countdown

It is Monday. Next Monday Liz will be here... and before she gets here I must

go to work four more days and try to teach the kindergartners something and right now it is very difficult to get excited about basic shapes
sit through hours of parent teacher conferences
clean my extra bedroom/storeroom/sort-of studio
make reservations or at least firmish plans about where we will go
tell my walking group that I will be gone a couple days
lay a flagstone patio at youngest daughter's house
finish my book Blessed Unrest
clean my desk

obviously I am having a little trouble just living in the moment right now.