Preparations

I am spending the weekend aiding Herself in preparations for the upcoming week. On Tuesday, Herself will be having relatively routine surgery to remove an ill-tempered and uncooperative internal organ, and she wants to be absolutely certain that the household will continue to run smoothly while she is at the hospital as well as at home recuperating.

Today, we accomplished the following tasks: we visited the bank; went to the pharmacy; shopped for food and arranged the cabinets and the fridge; packed lunches for all of the Offspring for the upcoming week and stored the lunches in the spare fridge in the garage; cleaned the small pet cages; worked on the mountain of laundry; stopped by Herself’s parents’ house to ensure that the pool was filled and fresh flowers were placed in the kitchen, since they will be arriving tomorrow; and wrote up the daily schedule so that Herself’s parents or Beloved will be aware of the intricate dance needed to get all the Offspring to and from school in a timely manner. Midway through, we paused to bake muffins for Herself’s Beloved’s high school friends who stopped by for a very pleasant visit. Oh, and we took a small but well-deserved nap.

Tomorrow, we will ensure that all of the household bills have been paid, and will go over Herself’s work docket to make sure that there is nothing lingering that will need to be addressed. Only once these tasks have all been accomplished, will Herself be able to relax and move forward comfortably.

It is good that it has been so busy, as it has allowed very little time for worrying about the various remote possibilities associated with surgery. Even writing them down seems to be an unwise idea, as if the printed words would somehow lead to bad karma. Let us hope, therefore, that all goes well and smoothly, and that the recovery will be easy.