Weekend -- blues or good news !

I have spent Saturday and Sunday clearing my desk of fall paperwork. Why is this so hard for me? I seem to have been born with a gene that collects paper. It is a true curse. I use the paper as my reminder to do something. So every piece of paper I handled this weekend required me to do something. That's fairly rare -- because usually when I have this paper clearing freezy I've completed most of the tasks that they have reminded me to do. But the last couple of weeks have been a terror of meetings, and meetings, of course, create labor. Now I am feeling totally satisfied that I am caught up -- until next time.

I love my job. It offers huge opportunities to try new things, meet new people. But this fall has been a true whirlwind of activities. I'm looking forward to the holidays in November and December where I can walk away for a few days. Besides I do have grand-babies in my life, and it's time to smell the roses -- or least the smell of baby powder, junior high sweat, and the silliness of being a grandma.

My husband cleared the garage of boxes last week -- bringing me a stack of 8-10 boxes
of -- you guessed it -- paper work. Some of it is serious to keep stuff -- history research, documents, family papers. Most of it I will be able to cheerfully pitch out because I am no longer interested in the topics. I do have a box of material, scraps from my quilting and embroidery phase, which I'll need to keep for those
retirement years -- I wonder if it is mildewed yet. Oh, my. I guess I'll have to open that box too.

So it's time to go home. Yesterday I struggled with my computer problem and had a helper find my word processing. And tried to watch a DVD but the new television box wouldn't let me in -- my helper says I need to check the plug-ins. Who knew? I thought Bresnan had me all attached.

Is this a good weekend? I think so. I feel fairly satisfied, energized, ready to go -- literally. We are driving to Lincoln, NE for Thanksgiving. I'll talk to you later.
Patty