My plans thwarted..

I had wonderful plans for today, after traveling last week and spending the weekend catching up on the mountain of laundry, I was pleased that I would have today to take it easy. Well at least a couple hours to myself after I dealt with Laura's large(considering she isn't even in a numbered grade yet) pile of homework, got Laura dressed for school, and then actually drove Laura to school. After that, the next 2 1/2 hours would be all mine. This plan was suddenly thrown off course when Sam informed me,before I even got out of bed, that he would be staying home today and working on Sunday, he went on to list all the things he planned on getting done on his day off. It sounded like Sam had a pretty productive day lined up. This of course ruined my strategy of reading a book while Laura was at school, then working fast to straighten up and throw together dinner the last hour before Sam got home. When he got home I would explain how busy I had been, therefore he would assume my busy day was what kept me from mopping or folding that last load of laundry. This was a great plan, but it just doesn't work the same when Sam is doing yard work on the other side of the glass doors.