The really big plus-minus thing, this weekend past

The weekend once again failed to take the shape we expected. Pygment was Not Well off and on through much of it, which nixed our HONK plans. We spent three hours excavating half of Elder Son's room. Yes, 2.5 people for 3 hours got through half of it. At least it was the cruftier half we managed. The other half should go easier. E.S. was a champ, and will be rewarded with more space for games and such - we just need to get him some more shelves. We did make it to the apple tasting party, which was relaxing and tasty - I ate way too much yummy stuff.

LJ people tend to do these plus-minus lists, which is a fun way to synthesize a whole bunch of stuff. I want to take it up a level and note two really big items that are on my mind now.

MINUS: getting to the end of my weekend (two day - I don't have Monday off) and realizing that once again the pile of mundanity has swallowed so much time. The neverending streams of dishes and laundry and shopping and cleaning plus the household projects ate up so much of what I would have liked to have for family and social time. I commented on this to Pygment and she pointed out that this was the stuff she used to do before going back to work full time. We need a housewife.

PLUS: I had to get up early Monday to make the train into Cambridge for a conference. I had to set an alarm and rush out, barely giving my kids a quick hug before I had to leave. No chatting, no breakfast, no taking kids to school or standing with kids at the bus stop. And, looking around the train platform at all the people in suits who - I'm guessing - have to do this rushing-out-of-the-house every day I'm thinking my life is not so bad after all.

The really big plus-minus thing, this weekend past

The weekend once again failed to take the shape we expected. Pygment was Not Well off and on through much of it, which nixed our HONK plans. We spent three hours excavating half of Elder Son's room. Yes, 2.5 people for 3 hours got through half of it. At least it was the cruftier half we managed. The other half should go easier. E.S. was a champ, and will be rewarded with more space for games and such - we just need to get him some more shelves. We did make it to the apple tasting party, which was relaxing and tasty - I ate way too much yummy stuff.

LJ people tend to do these plus-minus lists, which is a fun way to synthesize a whole bunch of stuff. I want to take it up a level and note two really big items that are on my mind now.

MINUS: getting to the end of my weekend (two day - I don't have Monday off) and realizing that once again the pile of mundanity has swallowed so much time. The neverending streams of dishes and laundry and shopping and cleaning plus the household projects ate up so much of what I would have liked to have for family and social time. I commented on this to Pygment and she pointed out that this was the stuff she used to do before going back to work full time. We need a housewife.

PLUS: I had to get up early Monday to make the train into Cambridge for a conference. I had to set an alarm and rush out, barely giving my kids a quick hug before I had to leave. No chatting, no breakfast, no taking kids to school or standing with kids at the bus stop. And, looking around the train platform at all the people in suits who - I'm guessing - have to do this rushing-out-of-the-house every day I'm thinking my life is not so bad after all.