This weekend I did ten loads of laundry, scrubbed and disinfected the master bathroom, cooked and washed dishes of course, went to Home Depot -- what Stephy would call an expotition -- changed litterboxes, took care of critters and husband, called my in-laws twice because Robert's dad is in the hospital again, mowed the lawn -- what a thrill! -- took out trash, watered the few plants that are not on the drip system, pulled weeds out front, unloaded all the junk that had accumulated in our cars during the week, and listened to mid-20th century Russian piano compositions on a CD from the library. It was a quiet, take-it-easy kind of weekend.