Do-Overs and High-Fives: The Snowy Day edition

This is one of those weeks where my normal schedule has been thrown so totally out of whack that I’m not totally

Snow covered planters

sure what day it is…. But according to the calendar it’s Friday, so time for the weekly reflection on what went well and what I’d like to do over…

Do-Overs

No plan

As I looked back over this week, I realized that I was plenty busy, but didn’t really get much accomplished.  And then I realized that I hadn’t done much in the way of planning this week.  I hadn’t identified anything either in the work domain or in the ‘life’ domain that I seriously wanted/needed to get done.

And guess what?   Nothing serious got done.

Given that we had two snow days this week, and I wasn’t feeling my best, maybe that was a good thing, Whatever plans I had made for this week would have necessarily changed- but I have to think that having at least one major objective would have given my week some shape and structure.  Even if I didn’t get it all done, I would have made progress on something significant.

Maybe there’s a post in there about the frustration that comes from having one’s plans thwarted, vs. the frustration that comes from not having a plan…

Feeling punky

Well this isn’t exactly a do-over but I seem to have caught a very mild version of whatever crud is going around (no- it wasn’t the flu!).  Just a little stuffy, drippy, coughy….   It felt kind of like my brains had been replaced with slightly used tissues…  Fortunately, I was able to take it easy (including my decision to ditch Tuesday’s blog post) and I’m feeling much better now.

The bummer of it was that I really wasn’t feeling up to playing in the snow with AJ and his friends.  I didn’t even get out for a walk when it was all nice and quiet outside which I love to do.

Oh, well… I’m sure there’s more snow coming this winter.  I’ll be out there sledding with the best of them at some point!

High-Fives

Snow!!

I love the snow.  Having grown up in Texas, it’s still such a novelty to me that I get almost as excited as the kids do.  I love how it softens everything.  The sounds, the shapes, and our routines are all smoothed over with the blanket of white.

We had two days home this week and AJ had a blast playing with his friends.

Walking in a winter wonderland

Saturday, AJ was hanging out with a friend, so DH and I went up to Rocky Mountain National Park for a hike.   As much as I love hiking with our son, it was great to move at a quicker pace and go farther than we would have if he’d been along.  It snowed lightly on us for the whole time, and by the time we were coming down, the ground was covered with a dusting that always reminds me of powdered sugar.  It truly was walking in a winter wonderland!

The real high-five of this one was managing the divergent desires and logistics to make it all happen.  In the end, the plan came together beautifully, but it was a long road to get there!

Rockapella

Friday night we went to a great concert of a capella music.  Now if you’re thinking (yawn) barbershop, think again.  These guys rocked the house.  I actually was wishing I’d brought earplugs- at least for my son.  Our local favorite band FACE was there, along with some other well known a cappella groups like the Bobs, and the House Jacks.

We also got to see Blake Lewis of American Idol fame.  I had no idea who he was, since I live under a rock as far as pop culture goes, but AJ was fascinated by what Blake could do with his voice, a mic and all his electronic toys.  I think AJ might have added a loop pedal to his Christmas wish list!

That’s about all for me.  How about you?  Got anything you’d like to do-over from this week?  Got any high-fives to share?   Let us know in the comments!