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How to make weekends last?

January 28th, 2008 at 05:50 pm

It seems that we look forward to weekend and it passes in a blink.
Take this weekend: Sat - went to the store to fix ski boot problem, went out to dinner, a short trip to the store to buy something I needed for a while, came home, cleaned up kitchen and washed floors in half of the apartment.
Sun - friends came over, I cooked waffles for breakfast for everyone, than played Wii, stepped out to ship Wii that sold on ebay(after all the fees I only made $65 profit on it), went out for nice dinner with everyone, came back(with everyone), made some pina-coladas, played more Wii, sorted the laundry.

So now I have to go to work again. The laundry is still undone(it involves 3 trips to the laundromat and therefore entire evening). Half the apartment that I did not have time to clean is messy. There is a sink full of dishes (and we don't have washing machine - NYC apartment). I did not study Chinese, did not mail return to the amazon, did not find a stub to claim missing airline miles, did not do a million of other things.

We spend a lot of money going out, but getting home hungry after 8 pm is not fun. To shop, to plan, to cook... I want to relax on weekends - but stuff builds up.

3 Responses to “How to make weekends last?”

  1. denisentexas Says:
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    You could always do a little bit of small batch cooking so that dinner could be ready in a jif and you wouldn't have to go out. Also, you might think about selling on craigslist or in the local paper rather than ebay if you end up with another Wii.

  2. Beany Says:
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    Waking up early will stretch your weekend. When I had to use the laundromat, we usually tried to do our laundry on Friday nights after work. The laundromat was usually less busy, and despite the exhaustion at the end, it was one less thing to worry about over the weekend. Using a crockpot is also helpful. It doesn't take much place, and you can cook things during the night while sleeping - which is what I tend to do.

  3. moi aussi Says:
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    Egh! Hate the laundromats on the weekends. Seriously I wanted to b**ch slap someone at my laundromat the other weekend. It's like a war over who's getting the next available machine??!! I try to do mine on week nights (late) or early in the morning on weekends. I hate doing laundry. I HATE. HATE. I hate that I haven't got my own washer and dryer in the apartment. It is one of the reason that will help me decide to move out of nyc. Yes it's that bad.

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