Need to salvage the weekend

I have the house to myself today but I'm not sure what I want to do. Usually when Jen is working on a Saturday, I tend to spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning house and running errands, but I'm just not feeling that today. It's supposed to be pretty chilly today, so I thought maybe I would take myself to a movie - something at the Kendall, probably, like Brick or American Dreamz. Anyone want to go? Maybe I'll call Tim and see what he's up to - Easter reminded me that I miss having a little Tim snark in my life.

Yesterday was rough but the one really bright spot was all of the effort we put in to save Coworker Gina's birthday. I called her husband yesterday morning to find that he hadn't really planned anything for her birthday - no dinner out, no cake, no friends over, nothing. So we picked one of Gina's favorite places and made reservations for us, them, and Gina's best friend. And then we got an ice cream cake with those relighting candles and dropped it off at the restaurant. It was a nice surprise for her and I know she really appreciated it.

Really, no one should have a birthday go by without being made to feel special, and I'm a little cheesed at her husband that he would just be so blase about it. I know that they've had a rough time of it lately, but sometimes I just want to whack that boy with a clue-by-four. He's really a great guy and I like him a lot, but... ugh. Hopefully a little encouragement has gone a long way. :)

So yeah, trying to make the most out of everything this weekend, even though it's not a great weekend by any count. Weather's not supposed to be great. Jen's working today and going in tomorrow morning and then will be at a pen show all day, which means I'm stuck on my own in RI trying to vacuum and do more cleaning. And then it's just right back to work.

Is anyone REALLY bored tomorrow and want to, you know, ride to RI with me? I promise Dunkin Donuts coffee because I have been SO GOOD at avoiding all delicious coffee and artificial sweeteners for the last three weeks.

I just wish my damned period would come so we could start over already. Maybe tomorrow? We'll see.

There's only so much TV I can watch.

I love how my little weather widget says that it's raining but it's not. Maybe it's raining downtown but here in the Notorious D.O.T. it is not. THAT would show those stuffy downtown folks!

I didn't manage to make it out of the house. I wasn't really feeling the idea of a movie alone and have secret plans to make Jen go to a movie with me later. Besides, it's more fun to put the arm rest up and snuggle a little. I'm debating doing some grocery shopping just to get out of the house. Oh, what I have become...

But oh, is my bathroom ever clean! I managed to clean the toilet, the sink area, the mirror, the shower, and the shelf area. Also the tile around the tub, and I rinsed the tub but it isn't, you know, CLEAN clean. But it sure looks nice! And the dishes are done. Finally.

Coworker Funk might be spending a couple of nights here because her landlord is apparently gutting her bathroom this weekend and she will have no toilet or shower. How effed up is that, to just spring that on someone? Apparently everyone she knows has a million roommates and no extra space, so I win the prize! I'm thankful for our guest room because it will be fun to have a Funktacular week!

I hate that our lives have become such that weekends are full of chores because our weeks are full of work. Whatever happened to those carefree weekends of drinking, debauchery, and sightseeing?