Time, Time, Time....
Mondays I spend with FriendL, but might consider doing alternate Mondays so I can see FriendE a couple times a month.
Tuesdays I write. Every Tuesday. This is an obligation. I cannot, WILL not, augment this day to include others. I MUST, and shall, stick to this. I require the potential supplemental income, and besides, I get to learn and grow as a person.
Wednesdays are for Boyfriend. Sometimes we see Friend, FriendE, and FriendC on this day, but not usually. I keep toying with the idea of alternating Wednesdays so I can go up to a club in the City a couple times a month, but then I'd have to switch some of my Thursday stuff so I could see Boyfriend for a date night once weekly, as I'm not at all inclined to decrease the frequency that I see him.
Thursdays I spend with FriendC, but I may alternate this so I can see FriendK too, as he's sad that I only see him once a month or so.
Fridays alternate between FNW and gaming.
Saturdays and Sundays are almost always full. I have to plan things a month or more in advance, if my presence is needed somewhere on a weekend. The weekends I don't have major things planned I spend with Boyfriend, Boyfriend's Wife, and Her Boyfriend. I usually tend the fishroom one day each weekend, unless I'm out of town. Sunday I try to go hiking, unless I get to do so on Saturday.
And now, I'm asked to go to dinner to rekindle a faded friendship which I know will require some investment of time to maintain, and realistically.... I don't have any more time to contribute anywhere. I'm fresh out. I don't know how to convey this in a friendly manner. I just don't have time, without cutting something else important from my life.
In order, the other things that I'd invest time in, if I could:
Visit friend/mentor/hero in San Diego
Spark something with the gorgeous fellow I met from SLO
Call/meet up with friends I miss in SF, if they have time and interest
Form a band or jam session among friends
See Friend again. I miss him.
Tuesdays I write. Every Tuesday. This is an obligation. I cannot, WILL not, augment this day to include others. I MUST, and shall, stick to this. I require the potential supplemental income, and besides, I get to learn and grow as a person.
Wednesdays are for Boyfriend. Sometimes we see Friend, FriendE, and FriendC on this day, but not usually. I keep toying with the idea of alternating Wednesdays so I can go up to a club in the City a couple times a month, but then I'd have to switch some of my Thursday stuff so I could see Boyfriend for a date night once weekly, as I'm not at all inclined to decrease the frequency that I see him.
Thursdays I spend with FriendC, but I may alternate this so I can see FriendK too, as he's sad that I only see him once a month or so.
Fridays alternate between FNW and gaming.
Saturdays and Sundays are almost always full. I have to plan things a month or more in advance, if my presence is needed somewhere on a weekend. The weekends I don't have major things planned I spend with Boyfriend, Boyfriend's Wife, and Her Boyfriend. I usually tend the fishroom one day each weekend, unless I'm out of town. Sunday I try to go hiking, unless I get to do so on Saturday.
And now, I'm asked to go to dinner to rekindle a faded friendship which I know will require some investment of time to maintain, and realistically.... I don't have any more time to contribute anywhere. I'm fresh out. I don't know how to convey this in a friendly manner. I just don't have time, without cutting something else important from my life.
In order, the other things that I'd invest time in, if I could:
Visit friend/mentor/hero in San Diego
Spark something with the gorgeous fellow I met from SLO
Call/meet up with friends I miss in SF, if they have time and interest
Form a band or jam session among friends
See Friend again. I miss him.