Compressed Days are the Best Days

Monday, Monday. The last day of the long weekend. But not for me! I'm off tomorrow too, and the previously dismal weather forecast has improved to 16 and sunny.

A day off in the middle of the week is so sweet. Traffic is light. Going out in public when everyone else at work = no lines. You are finally forced to do things you've been saying you'll do 'on the weekend', for ages.

My to-do list:

• awaken early for an appointment with a contractor for a quote on some landscaping we need done in the front. We're hoping to get a new path put in between the street and our front door, the retaining wall in the front rebuilt, and some gravel laid down the side of the house where the weeds are presently out of control.
• go to Safeway and Superstore and get the various deals at each. Usually Superstore is a nightmare and I avoid it, but I do love me some PC products and it should be quiet on a Tuesday morning.
• go to Rona and pick up mineral oil and stain. We bought new patio furniture and want to stain our 2 deck chairs to match:

• I would also like to go out shopping for plants. But I will have no time because I have to...
• Complete assignments/study for school. I'm down to the wire on 2 courses and have 2 assignments to complete as well as 2 exams to write by the end of May

I'm excited to be done with these (boring) courses and start 2 new ones. I'll be taking Employment Law and challenging the exam for Administrative Law over the summer. I've received the texts and materials and it looks much more palatable than Professional Ethics and Business Communications (not that they've been hard, exactly, just a bit mind numbing. Ethics in particular.)