Jen on the Edge

Ahhhhh, it’s almost the weekend. It doesn’t matter if I’ve had an insanely busy week or a week where I’ve done nothing but sit on my butt and eat bon-bons, I’m still thrilled when Friday afternoon arrives.

[Wait a moment... Who am I kidding? I never spend a day, much less an entire week, sitting on my butt picking through a box of truffles. ]

This hasn’t been a particularly busy week. I’ve worked while the girls are at school but not much beyond that. I didn’t have any school meetings or anything else extra. Elegant has already finished her art class until the fall, so the only after school activity we had was Graceful’s soccer practice and that wasn’t particularly intense, as the coach opted not to show up.

Still, I’m glad it’s Friday. I always am.

Today, the retired lady across the street and I went out for lunch. In deference to my neighbor, I put a little more effort into my appearance, which means I actually did more than run a brush through my hair and apply some lip balm. I dried my hair carefully and then got really crazy and put on some make-up. The full works (for me, that is). I wore a nice outfit and even accessorized with various pieces of jewelry. More than I normally wear, but not so much that anyone would question my taste. In short, I looked like one those Ladies Who Lunch.

My neighbor had surgery a couple weeks ago, so we had to take things a bit slow today. I helped her into and out of the car. We walked sedately. We were careful of her stitches. But we went to one of our favorite garden shops and admired the plants. We talked about garden plans for this year and beyond. I even bought a few things. Then we walked next door and had a yummy lunch and much delightful conversation. We laughed and enjoyed ourselves without any time constraints or other distractions.

We were Ladies Who Lunch and it was quite fun.

Now I’m back and not feeling inclined to work too hard. Instead, I’ve been reading blogs, including Enviro Girl’s AMAZING post at Eco Women.

So now I’m off to get the girls from school. We’re going to play and have popcorn and generally enjoy our Friday afternoon. I finished putting the girls’ England albums together, so now it’s time for them to add their comments and stickers for color, which I’m sure will take some time. We had torrential rains last night, so it’s too wet to play outside.

This evening, we’re going to have pizza and then put on our pajamas and watch the Blue Man Group DVD that Pete gave me for National Jen Day.

All in all, it will have been a wonderful Friday. I hope yours is the same and that you have a good weekend too!