Hello From Friday - to do lists, new friends, priorities

I couldn't decide what the naptime priority was on my list of things to do, so I decided to write a blog post first

I wonder if there is some Kendra Adachi / Lazy Genius approach I could use?  I have about 1.5 to 2 hours of nap time at most.  

Laundry does need to be hung up, but it could probably sit in the washer untill tonight, but also it only takes 10 minutes

Hoovering is a good idea because the floor is gross.  But also, the floor will soon be gross again so I may as well wait and do it tonight or over the weekend.

Packing up parcels is needed - I have two big returns to make - but it's so boring.  It probably takes 5 minutes.  But it needs to be done by 4:30 so I can make it to the post office before it closes.  

Budget it getting out of control... usually I update twice a month but I haven't done October.  There are a lot of receipts on a magnet on the fridge (we keep not obvious receipts so I can code them correctly)

I want to write a blog post, so this is what I'm doing first

Andy is in charge of recycling, but there seems to be a growing collection of glass on the windowsill and the recycling is full (and smells somewhat like fish, oops).  But also, if I wait until tonight then he can do it.

I think the order will be Blog, Packing Parcels, Hang Laundry, Do Budget.

But then I start thinking... shouldn't I do a workout? Yoga? Strength?  I could do a 20 minute sprint on the peloton... but it would be better to start that sooner so that twins don't wake up during it.  I don't mind them waking up when I'm in the middle of tidying.  I do mind if it's 10 minutes into a 15 minute workout. 

Or I could sit down and read my book.  Or just sit down and relax? Have a cup of tea and a pumpkin biscuit? My mom brought me Pumpkin Joe Joes from Trader Joes and I am savouring each of them

Random aside - Trader Joes is the shop I miss most in the USA.  Other shops on the list - REI, Whole Foods, and New Seasons (a grocery store in the Portland area).

On a totally different note, I had a very bloggable story morning.

The story starts over the summer, when I met a really nice couple at a not-local park but they lived locally to us.  They had a daughter the same age as the twins, and they had lived in the USA for 5 years.  I thought they seemed really cool but I didn't ask for their phone numbers because I felt like that was quite forward for a random park meet, and also I knew I didn't really have much free time to make friends.

Recently I've thought of them a few times as I now have Fridays off work and still don't know many people with two year olds.

This morning I went to a local super cute soft play and there was a guy who looked oddly familiar and so did his daughter, and of course it was the guy I met at the park! I told him I wished I had got his wife's number, and then we swapped numbers and he seemed very keen to meet up again as he and his wife have alternate Fridays off.  I'm not sure we will be best friends but I am so pleased I ran into them again.

When we first met them I told Andy I wished I had gotten their number and he said "well you will probably see them again and then you can get numbers" and he was right.  And honestly, I thought about how if I was on facebook or WhatsApp or other things I could have probably digitally connected before now, but this way felt so cool and organic in a way that the digital world would not.

Then at the soft play a mom said she thought she knew me from the local climbing centre, and I remembered her and we had a great chat and it turns out she used to own an run a vegan restaurant I loved! We did not swap numbers but I hope I'll run into her again sometime as well.  It was cool to feel like there is a community of lovely people around.  I sometimes feel like potential friends are everywhere.

Here are Aubrey & Clara enjoying snack at the soft play:

Now it's 1:30 and I better crack on with my to do list.  I just realized I forgot to add planning to the list.  But I did update my dream naptime to do list and it turns out I have 2 hours of dreams to accomplish and 1 hour left.  I did also realize that I pretty much have to choose between weekly planning / Budget vs. doing sport...

In good news, there's not really a wrong decision.

Do you end up with random difficult to prioritize to do lists?  If you moved away from where you live, what store would you miss the most?  Do you like Pumpkin Joe-Joes?