Weekend recap

Well, I'm still getting over the gunk from this cold that started mid-week, so I didn't get nearly as much done on my staycation as I'd have liked. For instance, I didn't get around to cleaning out my closet and putting random piles of things away. It's OK. I can get to those next weekend, perhaps.

What I did get done this weekend was pretty good considering that I was basically coughing up my lungs for most of it. Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours out in the yard weeding until it started pouring rain. I picked up the rest of the weeding of that area today and had it done in a few hours. It looks much better now, and I put down some Preen, so hopefully that will help things from coming back, although one of the weed types had these little needles that flew everywhere the minute you touched the plant. So, we'll see how that goes. I may need to do a second round if those seeds take root. The rest of the yard still needs a lot of work, but one area at a time. It felt really good to be outside today in the sun, listening to my iPod. L. went up to the sale property to mow the lawn there and work on the dandelion situation at that place.

I also vacuumed the downstairs and steam cleaned the carpets. I find carpet cleaning so rewarding. The stuff that it gets out of the carpets is nothing short of amazing, and I think it will help with my allergies to have addressed that stuff. Someday we'll have laminate floors or something like that down here, but all in good time. I cleaned out the refrigerator, and gave it a good scrubbing so that we could pack in the groceries from our big grocery shopping trip tonight. We got lots of good, healthy food for the week, so now we just have to follow through and actually cook this week! But I think that eating better will really help me feel better about things in general, and it's better for me anyway. We got all the laundry done, and beds all made up with fresh linens.

So, I feel like I can go back to work tomorrow and at least have gotten some things done around the house to make things better. Due to a mix up with the receptionist at my doctor's office, it sounds like my appointment won't be until Tuesday now. I'll call in the morning and confirm whether it's tomorrow or Tuesday. Oli also goes in for a haircut on Tuesday. He's really furry and looking like a little black mop.

I know this next week is going to be really difficult with work, so I'm just trying to have as positive an outlook as I can, and will try to remind myself to continue taking things one issue at a time.