a day to recharge

Where my energy has gone over the past week...

• forgetting that creativity even exists (except in a few random moments)
• feeling really stressed out about how much I have to do at work in the coming weeks and how much I'll have to rush to meet the deadlines
• spending a lot of time with family since my folks were visiting most of the week
• hauling 5 loads of laundry to the laundromat in the rain
• not sleeping enough
• forgetting to drink water
• spending a lot of time following the election (although I'm not going to feel bad about this since this is truly a history-making time)
• forgetting to buy shampoo
• running out of bottled water at home (we don't drink tap)
• feeling like I spent most of the week 'pedal to the metal'

I'm spending my Sunday winding down...since I have to really gear up the minute I hit work Monday morning.  The sun's out and I'm just going with the flow. I'm not going to try to 'accomplish' anything today (although I might get around to putting away the laundry.)  Jeffrey was gone all day Saturday at a recording session in Marin County and he's gone till late afternoon today doing his regular Sunday gig.  Here's a photo recap of last week...

January 28

January 29

Tuesday - meeting up with my brother's family and my folks at Zak's basketball game

January 30

Wednesday - dinner at my brother's with the folks...spent the evening lying around their family room in front of the fire with the pets and watching TV...

January 31

Dinner with the folks and my brother, sister-in-law and C at a restaurant around the corner from me.  Truly bizarre.  (We won't go there again.)  But I did manage to take C. across the street after dinner for a scoop of pumpkin ice cream.

February 1

Jeffrey wanted to head to Guitar Center in Sacramento the minute I got home from work on Friday.  I was wiped out...but I relented...and shooting some pictures during the drive and getting a latte at the drive-thru and hanging out in the music store made me forget all the work stress.

February 2

This was the only photo I snapped on Saturday.  Forgot all about my photo-a-day thing, so this will have to suffice.  But at least you get to see his pretty new snare drum.  ;)