Most weekends I will open my computer and catch up on work - NOT this weekend; it is time to be "off".
I had Callum and we had a full day planned of going to his favorite stores and doing our chores. We also took time to sit in the backyard and enjoy this final summer weekend as the sun decided to play hide and seek.
Am I going to pay for it during the week that I have some things that I need to get done and could have done this weekend - yes; but, it is the price I am happy to pay to spend time with my great-nephew.
It may not have been my smartest choice; but, this time I choose with my heart and not with my head.
Friday is the day that the gardening company mows the lawn in my community - was I surprised when it wasn't a lawn mower I heard.
As I mentioned earlier this week most of the trees are still green in the Hudson Valley, so I was totally taken off guard yesterday as I was working to hear the rakes and leaf blowers instead of the lawn mower.
What was even more interesting was the amount of leaves that they raked and had to mulch. I guess the leaves have actually been falling even if they have not changed color. Well we should expect this - it is the last weekend of the summer.
The weather is supposed to gorgeous this weekend - maybe back into the low 80's; enjoy it.
I am so looking forward to the weekend as the love of my life, Callum will be spending the weekend with me.
It has been several weeks since I have seen him although he makes sure his parents call me a few times a week so that he can talk to me. He, his father and brother will come late this afternoon and we will all go out to dinner - then they will go home and Callum will stay until Sunday afternoon.
He is a character - very social and a happy child so I know we will be at the bookstore, the bakery and eating outside on the patio. I am glad that this weekend will be warm so that we can enjoy it before it gets too cold to be outside.
I will have a double dose of Callum as I have taken next Thursday and Friday off so that we can go apple picking and he can spend Thursday night at the house.
I will make sure to bake him his cheese danish - something I have not done in a while and I know he enjoys. I hope that each of you has someone in your life that loves you unconditionally and makes you happy to be in their lives.
Last night as I was speaking to my girlfriend I heard music that was familiar from my childhood, Mr. Softee.
I could not believe that the Mr. Softee truck was in my neighborhood and scouting for any takers. Although as a child I would always get their ice cream sundaes, as an adult I can no longer eat it since the butter fat is more than my stomach can handle.
As a child we would spend summers at my aunt Irma's apartment in the Bronx - four of my mother's sisters lived between 2 adjacent apartment buildings and there were 8 of us cousins. Weekends always found us in her apartment and when we heard Mr. Softee all of us would be running down the 5 flight of stairs to get our ice cream. Those were simpler days.
I know we all depend upon technology and all the new devices that have been developed in the last 30 years; but, there is something to say for the "good old days".
I am tired and really need to have a night of sleep that lasts longer than 5 hours.
As the season changes I get insomnia and it can get very taxing on my body very quickly. On Monday night I was tired so I headed up to bed at 9AM, no sooner I put my on, took off my makeup and got into bed - I was awake.
This gets so frustrating as during the day or when I am driving home a wave of tiredness will just hit me and I have to fight it off.
Hopefully this weekend I will get some much needed rest as autumn finally arrives on the calendar.
Yesterday it was 46 degrees when I left my home to go to work - on my way home it was 71 and sunny.
What was more miraculous was that the Taconic State Parkway was still all green. None of the trees have begun to turn color yellow, red or orange. I know that it will be just a matter of time before the changes will occur. Believe it or not the color change has nothing to do with it getting colder - the leaves all turn color because of lack of sunlight. See you learn something new every day.
For now let's enjoy all this greenery as it will be 6 months before we see it again.
This morning it was chilly enough to turn on the car seat heater. A luxury I indulged in with my car.
It is now down to the high 40's, low 50's in the morning. I no longer keep the windows open at night and I have started to wear a long nightgown. It still gets to the mid 70's during the day; but, when I leave my house before 6 in the morning it is chilly. I don't want to put a coat on so the next best thing is to turn on the car heater and the car seat heat.
This week I will call my service company to come take a look at my furnace for the season and get that done and over with. I think we will see the first frost this week - and then we will be in Indian Summer - surprisingly enough it is only the middle of September and it has gotten that chilly so quickly.
So I will take full advantage of my two car indulgences this week; the remote starter and the car seat warmer.
