Way out where?

As much as I loved having a week off away from home for my vacation, and as much as I loved coming back home, I am not loving all the catch-up I have to do. I'm not bragging but there are lots of emails to clean up, and lots of snail mail to look through as well. I also need to catch up on the gardening. And to top it off, my car won't start so I can't even run errands - which, is actually not as bad as it sounds...

But really all I want to do is sit outside and enjoy the sun and read, and knit, and then maybe read and then knit some more.

So do I do the adult thing and do my chores, or the not-so-adult thing and enjoy the sun and warm weather before it goes away when I'm not looking?

I'm really trying to do a little bit of both, especially when I'm trying to catch up on work things too. So before you help me make my decision, do know that I took an afternoon off to have lunch with friends and a day off for my birthday. You're not feeling so sorry for me now are you?

And since I brought it up - I must say that the lunch was a darn good time - yummy drinks, yummy food, great company with lots of laughing. One afternoon of that is priceless I tell you, priceless!

And here are some of the presents I received:

MagazinesA cookbook, a novel "The Friday Night Knitting Club",
a barbecue grill thermometer, a T-shirt...Denise Interchangeable needles, a needle case

and an assortment of knitting goodies including sock yarn

and, my birthday Nintendo DS Lite with
a cute little bowling bag case: