My Weekend, by ccr

I don't feel too bad about the end of the weekend approaching. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd love another day of it! But I balanced out what I did this weekend for rest-and-rejuvenation, and what I did in the accomplishment category, and I feel pretty good about where I've ended up.

In the first category:

• Friday night I went to dinner and a movie with friends. It was great to catch up with them, it had been far too long. The movie (Victoria and Abdul) was very good: basically a comedy for the first three-quarters, then rather sad to end, but still enjoyable. There's an interesting article about the story in Vanity Fair, and if you want a spoilers-and-all summary of the movie, the Wikipedia article sums it all up. Also, we had dinner at Lexx, in Lexington, and as it was a cold night, I had to get something cozy. I had the mac and cheese with bacon, and oh, that was soooo good, even reheated for lunch Saturday. I wanted it again last night.
• However, I did have fun last night, taking my friend's daughter to Barnes & Noble to get books (as her 13th birthday present). We wandered around for a good hour, asking each other if we'd read this or that, then had cookies in the cafe before I brought her back. This is what she got.

• Speaking of reading, I've also been doing some of that this weekend. I'd been in a string of start-and-not-finish books lately, and I missed really getting into a book. 

In the second category:

• I ran and emptied the dishwasher, and did some hand dishes.
• I did my first pass through the yarn stash to get rid of some of it prior to moving: this was the easiest pass, since it's fairly basic stuff that I've accumulated here and there, nothing special to me, and it might as well be used. Someone in a local Facebook group for giving things away had asked recently if anyone had any spare yarn, and she's coming by tomorrow to get two kitchen-trash-sized bags from me. This feels good. I will make at least one more pass through before moving, and I know each time will get harder. Baby steps.
• I also filled a small bag with more books to get rid of, and have three winter jackets in the car to donate.
• I went to the pet store, and the grocery store.
• I got my hair cut.
• I filled that car with gas before I ran out altogether. I know, it isn't much of an accomplishment, but it is something I got done.

Anyway, some of this and some of that and here we are, Sunday evening. I'm off to do some more of this and that.