The Nelson Narrative

I love doing posts where I document our “typical” day (mostly for my own future reference.  I love to go back years later and read about it), but usually it’s a normal weekday (with work/school).  This time I’m documenting a random weekend.  This particular weekend was sort of busy (for us, anyway) so later in the fall or early next year I will document a light one, ideally one where we have absolutely no plans. Friday afternoon, 2:30ish:  Kayley has already left to go to Starbucks with a friend and Olivia leaves to go boating with a friend (Fridays are early dismissal days so they get home from school a little after 1:00). Friday afternoon, 3:00:  My workday is over.  I shut down my laptop and the weekend officially starts.  I go outside, lie on a lawn chair and once the neighbor's loud edger/leaf blower whatever stops, I fall asleep.   I was tired from getting up much earlier than normal all week (school just started o...

Today was great.  I love taking random (well, the first day of school isn't exactly "random ") school days off so I can have a day to do whatever, uninterrupted. Today I got up early and got ready way before the girls had to leave so I could maximize my time alone and not have to waste an hour showering and getting ready.  Then, once they had left I enjoyed a relaxing morning drinking coffee, watching a little of the Today Show and folding laundry (can never not have SOME chore sneak in there...).  I also vacuumed because our housekeeper was sick and didn't make it this week.  I wrote my annual First Day of School post and listed a model horse on Ebay. After all that I went to Target to return a bunch of stuff and ran a few other errands.  When I got home I had lunch and then took Kona for a walk.  By then it was almost time for everyone to get home.  I sat outside for a bit and then made a marinade for the salmon and got that marinating....

Today is the girls' first day of 6th grade/middle school!  They were up before 6:00 AM and ready way ahead of time.  A friend's mom offered to drive them because her daughter didn't want to walk in alone on the first day (the mom drives her and her sister everyday--they chose not to take the bus) so they had even more extra time than they would have otherwise. I took today off so I could have some time to work on projects while everyone else is away at work and school.  I love taking the very first day off so I don't have to rush in the morning and so I can be here when they get home to ask them about their first day, but most years they start on the last Wednesday in August which always coincides with my team's monthly staff meeting so I don't always take it off but have a few times. I look forward to hearing all about it when they get home! First day of 6th grade