Next Friday is the annual Girls' Holiday Lunch, which came about the same year when life got in the way of doing our annual Girls' Poconos Weekend. I asked my mom if she would mind staying on the extra day to watch Houdini while I did the unthinkable (to my mind) and took a day off to do the lunch (and, as it turns out, the movie we usually go to as well--I was going to skip that and come home early but my mom said absolutely not and I should do the whole thing). I am trying not to think about it too much, for fear something will go wrong and I will end up not going, but I can't help but feel a bit thrilled that I get a day out to myself, all to myself. Oh, I know I will probably call every hour to check in and make sure Houdini is staying fairly on track and I'll probably even sneak out of the movie on the pretext of going to the bathroom to call. Even knowing all that can't take the shine off the fact that I will have about 6 hours where I don't have to work and I don't have to hover anxiously, anticipating the next feeding. I almost don't know if I can take it. Almost.
Right on the heels of that day, I have blocked off half a day the following week on what I know will be a slow work day to play hooky and go for a lunch and movie for two. I know, two days of fun and games; what is the world coming to? I need to have these two days, though, otherwise I don't think I can hold up much longer.
Did I mention I plan to drink as much as I dare (without getting sick) on both days? As much as I would have liked to, I haven't been drinking much of anything these past few months, because I basically have to be awake about 20 hours of the day to maximize the number of opportunities to feed Houdini (in other words, I've been on the newborn schedule again, only this time there's no finite length to how long it will go on). Knowing how I react when I drink after a long period of not doing so, I'll have to keep it to one type (i.e beer or wine or similarly made mixed drinks) and realistically no more than 20 oz (always with the measurements these days), despite my wish to booze it up. I've been looking through our bartending book to see what sounds good (a lot, would be the answer) and jotting down some new to me drinks.
Such an exciting life I lead--the highlight of my week is figuring out what to drink at a lunch almost two weeks from now.
