Full Weekend
I regularly read Laura Vanderkam's blog. While several of her posts do not apply to me (being male with no kids), I value her perspective on time management and making the most of both your professional time and personal time. Reading her blog has gotten me thinking about what I do on my weekends, which are "my" time.
This weekend, I made good use of my time. On Friday afternoon, immediately after work, I helped my in-laws move boxes from their old house into a trailer for two hours. After that, I met Jodi for dinner at the Doner Bistro in Leesburg (and drank Aventinus).
On Saturday, I woke up at my normal time of 5:30, made a quick breakfast and went to 8:00 rowing practice (it is, unfortunately, an hour drive to practice). Practice ended at 10:45. I then picked up a quick lunch and drove to McLean to play boardgames with people I had never met (the company's boardgaming club). From 12:00 to 5:30, we played Seven Wonders and Railways of the Eastern US. This was the first rail game I had ever played and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After going home, I watched "The Living Daylights" on television where Jodi joined me for parts of it and then went to bed.
I woke up later on Sunday (6:30), had breakfast, then went to the grocery store to pick up food for Jodi's birthday celebration cookout. I did putter away time after grocery shopping, but I did make hotel reservations for the upcoming gaming convention Guns of August. From 2:00 to 5:30, my father-in-law and I grilled and fried food. We were doing a fish fry and grilling vegetables. The experience was more stressful than it needed to be because I did not plan it out correctly. It takes more than two people to run the grill, prep food for frying, and operate the fryer. The results, though, were delicious. I also spent some of Sunday afternoon unloading a trailer of boxes (the ones packed on Friday) and finding new homes for them in the house. We ate dinner, of course, sang happy birthday to Jodi, and had dessert later in the evening. I read a little bit in bed, then went to sleep. It was a good weekend.
This weekend, I made good use of my time. On Friday afternoon, immediately after work, I helped my in-laws move boxes from their old house into a trailer for two hours. After that, I met Jodi for dinner at the Doner Bistro in Leesburg (and drank Aventinus).
On Saturday, I woke up at my normal time of 5:30, made a quick breakfast and went to 8:00 rowing practice (it is, unfortunately, an hour drive to practice). Practice ended at 10:45. I then picked up a quick lunch and drove to McLean to play boardgames with people I had never met (the company's boardgaming club). From 12:00 to 5:30, we played Seven Wonders and Railways of the Eastern US. This was the first rail game I had ever played and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After going home, I watched "The Living Daylights" on television where Jodi joined me for parts of it and then went to bed.
I woke up later on Sunday (6:30), had breakfast, then went to the grocery store to pick up food for Jodi's birthday celebration cookout. I did putter away time after grocery shopping, but I did make hotel reservations for the upcoming gaming convention Guns of August. From 2:00 to 5:30, my father-in-law and I grilled and fried food. We were doing a fish fry and grilling vegetables. The experience was more stressful than it needed to be because I did not plan it out correctly. It takes more than two people to run the grill, prep food for frying, and operate the fryer. The results, though, were delicious. I also spent some of Sunday afternoon unloading a trailer of boxes (the ones packed on Friday) and finding new homes for them in the house. We ate dinner, of course, sang happy birthday to Jodi, and had dessert later in the evening. I read a little bit in bed, then went to sleep. It was a good weekend.