A Day Off??

My day off. I'm not even sure what that means...even when I don't have students, my days are usually filled with the same responsibilities. But...there are no students scheduled for today and I don't have to cook...more about that in a minute. 

So...what to do today...so much I could do, so much I should do, so much I don't want to do.
1) Pay bills...must be done...no excuses.  
2) Grooming...my nails and feet need some
real attention. Not my favorite chore - would rather do something else. 
3) Groom Suki...she's looking quite mangy what with the warmer weather we had last week, she's shedding and her fur is too long and getting in the mud. Again...not a job I enjoy. 
4) Practice. Either the piano or the organ...both are needed. Today will probably be at the piano since going out to an organ is not something I want to do today either...more about why in a minute. 
5) Catch up on reading. Needed. I'm behind in my Scripture reading and I have two books going right now.
6) Clean house...NAH!
7) Work-out...again...I don't want to, but I've done five days in a row now and I don't want to break my streak...even if I'm not seeing any results.  
8) Go to the grocery store and bank...probably not even though we're out of milk, eggs and apples, all staples in our house...again, I'll explain. 
9) Scrapbook...yes...not my first choice for today but it sounds good. The question is, will there be time once I take care of all these things I NEED to do?? 

I was hoping these questions would not be necessary at all today. I was hoping to jump in the car and take off for either the organ for practice time or into town for Retreat Design weekend...or both! But we woke this morning to see everything iced over from a freezing rain that moved in last night. Fortunately, I took the handrail before trying to go down the porch steps and decided it would be risky to go that way. Much to Suki's confusion, we turned around, went back inside and out the garage door. We could get up to 4" of snow by tonight. 

We've been bailing! The area is experiencing some flooding; fortunately our sump pump is working overtime, but there is a leak in the foundation of the garage and water is coming in the garage at basement level so we have to keep bailing so it doesn't go in the basement. Suki hates to get her feet wet, so I have to pick her up when we go out that way. 

We've been enjoying a new "neighbor". It's one of the four legged neighbors...a deer. It's a young one, but it doesn't seem to

have a lot of fear and it doesn't have a companion. We watched it walk through our front yard last night and dine on some old bird seed Hubby had tossed out at the end of the driveway. It's been quite entertaining watching it walk, unhurried down the middle of the street. Our relationship will change drastically though once the garden goes in...NO DEER ALLOWED!! 

So why do I not have to cook today?? First of all, we have enough taco filling and chili to last a couple of days, but we have been invited to our associate pastors house tonight for supper and a discussion on our philosophies of church music and the direction our church will be moving in the near future. I'm nervous about it all. I want to be able to present what I believe in regarding worship and music and yet be open to what God has for us. I don't have any idea what to expect and that too makes me nervous. 

Well, I need to get off this computer because it seems my day "off" is quite full.