2 posts tagged “holidays”
Happy Fourth!
I love fireworks! What is it about them? Can't see any live this year, so I am enjoying vicariously, thanks to YouTube.
Pearl
It's already noon, and my day is shot.
I was planning to be out and about, doing errands I have been putting off. Monday is a half-day at Tolbiac, so it is always a non-library morning in my schedule. I have simply started using Monday morning as a time to complete errands that need "weekday" effort and places--like the post office--that I can start over the weekend.
Unfortunately, I got a kink in my plan, waiting on emails from state-side colleagues that will need to be handled as soon as I get them. So I am sitting here, watching the clock (they're still asleep over in the Mountain Time Zone). I know I could probably go out and do some errands, but that is simply irritating to me, after careful planning. I'd be hustling to ge tback, check the email, take care of this pressing business, and not taking the time to focus on the shopping or errands. Only completing three or four tasks on my list means that tomorrow I'll have to put in another half-day: I'd just rather wait and do it all tomorrow. The bonus: museums will be open, and I can add two of the shows I was planning to see next Saturday to my list. Yes!
In other words, Tuesday will be an all-day shopping/errand/museum extravaganza.
OK, maybe I can't be piqued any more. (Maybe I can!)
And in fact I can find plenty to do here in the studio (mopping floors, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, packing a few more items into the still-empty suitcases, Xmas shopping on-line--oh, and let's not forget about reading, researching, examining/analyzing my research material, and starting my syllabi for next semester). Or in the 'burb (cafe visit with my new book THE HISTORIAN, walking in The Bois, checking out the very good local bookstore, for instance).
So... my point? I guess that I need to rearrange my schedule and get on with it.
Here's some more Xmas photos from a florist in the 'burb, taken yesterday as I walked to market.
All of the florists have a few trees. They park them next to their door or in the street by the curb. There are also wreaths, boughs, and a few obviously stylized decorating accessories. The big trees are embedded in birch half-moons, which I suppose makes them sturdier as they stand. I presume you plonk the whole stand into water; otherwise these would never make it to the Day. I'll post more pictures as I take them.
Pearl
