So different from last Saturday!

"Saturday, Saturday, Ooh I Like my Saturdays,

Two thirds off long distance every Saturday

I like my Saturday, to call my friends who moved away.

la, la, la la, that's not all

I call my friends for two thirds off!"

That's a TV commercial jingle from my childhood

Before unlimited calling or Skyping across the world

Funny how they stay with you.

Then, I liked Saturdays because there was no school

We had Saturday morning Bugs Bunny, Flintstones and the Jetsons

Then the whole day to play outside

That's what I remember anyways. 

Nowadays, Saturday is my one day off.

Last Saturday was aforewritten the cleaning frenzy.

This Saturday, no such thing.

I was up till the wee hours of the morning,

So sleeping 'till 9:30 was not completely insane.

Never mind the fact that I only got up 'cause I kept dreaming I had to pee

And couldn't find a bathroom

When I crawled out of bed and padded to the bathroom,

It turned out the dog had much the same idea,

and needed to pee.

After we got back, I sat on the couch to scratch (me, not the dog, mind you!)

and wonder what I would do for the day.

Should I turn the TV on so I could do my knitting?

Make a coffee and start a new book?

After ruminating for an hour

I fell asleep!

Good thing my better half came home just then, and guilt forced me to get up.

I did go make that cuppa

Did drink it back on the couch,

while we discussed my son's truck and what to do about it.

Finally, I decided I better accomplish something.

So I sorted some laundry into his, hers and theirs

So I headed to my office/craft room.

Turns out I did get a lot done,

While listening to internet radio folk music,

I got 4 or 5 pages made of my ornament scrapbook.

Which while it may not sound like much,

Is an accomplishment.

Between that and throwing a pizza in the oven,

I also managed to get some shopping done.

Picked up my cell phone from my friends where it had lain since last Friday
Dead as a doornail.

And even did the dishes.

Now it's 8:30, and the day was not a bust.

Seldom is a day a complete bust!