on a leash

I need a day off. The sun is shining-ish, it's warmish, and I've got spring fever - big time. I have a constant daydream/memory of walking around the streets of London doing whatever the heck I felt like. Stopping to look at windows and displays that looked interesting, people watching, sitting down and taking breaks on a whim, and going inside any store/shop/deli/museum that called out to me. I just want to wander around and look at interesting things. My squashed weekends, frantic mornings, frantic-er evenings, and uber-short lunch breaks are altogether inadequate for my wanderlusting soul. I want an afternoon all to myself to do whatever I want... which would be mostly just wander and window shop.

Doesn't that just sound nice?

Too bad we're crunching for an internal audit at work and everytime I even think about taking time off my boss announces another mandatory meeting before/after/ or during work. Blech.

I have been asked to speak at enrichment meeting tonight about what Relief Society means to me / why I'm grateful for it. I find this incredibly ironic, as I can't remember the last time I was able to attend a RS function. I've been in the primary for over 2 years, enrichment meetings are usually over before I get home from work, and my ward has RS temple outings - but they are on weekday afternoons and mornings. My visiting teachers haven't been around for almost 8 months, and I don't even think I have a visiting teaching assignment. For a while they kept giving me the 18 year olds as they entered RS, but they've all moved out and moved on now. .. I think. I sort of lost track after my massive all-day morning sickness hit in November and I was going straight to bed from work every day.

Still not sure what I'm going to say... but I've got 6 hours to figure it out. Too bad I'll be spending all 6 hours working and in meetings. Looks like I get to brainstorm during my commute. Yipee.