Positively Tuesday- It's Been a Week

      I've been up. I've been down. I've been sideways it seems. Vacation time? What's that? I'm envious of people that have jobs that when they go on vacation, nothing needs to be thought of. There's no work piling up, or chances you'll still need to go to the office ( virtual or not) to sort something out or keep something moving. I'm very frustrated that someone is ignoring an established timeline, only considering their schedule, and it's going to leave me both scrambling this week, and the week I'm supposed to have time off. But, it's Tuesday so the point is to keep life positive and find those joys and simple pleasures. 

Tuesday: Puppy class did not go well for me, but daughter had better luck with him listening. I struggle with the long leesh, but also was mentally not all there after a hard work day. But he's coming along. He learned, and we need to practice, more patience. We weren't sure when the rain would shift to freeze and snow, so daughter stayed over. She got her car oil changed in the morning too, so a safety item checked from her to do list.  

Wednesday: My daughter worked until about 1 from my dining room and the we had a quick lunch together. She and puppy went home to finish her work day and be ahead of snow fall. Just two of us at trivia, but a couple from church joined us for a bit the second half. Surprisingly, even though our score was lower than some nights, we finished first. I tried the new Winterberry hard seltzer and it was delicious. 

Thursday: It was a winter snow globe and neither DH or I had to leave the house, though we both did rounds one and two of shoveling, and pup got walked. I made soup during a morning break, and supper was a conglomerate of leftovers, and or soup, so easy relaxing night. 

Friday: I had a no show for my first interview for the position that's been vacant since May, so disappointing, but not going to worry. I enjoyed the gathering at the new office, seeing people I haven't in person in nearly three years and a few who started after we began remote work. It was nice. DH and I had a quiet night at home with pup. I made burgers and steak fries and we watched Elf. My son got his flights worked out for the 4th-11th and got messages that my daughter arrived safely to London. 

Saturday: After icing my knee, it felt almost good. During the horrendous first half of the Vikings game I moved cars and did another round of shoveling, as we had more light snow, plus places that needed more work from Thursday. Getting that done so DH wouldn't need to felt good as he'd had to deal with snow removal at work for two days. He surprised me and got off work early and we watched the 4th quarter 39 point turn around to see the Vikings win. Later,  I had a nice sleepover night at my daughter's, seeing her cute house and new touches. I slept in her guest room instead of kicking her out of her own bed as she's had me do before, and the mattress bought last month instead of the air mattress was comfy. She eventually wants a full or queen bed in there, but it works for a single guest. 

Sunday: The little fundraiser was cute. Grandpuppy was curious and not the best poser for photos, too much going on, but she got a few adorable shots. He barked a bit, but was not scared of other dogs, just the opposite. He wanted to greet and see everyone. If you're a dog person, the coming and going of different breeds would be your thing. My daughter bought an ornament to be made with his picture. I used a local grocery store to buy and get my Christmas Eve ham sliced for Saturday. It won't be as tasty as bone in, but will be easier to cook and transport, and ready for sandwiches. 

Monday: Work was productive on other things, but still nothing passed my way for review for the big project, but there's a meeting scheduled.  A few presents got wrapped. My daughter's been doing check-ins with me so I know she's still good in London. She heads back to Spain early tomorrow meeting up with her Minnesota college friends. It was fun seeing her Instagram shots from Morocco. Here's one I borrowed. Amazing that my little girl was part of that parade! 

     That's things that passed for joys or smiles in the past week. I need to cast off the work frazzle and enjoy my time offline better, so doing some holiday treat making tonight should help. We've got winter storm warnings coming tomorrow, and I hope that doesn't mean trivia will be cancelled. I'd guess I'd the host can make it, it'll still happen, but my friends might want to stay put. I hope you truly experienced some positives this week.