The Vacation Experiment
This is nothing new except for writing it down. I’m on vacation this week. So I’m going to write a list of all the things I want to accomplish. At the end, I’ll do a post on what I actually did do and what I did that I didn’t plan on. Here it is:
-Seal the north deck
-Finish the walkway in the meditation garden
-dry mint, basil, peppers and catnip
-mow the lawn and weedwhack around the property (a couple acres; sometimes I feel like a groundskeeper)
-read PC World, Wired, New Yorker, one work-related book and one novel
-cook supper for us every night to give Linda a week off
-write two reports for work (not a legit vacation activity but necessary; this is America)
-Watch at least two episodes of Mad Men
-Clean my office
-haul out the chainsaw and knock down some trees in the woods
-replace some siding on the storage shed
-clean the cellar to make room for 8 tons of wood pellets
-clean the dog kennel and put in fresh straw which gives the three dogs (our boys) no end of joy
Clean and wash the Nissan and Jeep
Take Linda out to lunch or dinner
All of this is in between making breakfast, sitting on the deck and appreciating our gardens, the wonders of God and nature, playing with the dogs and making short runs to get groceries and other supplies.
Life has a wonderful and frustrating habit of getting the way of planned lists, but I’m going to see how it works out.