DAY 40 of 50 – 10 Days to 50, and a Week to the Party

Don’t you just love Saturdays where you get to sleep in and lazily lounge around the house? Yeah, me too — but today was NOT one of those days.

   Up at 6:45am to shower, dress, and be on the road by 7:30am. First stop: back to a friend’s to return a few things — before the Oliveiras move away tomorrow. Then to run a number of errands — stopping at a few garage sales along the way. A baptism to do a musical number for the adorable grandson of dear friends. More errands, a few more random garage sales, and off to the party store in Salt Lake to get a few decorations for next week’s party. More errands, grab lunch, stop by my sister’s house. Then to my niece’s in Farmington to get my hair done (and, no, I don’t have any grey hairs — at least not any more!) Eventually, 75 miles of driving and 12-hours later, errands done — and now I can drive the 55-mile hour-long journey back home.

   Long day, yes. But energized at getting so much done — so instead of crashing at the end of the day, I decide to get more stuff done. Putting stuff away, a little clean-up, and then attacking the grill to find out why it won’t light. Uh oh — not a simple fix.

   Admittedly 8;30pm is a little late to start working on cleaning the grill, taking the grill apart, finding a broken piece, a fortuitous phone call gets me to a friend’s house to snag their grill, load the grill into my truck, and call the Home Teachers at nearly 10pm for help unloading the truck and getting the grill moved.

   A long day, but a great day. And with only 10 days until I turn 50, and only a week to my party — well, I love days when you feel like you got a million things done. And that’s an especially good thing when you have a million things to do!