Day Fifty, Eight Mondays Down

Wow! Eight Mondays since I stopped working, I have gotten more done than I thought I would but not as much as I dreamt about doing. I have seen friends that I suddenly had no time for when I was working, I have kept the house tidier than I ever did even before I started at that job, I have laughed more and griped less, I have had ups and downs but always came back to a strong, good place. this has been a wonderful seven weeks, and with one week to go on the count down and two weeks left until I was supposed to return to work, let's see how things unfold.

Tonight I was the representative for Prima's school at the Middle School Fair which took place at exwork. It was fun, I love that school and always enjoy the chance to share my thoughts on it with other people. Prima and BM came with me to share their thoughts and experiences with the families that  were there. I saw lots of people from exwork and it felt nice to be there, with people that I enjoy spending time with, sharing ideas and experiences, hearing about what they have been up to. For a moment I thought maybe, just maybe, I would like to go back to work. But then I wouldn't be able to do things like I did today which was...

Painting, painting, painting! Mama came for the weekend, which was a treat, but she also pushed me into high gear and yesterday we painted the far wall and the part between the kitchen and the dining room. Today we finished the wall that connects them, the bathroom, priming the rest of the kitchen and repainted the dining room wall and trim (which took FOREVER!) a lighter color. I still have to paint the primed area in the kitchen but then it will be just about completely done. There are a couple of odd bits that need to be figured out, but we're so close, and that feel fabulous! I love the way it looks, TR said he feels it looks almost European, which is funny because after I finished it, that's what I thought too. It feels much more elegant and grown up than it did partially, mostly, but not all the way finished. And the bathroom, man I can't believe it's taken me so long to do that, but it looks so much better all painted. No patches of tape showing through the mud, no drywall peeking through anymore. It's almost restful.

So that was the big accomplishment for the day. I plan on painting tomorrow, though I know I am easily sidetracked. As in, I was planning on measuring the windows in the cottage, and look how far I have gotten with that. But that is my plan nonetheless.

Another point of note is that I have reached over 400 pageviews as of today. As I have mentioned before I don't know who is reading or looking, but someone somewhere is. And interestingly enough, mostly in Canada now. Hello Canada! I did not start this blog to create a following (that seems like A LOT of commitment and I'm already married!) but it does please me to think that someone may be looking t what I am doing.

So I am off to bed now because I feel like my fingers are filled with sawdust and my eyes with sand. I cannot wait to see what tomorrow will bring! Hopefully a morning with plenty of kisses, like today. Goodnight!

Day at the beach