Morning: Go by Carnival Kia and finish a piece of paperwork for the new car (45 minutes total)
Morning: Clean stuff out of Pack trailer so it can go to the Pack camping trip (10 minutes maybe)
11:10am: Leave for movie theater to see "The Amazing Spider-Man" (Yes, free thanks to DJ and in 3D)
2:45pm (roughly): Go with Joshua to buy groceries for the Troop camping trip. (Yes, both of my units are camping this weekend. I, of course, have to work Saturday.)
Before 5:30pm: Help Joshua prep for camp cooking (he is the troop cook this weekend)
Before 5:30pm: Make sure Joshua is packed for camp (he'll do 99% of this by himself, but I still have to kinda follow up)
6pm: Camp opens at Long Hunter. I plan to stay until about 9 and help with set up and so forth. Have to get home so I can get to bed for my 4am alarm clock.
Busy day. Now, many of my friends would say "Man, I wish that was all I had to do." But after all those years in the restaurant business (20+) with 60+ hours/week and often 6 1/2 days/week, my days off have always been sacred. I've been out of the business for like 15 years now, but I'm a product of the environment. I HATE to have busy days off. Now, by the end of the day, I'll be happy, but so far today I've been..well I was going to say dreading it, but that's too harsh. It's more like regretting it, maybe? And this feeling gets in the way of me getting work around the house done too. If Monica and I had the same days off (in other words, if I was off on weekends) I truly believe it would be better. But c'est la vie.
It beats the alternative, doesn't it. I'd rather be busy and involved and active and such. I get to spend some quality time with the boys today, especially Joshua, because he may not realize it, but HE'S doing the prep work, not me! (We're going to mix up a meatloaf to cook in the Dutch Oven tonight.) I think, despite the weight gain of the last few months (which I'm blaming on the "quit smoking" deal), that the active stuff keeps me in decent shape for my age. (I have noticed lately that getting up and down is easier with something to prop on.)
So let's enjoy the day! Daniel just came out of his room to announce that it's time to go, so let's go!
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