Thanksgiving week fly by and the test to not overly stress….
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 | Food, School, work
I can sense my patience wearing when things take longer than they ultimately should, but I’m learning to just try to do the best I can to…take a deep breath… relax and relish in the moment, by not stressing about all the things I could be doing that are far more productive than waiting.
Thanksgiving week flew far too quickly, nevermind I didn’t even give myself a day off to just sit on the couch and cuddle with kitty much, but the time I did spend with family and friends was wonderful and delightful and I wouldn’t have changed a thing except for taking Monday off to mentally get back to the idea of Work and School.
The week’s events were as folllowed:
Wednesday night - R & I went to dinner at Halibuts II, which was amazingly delicious, spendy but really good Halibut fish and chips. Then to Binks for drinks then we met up with Martin and his new fiance for drinks at around 10pm, as they flew into town to go to Bend to spend Thanksgiving with his parents there.
Thursday - Thanksgiving feast enjoyed with my sister, brother in law and nephews. Total driving time was 5 hours. At least we did get home by 9:30 or so and kitty was rambunctious as ever, finally he relaxed and cuddled a bit into the evening.
Friday - A delightful fondue night with a small group of friends that we adore to introduce Arthur Guinness, and boy was he spoiled. Showered with pressies and lots of love and play time. He eventually konked out during our 80’s Trivia fun, but woke back up as the evening played on. Thanks to the friends who could come and thanks for all of your love and tremendous generosity for our kitty. We’ll try to get a few batches of friends over at a time to meet him. I thought it might be overwhelming to invite all of our friends at one time. So I hope to have another evening with friends that still have yet to meet Mr. Guinness.
Saturday - Out to the Laurelwood to meet friends past co-workers of Ryan’s, C&C for dinner and some beer. Good beer. Wierd to have 16 oz. traditional pint shaped glass versus the 20oz. Made me feel small or at least the beers seemed small. Lots of kiddies running all over the place as it is a family friendly joint, excellent food. We may be back.
Sunday - Drove out to Banks to see grandma and show her and Guinness’s previous owners pictures of Arthur Guinness now and how much we love them and I hope they don’t regret us taking him away. We saw his sister, Harriet, total fluff ball. Amazing to see Guinness’s face amongst a ball of fur. I asked if she missed him, she just sort of stared at me with those eyes, eyes so similar to Guinness’s and so I think she’s doing fine without him. I told Guinness she says hello and he just meowed. 
Then to mom and dad’s to enjoy a delicious dinner of more fresh Halibut, deep fried deliciousness in celebration of Nicki’s (sister-in law’s) birthday. It’s tradition that mom hosts our birthday’s and she always showers us with gifts, food and amazing desserts.
Got home around 9:15 or so and then it hit me. I have to not only go back to work, but I need to look at what is in store for school work. With Business Finance I know I’m going to have a really hard time. Again, there is a paper due 12/4 and 12/11 and more reading. Stress took over, started trying to get organized and mentally accept and prepare for all of the work ahead.
So much to do, so little time. Okay, so I just have to remember to breath and the more I can find the patience to get me through, I know I will be fine. Of course my biggest de-stresser is the play and cuddle time with Arthur Guinness, I may think about what all I coulde be doing but I certainly relish the time with him.
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