TGIF-- coffee?

Ah, the glory of a leisurely cup of coffee and not having to jump out of bed and into the shower. This week, I've been trying to adjust to a new schedule that involves going in to work early a couple of days, staying late a couple of days, and having some stretches of time that are not scheduled in between. I'll give it a couple of weeks to see if the times are going to work for kids, but wow, I haven't been this tired in a long time. 

It's Friday. I don't have Writing Lab hours, so I can go to work just before my first class, and leave after my other one at lunch time. I'm truly looking forward to it. I may end up moving the schedule around a little, but I have lunch duty on Mondays, so that takes Mondays off the table (unless I can get released from that fun). We'll see how it all works out.

In the meantime, I have a predicted sunny afternoon to look forward to, and tomatoes to pick, and maybe I'll have more green beans, too. We narrowly missed frost this week, but the warmer temps are lingering in the next week or so, from the looks of things. I dearly want the tomatoes to ripen. 

The weekend looks like house stuff, grocery-getting, and a trip to BJs in Tilton. At least there will be a nice lunch out at the Chinese restaurant there included. And a huge package of toilet paper. Bulk buying-- there's only the two of us, but it does help ease the budget a bit when we can buy some of the basics a bit cheaper. During the winter months, I'll try the "ship to home" option-- not everything can be shipped, but massive boxes of piddle pads and paper goods can be. 

For fresh food, I only shop local. I much prefer the Co-op for both size of store and the products I buy. We are not a prepared-foods kind of family, for the most part, so veggies and good protein options are important. (Though my husband has a strange affinity for those huge barrels of glow-in-the-dark orange cheese balls...and those must be gotten at big-box stores, and only on occasion).

What I really want to do this weekend is put up some fall decorations. I need to tidy up the deck and so on. I want to putter. I want to read in the sunshine. 

I want to rest a little.

I hope your day, and your upcoming weekend, has long stretches of pleasant sunshine and rest, too.

C