s license changing, and insurance changing efforts until after the Thanksgiving holidays. Oh well. Perhaps I should have paid the $17.50 FedEx fee (outrageous!) instead of opting to ship them regular mail for free.
Well after that quick breather to clear my mind, I’m off to get more done. Have a relaxing day for us! :-)
