Friday Randomness

This week was Spring Break for Maya, and I decided to take the week off from work as well. I’ve been with my company for 12 years now, with one 5 month hiatus when I was laid off, and I accrue vacation time pretty quickly, but we’re not allowed to have a lot on the books, so I take a random Friday off here and there, but once in awhile I need to take a week off.

The week started off busy busy busy. Friday I had errands galore to run, as we had a houseful of teens coming over on Saturday to help Maya celebrate her birthday. Then we went to dinner and a movie as our family celebration. We went to the see ‘The Host‘, which was OK, but if you’re compelled to see it, I’d wait for the DVD. It wasn’t as bad as I feared, but not as good as it could have been.

Saturday was the party, which meant busy in the morning getting ready, then relaxing upstairs and getting caught up on ‘Girls‘ via HBO on the computer upstairs, while the teens had their fun downstairs. We watched almost the whole season in one afternoon, which really isn’t that difficult, as there were only maybe 10 1/2 hour episodes. I really do like that show, I’ll admit it.

Sunday was Easter, and we went for a family brunch at Ted’s parents’ house. It was a relaxing day, but still managed to feel a little busy.

Monday I went to Stockton to try to get my Grandma set up with a Kindle. She is having trouble reading, and her doctor suggested it. We’ll see if it sticks. She really does like the idea of it, but she was confused by the technology, has never handled anything more complicated than a TV remote, and had trouble remembering how to turn the page. I hope it works out for her. If not, maybe large print books from the library will be a better match.

Tuesday was the big day, when Maya went and got her wisdom teeth out. She wanted to go under, which Ted and I were not thrilled about, but she did fine. We got her home, fed her, gave her painkillers, and sent her to bed. I had to keep checking on her, because I was paranoid that she would choke on the gauze that was packed in around her gums, and be too drugged up to wake up. Thankfully, she survived. Then the following day, I saw this story, which freaked me the hell out. I think if I had seen the story first, I wouldn’t have let her go to sleep until the gauze was out of her mouth. I probably wouldn’t have let her go under in the first place, actually.  Ted and I both had our wisdom teeth out without going under, so we know it’s fine.  And maybe that would be good advice.

Other than the teeth coming out, Tuesday was a much needed lazy day for me after the busy busy busy from before. Nice.

I’ve become friends with Denise, who is the mom of one of Maya’s friends from school. We’ve gone as families to dinner a couple of times, we went over to their house for dinner a few weeks ago, and now Denise and I have been taking walks together. On a work day, we just walk on the trail around here, but since I’m off of work this week, we’ve gone up to the Lafayette Reservoir a couple of times for a walk around the perimeter, which is a really nice walk.  That’s where my ‘Wordless Wednesday’ pictures were taken.

Wednesday and Thursday were lazing about mostly.  Went to Berkeley for a little while and walked around a grocery store.  Made some salmon with pesto.  Watched ‘12 Monkeys‘.  It’s been relaxing and quiet.  What does the rest of my time off store for me?  More lazing around with Maya, as she’s not miss energy right now.  Going to try a new recipe or two.  Maybe a movie.  Perhaps some reading of library books.  Not sure what else, which is actually fine with me.