Happy Dance for Long Weekends!

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I'm doing a little happy dance today, for our long weekend. Unlike government offices, though, we are open on Easter Monday. Still, three days off is great. And with no bus service (and nothing open) tomorrow, I haven't any excuses for not doing work in the house. (I'm sure I'll manage to think of something.)

Mr. Handyman hasn't been back, though I do have a long "honey do" list, and I'll be at Rona again on Saturday. That "to do" list keeps getting longer and longer!

I was thinking last weekend that it would have been so nice to have had someone handy in my life, someone who could do all this work for free (partner/friend/relative). But then I thought that there's always a price to pay. It might not be money, but it could be sex or cooking and cleaning or generally putting up with a putz. Something. Frankly, I'd rather pay a handyman in dollars, thanks very much--that's the easiest price to pay, IMO.

So, I'm not in long johns today, but I could be...We had a bit of sleet when I was coming into the office just before 7AM. It's about 10 to 12 degrees below the norm for this time of year. I find it amazing that I saw dandelions earlier this week and that daffodils are starting to bloom now. They're hardier than I am.

Work is work. I had a full morning training session yesterday and for once it was just what I needed, so not a waste of time or boring.

Oh, and a co-worker and I are getting new desktop computers--just the towers, we don't need monitors. Ours are so outdated that they have only 40 Gigs of storage, and mine, at least, freezes more than it functions. The computers are in stock at the campus computer store, they should be here either later today or more likely Monday afternoon. Plus, I've been so stingy with our non-salary budget that we have about $7K to spend. Impossible to use it all up by year end (April 30th), but at least we can get a few things we've been holding off on. If only I managed my personal funds that conservatively!

So that's been my "exciting" week. I haven't been out with my camera, so no floral snapshots to share. Just a few shots of the boys yesterday, in the soggy back space.

I'll wish you all a great Easter weekend now, since I'm not sure how much I'll be on-line till next week. (I do have a couple of posts scheduled for Fuzzy Tales, however, one for Friday and one for Sunday.)