Ending the Week on a High Note

First off—I just noticed that it is staying lighter later.  It is 10 til 5 and only a few weeks ago I was having to turn the lights on in my office by 4:30 so that I could work.  It is dusk, but I can see.  It makes me very excited for warm days where I can work out on my patio or porch!

But I digress….

Now that I do not go into an official office, my days of the week get quite blurred.  I often have to find some sort of fixed point in the week and figure out what day it is based on that.  This typically is based on tutoring.  I tutor on Tuesday and Thursdays and figure out the day based on that.  I actually find this reassuring; the fact that I do not spend every day figuring out how far I am away from the weekend is pretty novel and nice.

Today was my ideal Friday.  Actually, it would be my ideal day but I just do not see this becoming reality.  Also, I wouldn’t be able to appreciate it as much as I should if it become a normal day.  This morning, the Northern Virginia area got about 2-3 inches of snow.  Isn’t it amazing how just a dusting of fresh snow makes everything look idealic?  We still have mounds of snow every where from the blizzard but it has turned into dirty snow, so a fresh few inches were nice.  It also made it so I didn’t want to get out of bed for the gym.  I decided if the school system was on a two hour delay, then so was I.  When did I turn into such an adult where sleeping until 8AM feels luxurious and like I’m really breaking the rules?

Shortly after getting the day going, I got a text from my friend Laura asking if I wanted to meet and do work.  We met up at Panera around 10 (lets be honest, I arrived around 10:30 because I am perpetually late.  Bad me!).  We got to catch up, talk, and we were also productive.  It was sheer perfection!  I left around 1PM and hit the gym.  I was the only person in the pool and I love how quiet it is and the rhythm I can find when my strokes are the only one’s hitting the water.

Then I came home and wrote for the rest of the afternoon.  I still managed to meet my daily quota for work today.  Remember how I said last week was my highest grossing week to date? Well this week I beat last week by an additional 10%, making this my highest grossing week by far.  As much as I don’t like to say it, I am still pretty motivated by money. And I am getting better and better at this whole being my own boss, self employed situation!

Aiming for a quiet night in, probably with a fire, homemade dinner (I’m feeling seafood of some sort) and maybe a movie.  Wild Friday night for us twentysomething’ers, isn’t it?!

To Smile.

(oh, and I will start responding to comments again.  I adore all of your comments, often laughing or sighing in agreement with what ever you write.  I will start putting my responses in writing!)