It occurred to me today that I start thinking about the weekend earlier and earlier in the week these days; I'll be honest, sometimes I start thinking about the coming weekend on Monday and...Well, I'm ok with it as I like having something to look forward to.
It's Thursday today so my weekend-thoughts feel completely vindicated, it is the end of my work day now so only Friday remains before the weekend arrives. Bring it, I say...Come at me weekend!
You may be wondering what the G-dog has planned for this weekend, or maybe not...Either way it's my blog and can write what I like so, weekendy-thoughts it is!
This weekend happens to be a special one for Faith and I for three reasons:
- It's the weekend and weekends are always special
- It's Faith's birthday on the Saturday
- It's our wedding anniversary on the same day as her birthday
Unfortunately we have a few dark clouds hanging overhead in life at the moment; If you follow my blog you'll know what I mean, however we're going to make the best of the weekend; We've been together for 33 years and married for 27 of them this Saturday so...That doesn't happen by being the types to give in.
On Saturday morning Faith and I are heading to a favourite spot for breakfast together with a good friend of ours whose birthday is a couple days after Faith's. She has no one to celebrate with so we invited her along with us. It's nothing special, just a really nice café not too far from home, a good hearty breakfast and some conversation, a few laughs courtesy of me because I'm a funny bugger.
From there we're heading to collect Faith's mum and are going to the zoo. I know, probably not what you expected, but it's going to be a sunny day of 25°C and it's been a long time since Faith's mum has been there. It seemed a good idea.
On Saturday night we're going to have dinner at home with my mother in-law, just the three of us; I'm doing the cooking. It won't be a super-inspiring dinner, not because I'm the cook, but because my mother in-law is on a very strict diet of only a few particular things; This is in preparation for a cancer operation happening soon and out of respect to her we'll eat the same foods. We won't have a birthday cake either, she can't eat it and so we won't either.
When I asked Faith about her birthday on Saturday she insisted I don't make a fuss. This is normal as neither of us like the spotlight or a fuss being made over us, especially for our birthdays; It's always been this way. We don't do the birthday gift thing either to be honest as we get what we need throughout the year and don't need much. So, it's more about togetherness; This is especially important this year as we do not know what the future holds for my mother in-law.
When we discussed what we might do Faith said, I just want to spend the day with mum as it may be my last birthday with her around. It made me sad; The words, the fact she had to say them and the sadness, disappointment and helplessness I know she feels. It makes me feel a little helpless also, the fact I sometimes don't know what to say, however I think just being with her and supportive is all she needs.
So, that's pretty much the weekend for us. Sunday is a free day and we'll decide what happens when it presents itself, or something takes our fancy; It could be a hike, taking the yaks out, kayaks, staying home and reading or watching movies...We'll know it when it happens.
How about you hivers? What's on the agenda this weekend? Tell me about it below, and if you're keen drop a post in the Engage the weekend Community - A community dedicated to the weekend!
Oh, just in case you don't know...The #weekend-engagement topic is due out late Friday afternoon (as long as Hard Fork 24 doesn't bugger everything up), so take a look...I've made it an easy topic this week, one that literally everyone should be able to get involved with.
I hope your week has been a good one and that you've got something great planned for the weekend.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised.
Be well
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