SarahAnnAlien's Journal: Driving All Week, Weekend

I've driven to and from work every day this week. So far, it's been fine; I haven't had any problems.

I think I'm settling on a standard way to get home; it's not wonderful, since there's more traffic than I would really like, but it's ok.

Today turned out nonstandard, though. I left a little early, and there was a huge amount of traffic just outside the parking lot. I waited and waited for a chance to make a left turn, but more cars just kept coming. Finally, I gave up and turned right instead... which wasn't the "right" way, but at least I was moving. Taking the scenic route ended up roughly doubling the time it took to drive home, but I live close by, and an extra ten minutes isn't really a problem.

Actually... I kind of enjoyed the drive!

I also discovered this morning that the traffic is quite a bit heavier at 7:30 than it is at 7. Even so, I had a chance to get a really nice parking space, but blew it by just taking the first space I saw.

The place I really should to park is much further away from my office than my "current" lot, but, sadly, there's way too much construction going on to make that comfortable right now. Maybe in a couple weeks. We'll see. The extra distance would be nice; I'm no longer getting the exercise I used to get from my 30-45 minute walk every day.

My next task is to figure out what to do with my weekend! It turns out that due to working extra weekends, and coming in at the crack of dawn every day this week, that I'll be completely caught up at the office, at least time-wise. So, I can take a weekend off!

Except that, tomorrow morning, I'm having a tiny little surgery, so I'll be spending the weekend with a hole carved in my back, and probably a bunch of stitches, too. If it hurts too much, I'm just going to stay home and cry.

But assuming that doesn't happen... what to do?

Friday night I have a... thing... that I could go to. A dinner thing. With other people. A social sort of thing. I went last month and was rather astonished at my own bravery for doing so! I *could* go, but there are several possible strikes against it: I'll have a hole in my back. I'll have to drive there during the tail end of rush hour. I'll have to drive back in the dark (a first for me). And I'd almost certainly end up getting back late-ish, at least for me. And I'm soooo tired, and dealing with large numbers of strangers is very tiring for me.

So, that one's on my schedule as a maybe.

Saturday morning I'd like to go for a long drive on the freeway. I want to leave early, early, early so that I miss most of the icky traffic. I've already picked out a destination (I think), and the car is ready... and I need to drive more. The more I drive the less painful it becomes.

Counting against my Saturday morning adventure would be the thing on Friday night, because I wouldn't get to bed early enough. And the whole hole-in-the-back thing, but hopefully it won't hurt that much by Saturday.

Saturday night I have a different thing I could go to; I really should go because I haven't gone in, oh, a year or so, and I'm sure at least a couple of people wonder what ever happened to me. It was difficult to go to that event in the past, because the buses don't run late enough to let me get home. Not a problem now, but I would have to drive back fairly late, in the dark, on the freeway (another first for me).

I don't really have any plans for Sunday, but another long drive in the early morning would probably do me a lot of good.

At some point this weekend, I'd like to go get one of those squeegee things, for cleaning the dew off of my back window in the morning. It's getting annoying to use my fingers.

I may or may not need to go grocery shopping. Honestly, I have no idea; this whole notion that I can buy whatever I want, in whatever quantity, and not have to worry about carrying it home, has simply thrown my shopping planning completely off kilter. I have plenty of food, but I may be out of some staples. I'll need to look into that. But, if I recall, I'm not supposed to carry anything for several days after my surgery... something about bleeding to death, or something like that. Guess I should ask tomorrow.

So, those are some of the possibilities for the weekend. I might also just stay home all weekend; I still need to finish my needlepoint penguin, and after all the excitement of the past few weeks, a little quiet time would be very welcome.