Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Day Before Us

I sit at the computer having read the new entries on friends' blogs. We are back from church, lunch has been eaten, the dishes from the past day have been cleaned up, Brian is off to the library to study. I have goals for the afternoon: make a menu, go grocery shopping, bake a pie, and maybe squeeze in a little reading time with a cup of tea. Usually about this time on a Sunday afternoon, I would look up and the clock would say 3:30. Ugh. Just an hour or two until I have to start putting together some dinner, after which it will be growing dark. Maybe I can squeeze in three good hours toward my goals into this late afternoon, but I probably won't get everything done that I want to. And on top of the lateness, nothing makes me feel more defeated before beginning than getting started on my weekend to-do list after 1:00 pm.

But now, I look up and the clock says 1:00. ONE O'CLOCK?!? How could this be? This totally feels like a regular Sunday!

And it is, with one exception. We went to the early service this morning. Early being ... 9:15.

OK. If this is the reward for getting up at 8:00 rather than 10:00 on Sundays, I'll take it!

6 comments:

Marianne Elixir said...

Ah, I can relate to this. It is why we, too, go to the early service (8:30!). Hope you have a lovely day!

meg said...

so true. we played hooky from church this morning and I have to say, having already made, eaten and cleaned up breakfast, cleaned the house, started laundry, and already sat down to drink my coffee and catch up with "friends" (meaning reading their blogs) all at 11:30, sure makes me think twice about my earlier thought to not make "this" a habit...

meg said...

ahhh! Marianne. This was scary.

Marianne Elixir said...

Meg - It's almost like spending time together, no?

Melanie said...

Wow! So glad you girls could spend time together on my blog! That's pretty funny.

meg said...

i do love it. it's sort of like we all had this conversation together and then marianne and I took it further and talked about it, to much.
thanks melanie!