Way back in July, Maribou and I planned for me to take off the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day so I could help her out when she’d be going through a medical rough patch. Well, in November, she told me that her bestie out on the West Coast sent an invite for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (because everybody at their work has that week off) and, when Maribou said “I’d be doing this medical thing”, they said “great! We’ll just spend the week on the couch!”
And so I not only have a weekend in front of me, I have a week off entirely. A week that had been planned out to take care of Maribou… but she told me “hey, you did the rough part already… let my friends help out too.”
So I went to my boss and told him what was up and asked if he needed me to come into work for the days I had already requested off and he told me in no uncertain terms that I had to take that week off and like it.
And so now… Christmas is over. I have had the Christmas Eve dinner with mom and the Christmas Day bacchanalia (but with presents rather than wine) at the sister’s is behind us and Maribou is en route. And now I’m sitting here in the basement thinking “jeez… now what?”
I know, by stuff I’ve done in weekends past, that I could probably visit Costco or Petsmart or that sort of thing but I did this silly thing where I made sure that I loaded up enough that I wouldn’t have to go there for a month after the last time I went. So most of my errands are done. And, heck, going to King Sooper’s is easy too because I’ll only be cooking for one for the next week. But I think I have nothing else required of me.
So… what do people DO?
(Featured image is “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich. It’s in the public domain.)
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I always attempt to catch up on my reading.Report
I realize that in the past when I’ve been “batchin’ it”, I still went to work, still ran errands, and so my bachelorhood meant a couple of hours in the evening and maybe a weekend in there.
This is, like, a *WEEK*.Report
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-03-15Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btAbU1sPqIM
I catch up with friends I can’t usually see. I’ve even road tripped in the past.Report
Perhaps you should get into an unabridged audio book, or try the LA Times daily crosswordReport
Movies you want to see that Maribou wouldn’t?
A big book you’ve been meaning to tackle?
Some complicated dish that requires mastering several new culinary skills?
A home fixit project?
Learning to fold fitted sheets?
If it were me, I’d find a bridge game some days and (if it were the right time of year) go watch baseball on the others.Report
For the record, “Movies you want to see that Maribou wouldn’t?” is fully covered by our existing movie date policy. We have more movie dates, historically, that involve separate theaters than ones that don’t.
IT’S GREAT.
PS he basically did nothing. I highly approve. People need rest.
PPS this was a super enjoyable list though.Report