Today was my last day of vacation before heading back to work tomorrow. It was a pleasant week, overall. My wife and I travelled for a few days (we did the final closedown of the lake house for the year and also went to see my grandmother in Cozad, NE), but most of the time we spent at home--fall yard work, house cleaning, some work on the truck and so forth filled my time.
My wife painted the living room on Friday. She used a color called "Kitten Fluff" which is a medium-shade beige color. It's a good color and compliments the room nicely. I gave her a hard time about the name of the color, though. "Kitten Fluff" indeed!
Of course, with painting comes moving of furniture, which, in turn, brings cleaning. The house, as a result, got a pretty good cleaning. Not the best, but definitely much needed. We felt so good about it, we invited my parents over to watch the Nebraska/Iowa State game on TV on Saturday night. Nebraska won, so it was a good day.
And now, on the eve of going back to work, Fall has arrived in force. Temperatures have fallen and it's turned cloudy and potentially wet. Cold and wet are on tap for the next several days. In fact, I just noticed the first leaves turning colors on the Silver Maple tree in our front yard (usually the first tree in our yard to turn each year), so I have leaf cleanup to look forward to here in the next few weeks. My wife purchased a leaf blower/vacuum the other day though, so I look forward to using that to clean up those leaves.
So, back to work tomorrow. Hopefully I go into it with a fresh attitude and an excitement I haven't felt in a while. We'll see what happens.
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