five things Friday: day off edition

Peter is currently coming off a 20-day stretch with no full day off... And by the end of this week, I think we've both pretty much reached our breaking points. Everyone needs a day off of course, but people who work that many days in a row of getting up really early and working really long hours and having little to no personal time seriously need a day off more often than that. I come out much better in this scenario of course, having worked normal work-from-home person hours that leave plenty of time to enjoy book clubs, outings with friends, lots of sunshine and exercise, etc. in the past few weeks, but even though I've had plenty to entertain myself with, having a spouse gone that many hours gets quite wearing. And I start to get whiny about not getting to go out to dinner together and sit on patios in the warm weather like other people. And complain about having to be in charge of dog walking. Every. Day. (And write blog posts moaning and groaning about it all.)

  I'm not the only one who misses Peter when he has to work this much!

Thus we've been very much looking forward to this full Saturday off (sad to say it's back to the hospital bright and early on Sunday) and a chance to just do normal married people without kids Saturday things together. So this Friday, the top 5 priorities for our Saturday:

1. Sleeping in: not hard to do for someone who gets up well before 6 every day
2. Going out for breakfast: our most favorite day off activity
3. Taking walks with Ginger: it's more fun together - when Peter holds the leash!
4. Catching up on the DVR: it'll be comedy night around here with Modern Family and 30 Rock
5. Working on the yard: starting some spring cleanup, also more fun together

Happy weekend!