No time...

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I posted here. They've been busy weeks, and allergy weeks, and not-really-caught-up weeks. School started back up on Monday, and I already feel like I'm behind. Fortunately this is a three-day weekend, so I should be able to catch up a bit. I'm finding myself less than motivated at home lately - so much energy goes into work. I charged my MP3 player last night and I have freshly downloaded audiobooks. There're pork chops and sauerkraut in the crockpot, almost ready for tonight's supper and to be frozen for the future. Tomorrow - chili in the crockpot, hot dogs with sauerkraut, cleaning up the kitchen, and laundry! Tonight, one of my class lectures and cleaning up the living room. Here goes!

Chores and fiction

One of the things I've missed over the past year while taking classes is the freedom to read fiction. I've tried to make up for it by always having audiobooks in the car and on my MP3 player. The MP3 player works for combining fiction and chores, as well as grocery shopping, etc, except I can't get through the books as fast without the time for chores. And some semesters I've been listening to podcasts from the professors during chores. I've listened to almost a full book today while doing laundry and dishes catch-up, and it's been wonderful. Tomorrow I plan to cook, finish the laundry, and listen. I only have 2 and a half hours left on this book, but I downloaded others too.

Playing Catch-up

When the semester ended, I thought I'd have time to catch up on housework and even do some crafting. I miss being creative that way. However, I'm playing catch-up with the tasks at work instead. We're creating (with the help and financial support of a community organization) a new space in my library to reach out to a currently underserved population. It's exciting, but it's also a lot of work. And I lost 2 staff members this month. So between the project and interviews and, well, everything else, it's been busy. This weekend I'm working on housework, and hoping to get started with the food preparation for the fall semester. I've eaten far too much fast food in the last six weeks!

Semester finished

It's hard to believe the semester's over. It's been a busy one, and now I have a few weeks to pick up the pieces and get ready for the next one. This past week I was finishing up work for this semester and didn't have time to bring work-work home, so this weekend I'm working on work-work. My life is in a season where there's work-work, home-work, and house-work, not necessarily in that order, although house-work usually comes last. I'm hoping to get the house cleaned during my break, and get things a bit more organized. If I can get my pantry painted and moved into the dining room, that will organize the sustenance end of my life much better.
For this weekend, though, it's monthly report and budget all the way.