a time and a place

I'm curious - am I the only one to feel this way about certain chores? I was just vacuuming at 9.30 pm (21.30- Thijs put us on military/European time) and I just feel that this is not the time for that particular chore, certainly not on a Sunday evening.

On the other hand, ironing feels to me like a typical evening chore. Then I started thinking about this whole time and place thing, and it occurred to me that my mom would mostly iron in the evenings (at least, as far as I recall) and do the vacuuming in the mornings (per example, there are other chores of course).

Last Thursday was Independence Day and my love and I celebrated this together (our first one without kids) with a nice walk and lots of relaxing. I worked the next two days, which made for an non-traditional weekend experience. I felt that I had a lot of catching up to do today, hence perhaps the odd timing of vacuuming and all. But really, it is not like I do all that much on a regular Saturday...

Still I managed to finally finish my two-at-a-time-upside-down socks, and I enjoyed watching fabulous tennis matches on TV (while taking up my lazy knitting blanket again).

The girls keep us somewhat updated on their cross-country adventure, and the news is all positive so far. Thijs has been spending time with his girlfriend, various friends, and work, and we don't see him all that much either. So we are getting some practice in this empty -and quiet- nest thing.