Overscheduled in Suburbia

This is one crazy weekend--we are going from one activity to the next with barely enough time to drive from place to place--exactly what we try to avoid when we plan our weekends. It just seems that a lot of events that we couldn't control--Preschool Parents Group Easter party, a friend's baby shower, church music ministry potluck, hosting our bible study group etc.--were scheduled tightly together. Add that to a haircut (I felt bold and freed myself of four inches--thank you Patty and Deanine for the suggestion), a visit from my parents who took us to dinner at Chili's (hooray for gluten free, Weight Watchers-friendly yummy Margarita Grilled Chicken), a car repair, and this is the first time I feel like I can relax. Whew!

My husband, Tom, and I made two huge pans of gluten free lasagna tonight before coming up to bed--one for the music ministry potluck, and the other for bible study. We'll end up eating it for two meals tomorrow, but we love it. No one else but the three of us will be attending both events, so it just seemed to make sense to save time by making twice as much of the same entree instead of making two separate meals. The sauce is semi-homemade instead of completely from scratch because I didn't get home from the grocery store until 10:20 or so. We finished around midnight, though, which is pretty impressive--what a fabulous culinary team we make!

I wish I had found time to go to the gym today, but I need to sleep. I have to teach a class at church tomorrow morning for the first time. I just finished the preparations now and allowed myself the indulgence of making an entry here. I'm going to try to do one daily, if I can.

I scrapbooked last night at Cord Camera and brought a lot of friends--we had a group of 13 registered and 10 showed up. Many of them will be coming to church to scrap again on Tuesday. Most of us didn't get much done last night, but we had fun, and that's what counts the most. We measure our productivity and output in so many other areas of life that I don't want to taint my hobby time by imposing those kinds of expectations. I did that in the beginning and I promptly insisted that I cease and desist. I've been quite compliant and much happier ever since I got strict with myself about this. I preach it to others, too, when they try to get down on themselves for talking and not making enough progress. If we enjoy ourselves and get out of the house without any kids in tow, we should consider it a huge success!

Well, Tom is snoring loudly in bed next to me, and the alarm goes off in less than six hours. Time to call it a night.