Working for the weekend

This week has had some ups and downs. I still haven't heard any official word on the job I interviewed for, all I've gotten is an email saying they haven't finished interviewing people. Better than a "no" I suppose. My boss got fired, because he was in a job that was WAY over his head and should have been let go several months ago. He's not a bad guy, and I wish him well, but man he just didn't have the skill set for that job. I feel a little bit like a boxer here. Just gotta keep ducking and weaving, haven't laid me off yet. I'm chained to my desk at work and while it's not boring every single minute, there are times when I just can't play another game of Bejewled Blitz.

It's been within the past year that I've started looking forward to my weekend plans. When I was single, my weekends consisted of going to the gym for an hour or so and then watching TV or playing video games for the rest of the day. Sad...I know. I did a few other things too, but not many. Then I met the Fiance, to be clear she wasn't the Fiance when I first met her, that would be silly. But when I did meet her my weekends started filling up quickly.

Now that spring has sprung and the weather is getting nicer, people are venturing out of hibernation and going to Home Depot. As are we this weekend. Saturday will consist of getting up and having a good hardy breakfast then picking up the truck from Dad's house and heading to Home Depot. We are finally going to tear out all the stupid ground ivy that covers my "front yard". I put it in quotes because it's about a 12x12 patch of dirt that gets no sun, so I couldn't grow grass even if I wanted to.

This ivy has been the bane of my existence since I first bought my place. I don't get poison ivy or poison oak easily so when I say this stuff is evil please understand where I'm coming from. I don't know what this stuff is called but it's the spawn of Satan himself. Never stops growing and if I look at it wrong I break out. But I digress, we will cover the area with mulch, landscaping tarp, flowers and weed killer. Probably not in that order. But not before we head to yoga. Then in the evening we are having a "date night" of movie and dinner. So Saturday will be quite booked. Oh and I forgot to mention, we need to go over to her parents house and pick up some patio furniture sometime during the day as well. Which wouldn't be so bad except it's about 45 minute drive each way to get there.

So that leaves Sunday, the day of rest. Heh...while she is working on bettering herself by getting a national certificate for her job, I will be recaulking the shower, making a run to the dump, and cleaning out storage spaces and closets so we can move the rest of her stuff down in a couple of weeks.

I love my new weekends. Mainly, because I have found someone to share my life with. But there are times when I still yearn to spend an entire Saturday sitting with my friend and marathoning Stargate SG-1.....just not many.