Friday "off"
My Friday "off" proceeds. I've cleared all the so-called "Bug Nest" materials from the main floor of the house (basically anything that can be taggged to me or my job), and I've brought up the Christmas ornaments from beneath the house. T has begun baking (and cursing LOL). I'm about to shower and then I'll head out to do the grocery/alcohol shopping. Now that we've made some progress this morning I'm not feeling quite as anxious about our Party To Do List.
T was able to remove the hose from the spigot outside, the one task I failed yesterday. Then he tracked in mud from walking on that side of the yard, which is terribly muddy after a lot of rain since yesterday. I wiped the mud from the foyer.
In the past we usually started Christmas Eve Party prep on the morning of Christmas Eve, and we often had the help of visitors who had arrived ahead of time from out of town. This time we've started ahead the day before, but we also still have putting up the tree as a potential task -- that would not have been possible had we started tomorrow morning.
From previous party prep I know that the most fatiguing part for me is going up and down the stairs multiple times. So I'm trying to plan each trip to have something I'm taking down as well as something I'm bringing up -- and I'm taking the stairs very slowly, which makes T think I'm really an Old Man now. But I am an Old Man, and my knees tell me so when I'm not careful. So I'm being careful. I also have the issue with my right piriformis, which has generally been OK in recent months but stairs can bother it also, especially carrying stuff up the stairs. CAREFUL BUG IS CAREFUL!
T was able to remove the hose from the spigot outside, the one task I failed yesterday. Then he tracked in mud from walking on that side of the yard, which is terribly muddy after a lot of rain since yesterday. I wiped the mud from the foyer.
In the past we usually started Christmas Eve Party prep on the morning of Christmas Eve, and we often had the help of visitors who had arrived ahead of time from out of town. This time we've started ahead the day before, but we also still have putting up the tree as a potential task -- that would not have been possible had we started tomorrow morning.
From previous party prep I know that the most fatiguing part for me is going up and down the stairs multiple times. So I'm trying to plan each trip to have something I'm taking down as well as something I'm bringing up -- and I'm taking the stairs very slowly, which makes T think I'm really an Old Man now. But I am an Old Man, and my knees tell me so when I'm not careful. So I'm being careful. I also have the issue with my right piriformis, which has generally been OK in recent months but stairs can bother it also, especially carrying stuff up the stairs. CAREFUL BUG IS CAREFUL!