breathe

am i the only person who feels like it's been a few months since christmas, not almost-three weeks?  goodness.  i feel like this year is flying by, but i suppose that realistically it's not.  (not that i'm complaining, but i think the 50* sunny weather with a feel of spring in it is adding to that feeling.  i'll change my tune come the march/april snowstorms.)

we did end up getting a new washing machine last weekend - on friday, i called the repair guy and he said he thought it was likely the drain (or something like that) and would be about $160 to fix.  long story short, we hit up three scratch and dent appliance places late saturday afternoon and ended up with a top loading high efficiency fisher & paykel elba machine from the sears outlet that was on the rebate list - and better yet, it was only $450 before rebate, bringing it down to $300 (plus tax) after rebate!  yes, i would absolutely rather been able to continue using our old washer, but i think this was a good decision given the circumstances.  we did a few loads of laundry tuesday night, and so far i give it two thumbs up.  it's not quite as sexy/flashy as a shiny front loading machine, but it's efficient and it works - cycle times are a few minutes longer (and certainly shorter than a front loader), but drying time is shorter because of the high rpm spin cycles.  and, you know, it does its job of cleaning our clothes and hopefully lowering our bills.

this week has been an odd mix of responsibility and fun: actually mostly busy at work, which is a nice change of pace; lots of fun evenings out - tutoring monday, then hanging out with miranda to watch gilmore last night and meeting girls for coffee tonight; but conversely not much time at home so i feel like i have projects lining up there, and that i want a night to just chill at home with scott.  this weekend is the missions retreat for church, with meetings friday night and allll day saturday - then after church sunday, one of scott's former coworkers is coming over for some help with a project (he's still consulting for them), and we're hosting small group that night.  i'm currently trying to remind myself to breathe and enjoy life as it comes, rather than looking to the next event or trying to find a week with no plans on the calendar.