This is What Catching up Feels Like

Neal’s on a new schedule that allows him to have a four-day weekend twice a month, and this weekend was his first one.  Technically he’s got a five-day weekend because of Monday’s holiday, and I’ve got a three-day weekend.  I’m normally off on Thursdays, although lately I’ve been working long hours grading.  I"ve missed my SnB since late September because I’ve been teaching a SAT prep class on Thursday evenings, which has added to my feeling of Thursdays not being my own.

This week was my first Thursday after finishing the SAT class, and I spent last weekend finishing up my Sequence 2 grading, so I didn’t have much in the way of school prep to do.  Neal and I decided to give the house a good cleaning, and other than my office (which I plan to clean after my shower today), our little home is all glowy and clean. 

Neal just took off to help one of his buds deal with a poaching problem on his land.  It’s 10:30 on a Saturday morning.  My house is pretty much clean, and I’ve got maybe an hour’s worth of work to do for my job and about five hours alone in the house.  I feel so light and free right now.  Having a whole three days ahead of me with only dissertation work to do is amazing.

I can knit and spin without feeling that I’m taking away from other, more critical things that need doing. Hell, I may even do some rug hooking or play with my Weavette.

I guess the crux of things is this:  I’m giddy with the freedom that comes from catching up a bit.

I’ve been feeling another kind of freedom, too: release from UFOs.  Since deciding to join Clean Slate by 2008, I’ve finished two projects and last night frogged a third.   I’ve worked steadily on other UFOs, including some Christmas gifts that won’t be mentioned on the blog. 

Cleanliness, as my dad always said, is, indeed, next to godliness.  I’m off to bask in my catching up afterglow!