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Last Friday when T pulled me away from work at 5:30 I decided that my wrists really needed an evening away from the computer. So, no work on taxes. He took me to dinner (to get me out of the house, I suspect) and then went off to spend time with his friends as he does every Friday. So I took on several tasks I have been avoiding for months and years.

• I pulled out all of our silverware. Low grade Oneida. Documented and bagged it up for donation. If you are interested and local, let me know quickly. It is a full set.


• Pulled out my parent's rose silverware. Midgrade oneida from many decades ago, in a rose pattern. Much sturdier than mine. With more of everything, plus ice tea spoons. It was originally two sets, now reduced by time to about a set and a half. And unlike what we have been using, they have not rusted or degraded in spite of being in a drawer for  10 years. They look quite quaint to my modern eyes. And all of the spoons are smaller! T seems dubious, but I like that part.


• Went through everything on my paperwork shelf. Shred! Trash! File!


• Pulled out my sorta junk drawers and went through them. Filled a trash can. Found letters that I think were given to me as a gift at our wedding (by a friend, not T). Weird! Got rid of 30 year old makeup.

Saturday we went to the gym (Because we go every day. Ugh.). Lunch was with C and her daughter. Daughter was surprisingly well behaved, for being a small demon (her mother's stories, not mine!). Then we went to fill in the gaps made apparent by our cleaning and organizing. Funnel, tea strainer (not ball!), silverware organizer (because the old one is (a) pink (b) too small to fit the rose silverware), decent can opener.... Pizza and Bab5 with friends finished the day.

Yay, rose silverware looks really awesome in our new bamboo cutlery organizer!

Sunday we did not go to the gym. Ok, so NOT every day. We had brunch with friends at a new we-buy-local place. Grocery store for copious amounts of ginger ale fixings and food for the week. Then we napped. Because eating and walking a grocery store are exhausting! When we woke there was just enough time to sit on the porch to allow the cat to enjoy our laps before meeting Dad for dinner. After dinner, there was massive quantities of juicing for my ginger ale. I had to clean the strainer 3 times (or was it 4?)!! The juicer is excellent, but ginger tends to fill up the strainer bits quickly.

Monday and today I have enjoyed looking in the silverware drawer every time I pass by. Why didn't I do this sooner?

Weekend visiting ovrclokd and thebroomecloset was fun.  Yummy food.  Sleeping.   I especially loved travel geek shopping with her.  *smile*

My conference went well.  I have attended this same conference for several years.  It is always useful both technically and for networking.  This year I found myself in an unusual position:  relaxed.

Unlike previous years, three of my longterm professional friends and coworkers showed up.  I had people to hang with when not harassing developers.   I'm sure that contributed.  OK, perhaps I did not meet everyone's definition of "relaxed," but far more than in any previous year.  I knew what to expect and just went with the flow.  I even asked a question during a Q&A!  This is totally unlike me.  *rueful smile*  This year made me realized how much time I spend holding my breath at conferences.  Not literally, just....  But tense like that.

It was good.

I'm home now, at least for a few weeks.  I am trying not to feel guilty about how nice it feels to be at home.