Decisions, Decisions

This is a rare weekend for me. I had my son for roughly 24 hours since Friday afternoon, and as of 5:20pm today, he is now back with his grandmother until Monday morning, when she'll drop him off at daycare while I go to my first day of work for the school year. At that point, I'll pick him up in the late afternoon. Till then, I have the house to myself, along with peace and quiet.

One would think that I would have plans for this rare free time, but I don't. I can think of several activities that I can do with my time, which is where my conundrum takes place: I do have a gift card to the Olive Garden that I could use, but I would like to save it for a rainy day, when I REALLY need to get out of the house. Staying home to read a book cover-to-cover is also appealing, as such an opportunity rarely arises. Often, by the day's end, I'm too exhausted to do much but let my brain veg in front of the TV. Besides, my mind is not quiet enough to focus on a book at this time - or I've simply forgotten how to quiet my mind so I can focus on a good book. I could put away the washed laundry that I hung to dry a few days ago. A good movie on DVD is another option. I could also chat on my favorite message board to reconnect with friends whom I seldom get to chat with these days. I'm currently in the middle of reorganizing my photo albums, trying to fit in four or five additional packets of photos with the space I have left. I have an old photo album that needs to be replaced before the acid in the pages damages my old photos, so a new album is needed to replace it. I could also do some baking - baking gluten-free is a learning process, as well as a lesson in chemistry where ingredients are concerned, and I still have trouble getting decent results when baking from scratch.

Decisions, decisions! Whatever I wind up doing, I just want to savor the calm and quiet within these four walls.