Getting Ready

Cliff is coming tomorrow and called this afternoon to discuss meals and movies. It's good that he is a planner. Cliff wanted some input on the menu for Christmas so that he could help with the cooking. I gave him the choice of steaks or turkey, figuring that a vegan meal wouldn't cut it. He settled on steaks. We will have waffles for Christmas brunch. I shouldn't have been so surprised by his request for plans because he managed an eating club at Stanford for 2 or 3 years. He is also lining up some social activities. He wants to see a few movies while here and sent us a list of possibilities. His planning made me wonder what has happened to my own scheduling. I know I used to plan menus and meals, get us all through our daily activities, and plan some sort of social life. When did it end? I used to be more like Cliff. When did I switch to planning meals 15 minutes before dinner time?