Where did the weekend go?

Why is it that weekends go so fast? And why is it that I still have so much to do?

It's my first weekend home in a few weeks and it's the beginning of a long stretch at home, so getting "it all done" is less of an issue, but I still wonder where the time goes!

Much of my Sunday was spent around my house, which I love. But sometimes it is more than I want to manage. Really I just wanted to spend some part of today sitting on the couch reading my book. Why didn't I?

Well there's kale - two bunches - to be dealt with (and I didn't get to that). I roasted the dozen or so chile's I had and then made Chile Verde. Into the freezer it'll go for a cold night in the coming weeks. Thank goodness I had an extra hour today because I roasted those chile's before running with the girls at Red Rock Canyon. And if I hadn't? Not sure I'd have actually gotten it done!

First run with the girls in a while. Matter of fact, first run in quite a long time. After the crazy storm earlier in the week, today dawned a gorgeous day - too warm, in fact, for the capri's I had on. Oh well.

And after the run, it was time to finish dealing with the chili's, go to the grocery store, throw in another load of laundry, and cut down all the dead flowers from the summer. The intent was to rake and bag them too, but well, you see where I left them to come in and make a salad for the dinner party I am headed to shortly.

It's been a gift of a weekend - filled with authentic and meaningful friends. Friday night dinner, Saturday's hike along the still snowy High Line Canal in Littleton with a friend I hadn't seen in too long. I came home to bake a pumpkin chocolate cake to take to Alyssa and Tad's to spend a quiet Halloween. And then of course, there is all that has happened today.

And there is all that is still to be done: raking all the leaves and dead foliage, cleaning gutters, folding that laundry, vacuuming and cleaning the house. I did manage to put the Paper White bulbs in a vase - so they'll bloom in a December - when it's cold and the world seems dormant. But it is days like today that I wish for a little help. I love my house and Sydney loves her yard, but it's days like today that I'd love to share this house - share the chores so they'd get done faster and there would be time for another adventure and, of course, all the other things on my list....