Despite my little outburst at the end of yesterday's post, I really try not to get myself worked up about things beyond my control. I allowed myself one initial rant in response to the surprise and to express my deep aversion to wasting money, then mostly got over it. Still, conflict is more interesting than calm, so I'll always play it up for entertainment value! I'm not especially confident that the dent will be fixed soon, but I'm sure I can weather the shame (and ignore the whistling sound caused by the change in aerodynamics) for a little while.
Yesterday began without any concrete plans and ended up being a full day of activity after a slow morning. I met my sister and my niece at a children's museum and we had lunch and spent the afternoon looking at and playing with the exhibits. After that, my husband and I went to a birthday party/barbecue and hung out with two other couples all evening. It was low-key but very pleasant.
I woke up this morning and realized that I needed to leap out of bed and get the trash bins from the party out of the back yard and to the curb as quickly as possible. I guess it didn't need to be that quickly - they're picking them up right now. I spent my first waking minutes slogging through the dew-soaked yard, picking up trash from fallen trash cans and gathering garbage from inside the house to add to it. I'm also in the process of laundering the beer-drenched blanket that we'd wrapped around the kegs. I suppose there's no better way to get back into work mode than to wake up and start working!
This week should be typically busy, but I'm not quite sure of the specifics yet. If any great stories arise, you'll be the first to know!
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