Don't Hate Me Kelly - Brady

I was reading Kelly personal blog today, and she posted the following comment:

All I have time to do these days is ride the train to work, work, and ride the train home. I finally fit in a (pathetic) run today and a trip to Wal-Mart to buy some stuff for my new kitchen, but that is seriously it.

The good news is I only have 15 days until I get the keys to my apartment (11 of which will be spent at work, 2 at a wedding, and 2 at a Bachelorette party!).

Thank.God.

I love staying with my parents, but this commute is killing me!

I have been experiencing the exact opposite this summer. I'm continually amazed that my daily activities add up to 8, 9, 10 hours. When people ask me how I'm spending my vacation, I either have trouble remembering or say, embarrassed, something like, "Well, I'm reading a lot, I guess, and doing stuff around the yard and...you know...puttering around. Oh, I do tutor a kid. Yeah, yeah...4 hours a week..."

For example, today I:

- Got up at 6:45 and made breakfast.

- Checked email.

- Read nytimes.com and chicagotribune.com for about an hour.

- Somehow spent the rest of the morning finding someone to fix loose tiles we have and schedule a Verizon repairperson to come out to fix our phone.

- Ate lunch

- Worked in the yard

- Had a snack

- Checked email and Facebook (oh yes, all my Facebook friends, I am extremely well-versed in all of your lives right now. I haven't missed a new photo album in WEEKS) and created this blog post.

And it's 3 p.m. How does that stuff add up to almost a day?

I know all you working people out there probably hate me right now, Kelly especially as she has a full work day with a two-hour commute on each end. However, although I'm really grateful to have this time to get things done before my life gets crazy again, I would not want to do this for long. I get kind of weird and moody when I'm at home all day. Plus, I am not a person who loves house and yard work. I'm more of a sit in the office, drink coffee, and work on my computer kind of gal.

BUT, I am definitely enjoying a little (big) break for now and trying to just absorb myself in whatever activity I'm doing so I'm not wishing away my last real summer vacation. And it can be pretty calming and satisfying to put on music and just organize a room or put NPR on our portable radio and weed for two hours in the sunshine.

My First 48 Hours on Summer Vacation - Brady

Here is what I've done:

Tuesday:

4:00 p.m.: Leave school.

5:30 - 9 p.m.: Dinner and drinks with friends at Columbia Street West.

10:00 p.m.: Bed (Still on teacher-time at this point).

Wednesday:

6:00 a.m.: Hear Kevin's alarm ring. Roll over. Eventually get up and make him breakfast before a small claims trial he had to do (doesn't that sound lawyerly?).

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.: Watch DVR recording of "Life After People" with breakfast and hot tea.

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Fold a bunch of laundry while watching more TV/cleaning up house/EMPTYING SCHOOL BAG (that was liberating and just a little sad).

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: More work around the house. Nothing outside because it was raining.

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Nap (Yes, a 3-hour nap).

4:00 p.m.: Kevin comes home. Go for a run.

5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.: Shower and get ready for Tincaps!

7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Go to Fort Wayne Tincaps minor league baseball game with Kevin's legal society. We got to sit in the fancy suite and eat really good food.

11:00 p.m.: Bed

Thursday:

6:00 -7:00 a.m.: Wake up and go for a run.

7:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Joke's on me. I forgot to turn in something to my department chair and had to go into school for about half an hour to finish that up.

10:00 - 12:30 a.m.: Errands and mow yard (an epic task at our house- takes about 1.5 hours, and we have a push mower).

1:00 -2:15 p.m.: Thank-you lunch with my department chair and his family at Toscani Pizzeria in downtown Fort Wayne.

2:45 - 3:30 p.m.: Practice golf at the driving range near our house.

3:30 p.m.: RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM AMY ABOUT NEXT YEAR THAT MAY FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS BLOG (Amy, that is a message for you to UPDATE THE PEOPLE.)

4:00 p.m.: Update my blog. :)

So, a baseball game, golf, lawn-mowing, pizza, two jogs, lots of TV, and lots of sleep. Sounds like summer.