Carefree

The mid-semester rush has come and gone. I have just given up pumping milk at work. My daughter actually plays by herself sometimes, and there are several holidays in November. I am suddenly very free. I feel strangely light and cheerful and also like I keep forgetting something important (maybe I'm radioactive? no, that can't be it). The weather has turned very pleasant here, and we have all this free time now. My family actually went to the beach on a Wednesday afternoon this week. Now I must try and remember what I used to do with myself in my spare time. Jigsaw puzzles? Christmas shopping?

This feeling might also have something to do with our tenants having moved out. They were rather loud people. Not in a party-hearty sort of way, but in a "let's air out our dirty laundry for the whole neighborhood to hear" sort of way. Also they had an extraordinarily loud car and would sometimes come and go late at night. We would have thrown them out except they had a baby, and how can you throw people with a baby out on the street? They finally realized the apartment was much too small for them and moved out of their own accord. We've decided to keep the apartment as guest quarters. It's so peaceful and relaxing at home now.

Maybe I'll think of something serious to post next time.