Productive times
Aug. 11th, 2009 18:43![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillThe last four days were as busy -- nay, busier -- than I had anticipated. Friday had me hauling 80-pound bags of cement and mixing it in a wheelbarrow; Saturday I went to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_ogre's birthday party and left to spend the rest of the day brewing mead with knaveofhearts, a process which ended (as usual) at 1am or so; Sunday I wrote some of my paper, then found out that the fence-building Greg was doing had hit a few snags and hadn't actually had wood go up by 5:30, so I went over to try to help rescue the situation; and yesterday Greg took another day off work to finish the fence, so the two of us spent all day in 100+ degree heat with bad air quality putting up fence boards. It's essentially finished, though the end boards need to be ripped to size and one section needs to be reworked, which will happen next Monday. It looks a lot better than when we started.
Today I'm exhausted. I took a nap this afternoon, and I'm feeling the effects of irregular and infrequent meals. Yesterday I managed with an energy bar, a cheese roll, and two granola bars until after we finished at dark, then Greg was sweet enough to take me out for a thank-you meal at Outback. (yum) It was very good and finally filled me up, but my appetite is all whacked-out after a whole weekend of doing exactly this sort of "eat when I can" thing. I need some steady food input for the next few days. I didn't get it today -- our house-cleaner was doing the kitchen today, which made it even less accessible than usual, and there were no easy-to-grab foods in the fridge. I've been getting by with slices of cheese and waiting for dinner. *sigh*
Still, I'm happy with the results of the last several days. The brewing went well, the birthday party was fun, I got some work done on my paper, the fence looks great (and I don't even have a sunburn), and last night I was blissed-out over being clean, cool, sitting down, and sharing a very tasty meal with Greg, who was being very sweet. The dessert was wonderful too, as it was an apple + ice cream confection without any pie crust, cobbler topping, blondie or similar, and no wheat at all when we got the croutons on the side. I was on cloud nine. A beautiful end to a productive weekend.
I'm clearing my calendar until after the Burn so that I can meet my deadlines... my birthday party is probably the only thing I'll be attending. I'll be around after the start of September, though -- look me up! :)
the_ogre's birthday party and left to spend the rest of the day brewing mead with knaveofhearts, a process which ended (as usual) at 1am or so; Sunday I wrote some of my paper, then found out that the fence-building Greg was doing had hit a few snags and hadn't actually had wood go up by 5:30, so I went over to try to help rescue the situation; and yesterday Greg took another day off work to finish the fence, so the two of us spent all day in 100+ degree heat with bad air quality putting up fence boards. It's essentially finished, though the end boards need to be ripped to size and one section needs to be reworked, which will happen next Monday. It looks a lot better than when we started.Today I'm exhausted. I took a nap this afternoon, and I'm feeling the effects of irregular and infrequent meals. Yesterday I managed with an energy bar, a cheese roll, and two granola bars until after we finished at dark, then Greg was sweet enough to take me out for a thank-you meal at Outback. (yum) It was very good and finally filled me up, but my appetite is all whacked-out after a whole weekend of doing exactly this sort of "eat when I can" thing. I need some steady food input for the next few days. I didn't get it today -- our house-cleaner was doing the kitchen today, which made it even less accessible than usual, and there were no easy-to-grab foods in the fridge. I've been getting by with slices of cheese and waiting for dinner. *sigh*
Still, I'm happy with the results of the last several days. The brewing went well, the birthday party was fun, I got some work done on my paper, the fence looks great (and I don't even have a sunburn), and last night I was blissed-out over being clean, cool, sitting down, and sharing a very tasty meal with Greg, who was being very sweet. The dessert was wonderful too, as it was an apple + ice cream confection without any pie crust, cobbler topping, blondie or similar, and no wheat at all when we got the croutons on the side. I was on cloud nine. A beautiful end to a productive weekend.
I'm clearing my calendar until after the Burn so that I can meet my deadlines... my birthday party is probably the only thing I'll be attending. I'll be around after the start of September, though -- look me up! :)
