Friday! It's here, and I'm ready! Thank goodness for a long weekend.
I've decided that Fridays are good because they are the end of the week. There are many things to look forward to as the weekend approaches: Saturdays to myself, Sunday church, time to sleep in and clean the apartment, some sort of date with my hubby, and weekly phone calls home. There's also always something fun that Brent and I do, like Sunday we're going to the Labor Day fireworks over the Ohio River. They're supposed to be the biggest and best! I can't wait!
But there's also the downside to Friday: I'm exhausted. And no matter how much I wish my body weren't aching and my mind weren't running in circles, I can't deny that it's true. I've been standing up for a majority of the week and constantly on the brink of creativity in order to meet the needs of my kids. I really need a 24 hour nap in order to recooperate, but everybody knows that is completely unrealistic.
So I find myself with a dilemma. I want to have fun when I get off work on Thursdays and Fridays when possible. But is this the smartest option? I mean, if I'm going to be tired and grumpy, wouldn't the wisest choice be to stay home deliberately on these days? But my extroverted self says that there is so much to do! I want to have fun!
I say all this to tell you about the Over the Rhine concert Brent and I attended last night at Jospeh-Beth book store in Cincinnati. The bookstore is much like a Barnes and Noble with a great atmosphere. The music was awesome, very relaxing. I found myself wanting to buy the CD quickly. But after 3 songs my knees were killing me and my body was shutting down so we had to sit. And I chose the coffee house... where you could not hear the music. Now, we ate some chocolate cake while sitting there that was so rich I wish I'd had some milk. It was like normal chocolate cake with fudge filling and raspberry drizzles on top. It was to die for! However the service was so slow at the sit-down coffee house that by the time we ate and paid, the band was on their last song.
All this is not to say that Brent and I did not have a good time together. We did. I just feel so guilty for not feeling well and being grumpy by the end of the night. Is it the week catching up with me? Am I just whiny? Either way, I'm really glad that it's Friday! And I'm looking forward to a restful weekend!
2 comments:
Oh, I hear ya. This first week has been kicking me too. I feel bad because the kids come home all excited and all I want is some quiet time.
Maybe you can buy the cd, blast it at home and you & Brent can pretend you are listening to them live. ;)
Try not to feel too guilty. If you don't feel good, you don't feel good. Nothing you can do about that.
Enjoy your LONG weekend!!
Dont' feel guilty - sometimes you're just exhausted. We all get that way! It's a good thing today is Friday because I don't think I could get up and at 'em one more day this week.
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