Too busy for my own good

This week was supposed to be relaxing. Two weeks ago, my summer job establishment shut down for the season. I remember thinking how nice it was going to be to be able to relax for two whole weeks before my next job begins on Tuesday the 14^th. As it turns out, this week was filled with activities and obligations. I’m one of those people that always stays busy. If I’ve got free time, I’ll usually fill it. Often times, when I make plans and I schedule out the rest of my week, I get ahead of myself and I don’t realize just how much I’m planning for myself.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were consumed with school, errands, and chores.

Thursday, I got up quite early to meet my boyfriend Jared at our old high school to visit our favorite teacher Mr. Chambers.  After spending about an hour catching up with Chambers, Jared and I got breakfast together before he went off to work. It was a great morning, a nice and slow way to begin our day. After Jared went off to work, I worked on homework until his lunch break. When I picked him up from work at noon, we went over to the Verizon store to get his new phone activated. Then we sat in my car and played with his phone and talked to Siri. When he had to return to work, I then met my good friend Jessi for lunch because it was her birthday. We sat and talked for quite a while. After lunch with Jessi, I went out to help my grandfather bale hay for the last cutting of the season. At about 7, I met up with Jared to go to my cousin’s volleyball game. That was only Thursday.

Friday was a little more laid back, I got to sleep in. I got some work done around the house and did some chores that had been weighing on me. I met some long-time-no-see friends in town for lunch before going to my cousin’s equestrian meet at the fairgrounds. I spent most of my day hanging out with my family there. Then I met up with Jared and we double-dated with our friends Jay and Carrigan to see “Maze-Runner”. It was a great movie, very well made.

Saturday, I traveled with Jared to the holiday art & craft show at SVSU where his grandfather had a booth set up selling his paintings. We walked all around the arena, looking at all the trinkets, clothing, and jewelry there was for sale. After packing up all of his grandfather’s material into the cars, we all went out for dinner.

Today started off by going through some paperwork with my mom. My new job isn’t like anything I’ve done before, I have a position at a bank. The woman from human resources sent me a few documents about 401k plans, and I needed some assistance to understand the lingo. I again did various chores around the house. I then attended a benefit dinner for my friend’s father who was injured in a serious accident. Then Jared and I went to the car show at Northwood University. Now I’m sitting down. Finally relaxing for the first time all weekend. It’s a good thing I like to write. Point taken, don’t plan so much in a day, or even a week, leave some room for some downtime.