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Weekend? What weekend?
Aug. 23rd, 2004 12:22 amArgh. Well, I didn't get nearly as much done this weekend as planned. Over half of Saturday was spent at a parade. We had to be there an hour before step-off time but in order to get both the trailer that we haul the wagon on and the horse trailer to end of the parade route ahead of time, we had to be there even earlier. We unloaded the wagon at the starting point, took both vehicles and trailers to the end of the route, left the flatbed trailer and its tow vehicle there, then went back to the starting point to unload the horse. Decorated horse and wagon, hitched up, then two of us took the horse and got in the parade line-up while the other person took the truck and horse trailer to the end of the route. The parade was long and late starting, the horse acted up a few times because the parade kept stopping and starting (and it was all up and down hill, not on the level), and we didn't get home till after noon. Then we still had to unpack everything. Why do we *do* this to ourselves? *groan*
Then this afternoon was lost to a family birthday party where the kids got so many presents it looked like Christmas. Of course, they *were* celebrating three birthdays at once (twins and their older brother) - but there were still an *awful* lot of gifts. I thought they were never going to get done so I could politely leave. Three hours was a good hour longer than I'd wanted to be there. They're my family and I love'em dearly but I am not a kid-person (till they're old enough to wipe both ends for themselves, I'd prefer them at a distance - after that, I can handle them in small doses). Heck, I'm not particularly a people-person; I like my solitude. Two three-year-olds, a six-year-old, and a 12-year-old plus a 14-year-old, a barky dog, and eleven adults in one cramped house do not make me a happy camper.
So - not a particularly productive weekend for me. Lots of grudgingly lost time.
But on the upside, I did get those contest nominations posted on my LJ yesterday and there's a few more updates to be posted yet. I'll do them tomorrow when I finish getting my site updates ready. And I did get some writing done this weekend, both on GW fics and on a Sentinel one that's seriously outgrown my original intentions - that's actually what delayed getting the site updates done. I'll hopefully have some new ficcage ready to post in a day or two. *crosses fingers*
Umm, if you've e-mailed me and I haven't gotten back to you yet - apologies, I'll try to get to it once I finish up with the site updates. So - tomorrow or maybe Tuesday. Hopefully no later than that.
Then this afternoon was lost to a family birthday party where the kids got so many presents it looked like Christmas. Of course, they *were* celebrating three birthdays at once (twins and their older brother) - but there were still an *awful* lot of gifts. I thought they were never going to get done so I could politely leave. Three hours was a good hour longer than I'd wanted to be there. They're my family and I love'em dearly but I am not a kid-person (till they're old enough to wipe both ends for themselves, I'd prefer them at a distance - after that, I can handle them in small doses). Heck, I'm not particularly a people-person; I like my solitude. Two three-year-olds, a six-year-old, and a 12-year-old plus a 14-year-old, a barky dog, and eleven adults in one cramped house do not make me a happy camper.
So - not a particularly productive weekend for me. Lots of grudgingly lost time.
But on the upside, I did get those contest nominations posted on my LJ yesterday and there's a few more updates to be posted yet. I'll do them tomorrow when I finish getting my site updates ready. And I did get some writing done this weekend, both on GW fics and on a Sentinel one that's seriously outgrown my original intentions - that's actually what delayed getting the site updates done. I'll hopefully have some new ficcage ready to post in a day or two. *crosses fingers*
Umm, if you've e-mailed me and I haven't gotten back to you yet - apologies, I'll try to get to it once I finish up with the site updates. So - tomorrow or maybe Tuesday. Hopefully no later than that.
