Just make it Monday, please

[jay]

I often dread weekends... this one perhaps a bit more than usual. Today... yes/no decision on funding the Arctic field season at 11am. Then couples-counselling tonight. I wish I'd lined up lunch today, but have been too preoccupied to plan ahead. Tomorrow night... no plans. Some slightly-stressful socializing with the kids in the afternoon. Should have planned ahead, again. Sunday... Father's Day... no plans (sound familiar? heh) other than I need to confront the issues around my father's illness again and give him a call.

Why do other people look forward to weekends? For me, work is generally more satisfying and less stressful... still, three days and it will be over, thankfully.

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[nolly.livejournal.com]

My weekends have some set structure, including things I look forward too, but they're not set in stone as much. The regular things include:
My Saturday mornings, which generally start with my yoga class, followed by a scone or similar and coffee at a local bakery and a trip to the wonderful used book store nearby.
The role-playing game I'm in runs 2 Saturdays a month; this is one of them.
Sundays are church, morning and evening services.
Once a month or so I have a con-com meeting on Sunday afternoon; that was last weekend.
Things unique to this weekend: taking the mystery kitty to the vet for a chip check and general check-up, a friend's birthday thing, and I'm planning to visit the county fair Sunday afternoon and see how my entry did.

I'll probably call my dad on Saturday because Sunday schedules are hard to coordinate due to time differences.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

A good mixture IMO... some structure, some ad-lib.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I agree, and I haven't always had it. Don't manage it every weekend even now, but it's something I've worked to create. Some of it has been at the expense of other things -- I tend to let household maintenace and chores slip more than I should because I just don't have time for everything. I'm working on finding better balance there.

Is there a way you can work towards similar balance in your weekends? Set aside a few hours that are consistently your time, like my Saturday mornings are? A time you can choose to use in other ways, but others can't take away from you without an extremely high priority reason?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I doubt it, but I'll ask... with four people dependent on me at home, fencing time at home is hard.