Weekday Fun

A few of my favorite things:

Not having to work

Spontaneity

Son Volt

I was scheduled to work 7 out of 8 nights -  Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, off Monday to rest,  then Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  On Monday night, I worked on Statistics all night long.  Seriously, a few of the kids were already up by the time I finally crawled into bed on Tuesday morning.  It is not hard; it is just really time-consuming.  There are lots of steps to every problem.  To help pass the time along while I studied through the night, I listened to music.  I got stuck on Son Volt, which is a band I listened to constantly 10-12 years ago.  It just makes me feel good.  I love Jay Farrar’s voice.  Just out of curiosity, I looked them up to see if they still play shows.  Low and behold, they were playing Wednesday night in Chattanooga.  I had an overtime day and our census was low, so I knew there was a good chance I would get called off either Wednesday or Thursday.  I told myself if it happened to be Wednesday, I’d find a babysitter and beg Matt to take me to the show.  I got the call around 5:00 on Wednesday evening.  I called my parents, and they were happy to keep the kids.  I’m sure they were pretty shocked, because if I ever need them to babysit, I line it up weeks in advance.  This is the first non-emergency spur of the moment babysitting request I can ever remember making.  But they seemed pleased to be able to do their part to allow me to have a little fun.  Matt grudgingly agreed, and we were on our way.

The show was good.  Their new stuff is much twangier than their old stuff, but it was good.  It made me feel nostalgic.  And most of all, it was nice to get out and do something fun on a call-off night when otherwise I’d just stay up late watching movies.

That’s about all we had going on this week.  We had overnight company a couple of nights, and Bonnie went to White Water one day with her friend Andrea.  Matt took the kids to a magic show at the library one day.   I worked 12 hours Thursday night and had a 3-hour cardiac class at 8:00am Friday morning, so I was actually clocked in for 16 hours!  I slept until almost 8:00 last night, so my weekend was late getting started.  After the kids went to bed last night, I poured a glass of wine and sat in the hammock chair on the upstairs porch listening to music for hours.  The solitude was beautiful.  Today I slept late, took my second Statistics test, and then went for a run/walk/bike ride with the family.

Here are a few pics and a video.  If you choose to watch the video, you’ll see a man in the front row in a pink shirt.  I am an avid people watcher, and that guy is the one we made fun of the whole time.  We’re not nice people.  

         Our view from the balcony

Well dang.  Something went wrong with my upload.  I'll try to fix it.  But for now, here's a cleaner version without the creepy guy bopping along.