Monday, August 25, 2008

Was I busy.....

As usual there is always one weekend in a summer that EVERYTHING falls into and this one happened to be IT!

Weekend Schedule;
5:00 p.m. Friday - off of work
5:30 p.m. head to town to grab a bite to eat
7:00 head to Hot August Nites Cruise on Main
7:15 find places to sit in middle of closed street
8:00 friends arrive to join us in the middle of the street
9:00 get in argument with a "cruiser" trying to go down closed street (Additional Post to Follow)
9:30 watch another cruiser try to go down closed street and have words with another spectator
10:00 pack up and head home
10:30 finish making potato salad
11:30 hit the hay for the night

Saturday
5:15 a.m. wake up - no reason - just wide awake
5:30 - 6:30 a.m. play on computer
7:00 make "TO DO" list
7:30 Angelo arises from slumber
8:00 Head out to IHOP for breakfast (Additional Post to follow - WHO-O-WHY does everything happen to me)
9:00 Hit STAPLES to drop off some copying projects for Sorority
9:45 After finally finding someone to "MAN" the copy center in the store - drop off copying project - tell them to HOLE PUNCH the 1000 sheet copying project....(Additional post to follow)
10:00 Head to Costco to pick up items for sorority dinner on Sunday afternoon
10:30 Leave Costco to head for home to drop groceries off and pick up cooler and potato salad for family reunion picnic in the park
11:15 Head for the park for family reunion.
11:20 - 4:30 Play at the park with family.
4:30 Back to Staples to pickup copy project - which is not paper punched - remind copy man that items need to be paper punched to which he has no response but quickly hands me the giant Paper Punch for ME to start paper punching - I respond by saying "your kidding right?" to which he has no vocal response but....gives me a look of "NO, I am not kidding - punch away GIRLFRIEND" to which I quickly grabbed PAPER PUNCH and punched away!
5:15 leave staples after paper punching 1000+ sheets and head for home.
5:30 get home - get in pj's for the evening.
5:45 start looking at copy project and realize wrong end of calendar was paper punched.
6:00 make phone call to sorority sister and explain to her that me (being the half-wit I am) paper punched the wrong end of the calendars at Staples and also need to borrow a roaster for our dinner project on Sunday. Sorority sister tells me to bring my copy project over and we will paper punch together on the correct side and we can pick roaster up.
8:00 back home again
8:15 back in pj's
8:15 - 9:00 prep for tomorrow morning's cooking project
9:05 HIT the bed and immediately fall in to deep slumber

Sunday
7:00 a.m. arise from deep slumber to begin the cooking project & catching up on washing some clothes
7:15 husband enters kitchen and takes over cooking project - WHEW!
7:15 - 11:00 madly wash clothes, fold clothes, hang towels outside, clean kitchen, dispose of garbage.
11:05 hop in shower to prepare for the day of festivities
12:00 head for town to stop at dollar stores
1:00 arrive at sorority sisters home who has graciously offered her backyard for our sorority festivities.
1:05 start decorating for late afternoon party.
1:50 finish decorating & run to car
2:00 hit secret location for SI and a Diet Pepsi
2:15 arrive at my parents house to borrow a Hawaiian shirt and a big kettle
2:15 - 2:40 visit with SIL, bro, nephew, nephew's girlfriend, two great nephews...
2:40 sprint to car with kettle and shirt - open door and 8 lb bag of ice falls on my foot - OUCH - no time to cry though so hop in car
2:41 head for home - en route make phone call to husband who wonders WHEN I am going to be home.....
2:50 arrive home - put ice in cooler, drag supplies in.
2:55 start watching pasta for husband as he jumps in shower, drain pasta, mix sauce with pasta so we don't have conglomerated pasta dish....
3:15 start packing things to car and leave for picnic function
3:20 stop at mini mart for more Diet Pepsi....
4:00 arrive at sorority sisters home, unload car and crash at picnic table.
4:00 - 8:00 party, celebrate, drink, visit, clean up (though I was the least helpful of all by this point)....drag myself back to the car, crawl in......
8:15 arrive home - unload car, put food away, pans in sink to soak, get in pj's to watch remainder of Closing Ceremony of Olympics......fall asleep on sofa, wake up, bribe child into putting lotion on my feet....go to bed and crash big time!

And WOOLAAAHHHH here it is Monday morning......

5 comments:

Rachaell JeanBlanc said...

I'm exhausted just reading this.

1funmommy said...

Not fair! That is what I was gonna say R!

1funmommy said...

Not fair! That is what I was gonna say R!

MrsD said...

You didn't blog again like you said you would.

Where am I gonna have Miss K's birthday party?

MrsD said...

Now you knoooowwww I have hawaiian stuff you could have added to your outfit!