I Like Thursday: Stress and Progress

When I told Rob I needed to sit down to write my I Like Thursday post, he asked what I had to like about this week.  Admittedly, it's been a long, exhausting and stressful week.  Every single day some minor crisis or decision came up with the kitchen.  The workers are great and the noise level was reasonable, but it was hard to concentrate on my high-priority project due next week.  We took in a very ill foster guinea pig that didn't make it.  We're both pretty frazzled around the edges.  Goodness, just writing this down makes me tired.  

But...

I have over a half-dozen photos documenting the good things that made me smile this week.  Let's take a gander at them, shall we?

Rob clearly is not impressed with taking selfies, but look! We're dressed for a contra dance!  This was the first contra we've been to since March 2020.  The masks make it warm and I need to figure out how to keep hydrated during the dance in a way that makes me comfortable, but it was lovely to see happy people and get out and move.

 

During the break a couple of dancers took the opportunity to practice juggling with fire out in the parking lot.  Not much of a photo - it was cool to watch them!

I stayed for a dance or two after the break.  I think we'll pick and choose which dances we attend based on weather and such.  It was nice to be able to kick up our heels, even if it's just once in a while.

I was amused by this sign when I picked up our foster.  The equivalent of This page intentionally left blank. 

 

By Monday afternoon I was toast.  The weekend had been jam packed including a chunk of time getting my dad's smartphone to work.  It was a godsend when my sister agreed to meet me for kayaking.  We had paddled about halfway around the pond when she starts laughing - I had several dragon flies all perched on my hat.  I tried to get a photo - she said most flew off when I raised my hands.  There's one my front right, and a row of them across the top.  When I looked across at my sister, she had what looked like a dragonfly mohawk - all in a row across the top of her hat.  Ha!

I also really liked the pink flowers that grew in a patch at a shallow point in the pond.  

Colorful patches!  I have flowers blooming all over the yard.  They look better in person than in this photo.  We could really use some more rain, and supposedly we're better off here than the eastern part of the state. 

 

 

The kitchen - I added to the stress with that all on my own:  I managed to space out the fact that there was wet mud on the wall and put my thumb right through the wet patch.  I felt terrible that I had marred the beautiful mudding job.  Rob wanted to document my blunder.  This is me saying I was NOT getting any closer to the wall than that - I had already done enough damage!

As of last night we have the cabinets in place.  Well, all except a missing wine rack.  But we should have the counter top guys in soon.  Bit by bit. 

 

 

 

 

No sewing this week.  <sigh>  But get a load of this Singer-mobile Rob found.  How fun is that!?! 

Oh, and this just came in as I was finishing my post:  baby with Bouncing Boxes.  This definitely made my day.

Back to my to-do list:  overdue correspondence and online research.  I'm taking Thursday afternoon off simply to catch my breath (and get a chance to read the other posts with LeeAnna's I Like Thursday).