Weekends...

So much accomplished and not...
First... ecstatic that I can now comment on everyone's blog at school! Must be because Mr. M re-programmed my computer! Hooray! So I will be commenting on the blogs tomorrow morning because I am pooped and need a nap.
Second... I despise getting to Hoboken too late! All set with the Canon to take my first shots at a show with the DSLR - apparently the only way to be taken seriously when shooting at a show! - and hubby is stuck late at work because of some sponsor problem. We don't leave the house until 8.30 pm. Well, you know what that means in Hoboken on a Friday night. NO parking!!! Oh, sure we could have paid $20 for a far away garage but on principle I refuse to. I am not one of the typical alcoholic yuppies or frat boys looking to get drunk. I just wanted a nice dessert at Vivian Girls show at Maxwell's. Sigh... So we went to a Greek cafe I know and were the only people there not orange and muscular, listened to really loud bad techno but had SUPER Mexican hot chocolate and raspberry filled crepes. Mmmmm...
Third... great weather + free time on a Saturday = me in the garden. Finished weeding the tree saplings from the backyard. I do it by hand; no pesticides; no motorized anything. As I am pulling the last of the weeds, my neighbour turns on his obnoxiously loud, expensive, gas-powered weed whacker. I felt oh so smug knowing I can pull my weeds and trim my lawn by hand or with hand tools and a push reel mower that does not guzzle a fossil fuel and smell up the 'hood. Yup, my garden looks great and it is all chemical free! Trimmed some bushes, weeded the alleyway behind the yard and trimmed the dead from the lemon scented thyme. There is still so much more to do but that's what spring is for.
Fourth... went to a gallery opening with six photographers' work. Nice stuff. Made a quick dash out because there was a fellow from high school there that still gives me the creeps... Walked to get dessert and then walked home for movie night on Thirteen. "To Have and Have Not" was supposed to be a great script and great movie made from Hemingway's self-professed worst story. Well, the movie was bad. Slow, awkward dialogue, and just ick. Liked Bogart and Bacall, just a bad movie.
Fifth... as a result of the yard work, massive allergy attack thus not much sleep. Need for a nap, pronto.

Today, rest and computer. I find this pull with Spring to not go on the computer. I want to be outside gardening or sitting by the open window reading. Plop a cassette in the walkman and weed to my heart's content. Get things done with music in the background at all times. Can't wait to put the cushions on the chairs and spend all day outside.

And yes, I do not own an mp3 player. My walkman suits me just fine!