My Lonely Day of Silence

Duane left last night with Kevan for another wedding photoshoot in Fernie.
He actually left before I even got home from work, and I didn't know he was going that soon! I thought he was driving out this morning. What do I know? I'm just the wife. Whatever.
So I was rather bored last night with no plans, thinking I was going to be hanging out with Duane at least for a bit while we ate dinner...before he'd take off to do editing or some other photo-related activity. I guess not. I didn't even eat dinner. No appetite. Lately I haven't had much of an appetite at all, except on my morning break from work. Then I don't really care to eat. Weird, eh? I LOVE food! Oh well. I sat down and ended up editing pictures just for the heck of it for a few hours, and watched a bit of a movie. Then in my boredom was checking Facebook(where I had announced that I was alone and bored on a Friday night), and Katie and Evelyn invited me over to watch a lame movie with them. They had turned it off even before I arrived. That was okay...I just needed to do SOMETHING. Even just hanging out and chatting. But we watched Everybody Loves Raymond. I hadn't really watched it before...just not one of the shows I got into, primarily because of the lack of cable on my TV! It was pretty funny stuff! We had a few good laughs, and I had a short snuggle with Makenna, and then I went home. I ran a few errands on my way back, and then stayed up until almost 1 o'clock! Yikes. My eyelids were pretty heavy...and I think stinging from me having to force them open to stare at the computer screen.
It was nice not waking up until noon today! What a grand sleep I had! I felt SO in need of a good sleep, not dreading waking up the next morning to go work with someone I REALLY dislike, like the sleeps I've had in the last two weeks. In case you didn't know...my regular driver at work has been off on holidays for the last two weeks, and I was stuck with a driver who I have strong negative feelings towards...as he had signed up for the shift when it came available. He isn't aware of my feelings. Just ask Duane...I come home an angry woman and ready to chew anyone's head off. It's really rather unfortunate. This guy just rubs me the wrong way and sends me home at the end of the day totally on edge, and I HATE it! Oohhh...just now, even thinking about him is making my heart palpatate...gggrrrr!!Anyway, thank goodness my driver will be back on Monday. Hallelujah! Sorry for the random rant!
Back to the sleeping in. It was simply fabulous! I woke up with the strong urge to clean(that's odd)...so I got the water ready for dishes and then checked Facebook. Shortly after that, my urge to clean severely dwindled! Go figure. A friend had sent me a link to an online site with one of my fav TV shows that I haven't had the chance to watch without cable...so I sat and watched an entire episode before I remembered about my dishes! I went and did a few, made coffee, heated up my bean bag, and sat and watched another episode while sipping my coffee and soothing my sore neck(I fell in the shower the other day...who DOES that??). And for breakfast? I can't remember...I think I ate a banana. Yeah, that whole lack of appetite thing...
Once the second episode was over, I finished dishes and swept a bit. I did a bit of bathroom cleaning, and folded some sheets left over from last weeks laundry. Nope, didn't get this week's laundry done...didn't vacuum, and I didn't take out the recycling! I did, however, throw the bags of leaves into the car and run them down to the park to the leaf drop-off place. Now all I need to do is bag up the rest of the leaves and take them down too. That was a bit too ambitious of a task for my lazy, silent day...so I didn't do it. I've spent a LOT of time on the computer...mostly watching TV show episodes(catching up, you know!), and thinking about eating, then deciding I wasn't hungry.



Here's what I DID end up doing...




I chased the sunset.

Sitting in my living room, I noticed that the light outside was REALLY nice...then I thought to myself, "that's some really nice light..you should go watch the sunset!" So I did. I wasn't sure where to go, 'cause I've gone to Nose Hill Park for a walk alone while Duane's been away before...I've gone to the Bow River Pathway down by Shouldice Park for a walk alone while Duane's been away, and I didn't want to have to drive forever or I'd miss it. So I decided to go to Bearspaw Dam down by the river near the edge of the city. I thought I had lots of time, but it turned out that most of my pictures had to be taken while driving there. It was quite neat, actually. There was definitely some precipitation in the clouds that was never reaching us! But you could see it! It gave the clouds a neat look. It was quite chilly out, so I walked down by the river for a short bit when I got there, took a few pics before the light wasn't so good anymore, and gave up walking all the way to the Dam since the sunset was pretty much over, and not overly spectacular in the end. I like sunsets regardless, but I've seen better, and I was just too cold! And I was alone...not sure how safe that area is, and what kind of characters hang out around there at night. So I left and drove home. I think it's about time to pull myself away from this addictive computer, and head to bed. I'm really quite proud of myself for disciplining myself not to talk all day, and just to have some real quiet time. Some of you probably think it's not possible for me to be quiet for a whole day, but I did it! :)

~K~