Saturday, March 9, 2013

Taking Back Saturday

Today's the last day of my Saturday volunteer coaching gig until October rolls around. For twenty weeks out of the year, I either leave the house before 8AM and head down to Manhattan to teach, then head straight to work, or I head down to Manhattan straight from work... either way, I don't spend a lot of time at home on Saturdays from October to March. As much as I love it when October rolls around and the program begins, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't equally happy when March rolls around and we have our closing exercises. Today, I will leave work in about half an hour, rush home to shower and put on some decent clothing, then head down on the subway to coach two classes and then attend the post-program luncheon and awards ceremony. Next week, I will have time to hit the brewery on Saturday, or to hit the bar after working the midnight shift (last call is 4AM) and sleep late, or to generally goof off. It's my time once again...

In seven months, it'll be back to Saturday spent away from home. The kids will all be about three inches taller than they are when I part company with them today. I'll be happy to see them, and happy to put in another twenty weeks, but I will have relished the thirty-two weeks of free Saturday mornings.

7 comments:

M. Bouffant said...

I hope you're catching up on sleep at this very moment.

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Nah, still at work, old chum! Hey, it's the four o'clock hour in L.A., are you still up from last night, or up before the crack of dawn?

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I got up and walked the d.a.w.g., etc.

Hoping to drive up to W.V. today, meself.

Pics to come (hopefully).
~

mikey said...

Me? I'm going to make a Trader Joes run and clean the bathroom.

Because life, I has one. Sort of...

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Laura said...

Holy crap! It's over again already?
Time is just flying by. It seems like only a couple of months ago you were saying it was finished!
It's been a year?

Enjoy having your Saturday's back! :)

((Hugs))
Laura

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

I got up and walked the d.a.w.g., etc.

DAWG O'Clock!

Me? I'm going to make a Trader Joes run and clean the bathroom.

Are wasabi peas in your future?

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But you can't dance to it, nonny spambot.

Holy crap! It's over again already?
Time is just flying by. It seems like only a couple of months ago you were saying it was finished!
It's been a year?


Yeah, pretty much. Soon, I'll be putting up my annual "watching froggies gettin' freaking" post.