That's a Week

Well, it has been a full week since I stopped in here. I graciously gave my team the day off today to celebrate their mother's. Some of them actually live with their parents still so it seemed fitting. Especially since we got a swath of rain in the pm yesterday. Things can dry out a bit before the mad rush continues. I have been working. Some nights not evening being home for anything but sleep. I get home after nine and just trudge slowly upstairs like a defeated boxer mounting the stairs to his dressing room, shoulders hung low, each movement measured and deliberate, no energy to hurry, just a slow march. I shed the dirty clothing of the day and don my nightwear. The same pre-sleep ritual of bathroom, blinds then slipping under the comfortable duvet, starting a podcast and drifting off to talk of the entertainment world or of stuff I should know or missed in history class. This week I have been waking up from work dreams. I can't even escape it in my dreams. Another three or four more weeks of this and I'll be through the most of it. I can't wait, then I'll have a better opportunity to enjoy the summer outright. Those will be the days, cutting the grass and then scurrying inside to escape the sun. Reveling in the air conditioning while trying to teach myself to make fish tacos. I might need the whole summer for that, I bought fish today aspirationaly but my confidence level is very low on my ability to properly execute the dish. I'm fine with that, we always need goals. Uncle Al taught me that you always have to have something to look forward to, a trip or an event. It helps get your through the day to day. Having that prize, that carrot dangling, waiting for you. For me, it's going to have to be fish tacos for now. I also have most of the stuff needed to make chili but I've been putting that off for weeks too. I used to whip up chili any time of the week but now I don't even remember how. It's been so long. I know the basics but I haven't done it in, must be four or five years now. I don't trust my slow cooker either, that is another problem. I think I'm just going to BBQ in the sun, at least that is simple and forgiving. I'll be able to handle that. Even if I can't get the lawn mower started. I'm learning that the first post back off a hiatus isn't as easy to do. I'm out of the flow of it all. I'll have to try and keep jumping back intermittently as things go wild around me to keep everyone current. Keep stopping by, there will be more helpings from the Tugboat.