Is Saying "TGIF" Too Cliche?

Usually Fridays aren't super-special for me. Weekends are nice, but teaching is a career where weekends aren't actually time off. They are time to grade papers and plan lessons, and maybe get a few extra hours of sleep, but there's always something work-related to be done. This weekend, there is not. Not really, anyway. I've got to plan for next week, and write up an assignment for a paper my students are supposed to be working on, but other than that, I've very little to do, and it's a lovely feeling. I've been in crafter-mode for most of the last week, and I want to keep going with that. Plus, this weekend is Beltane, and I want to be free to celebrate. I bought a new altar cloth a few days ago, and I am going to make some time on Sunday to have a fire in the evening.

The sun is finally shining, and I feel so much more energized than I have in a while. I want to open all the windows in my house and let SPRING in. I want to clean things! The office needs my attention, and the garden is waiting. I've got so many small things to work on, and still a big craft project that I want to put together. Also, I want to go antiquing. This probably won't happen, since A) I don't need anything, and B) no one here will go with me, but it's still a nice thought. I like looking at old, pretty things, and imagining new lives for them. The only thing I can think of that I could claim to need are bookshelves, and maybe a new desk for the office. The old one is in pretty sad condition, but replacing it needs to be negotiated. Perhaps I will go bookshelf-hunting...