Happy Friday! What are your weekend plans?

^{Hobbit asked me to write the weekly weekend thread and I'm trying my best to not be weird.}

The weekend's inexorable approach cannot be stopped (precluding a Trumpian executive order). The day draws near, and those without plans may find themselves faced by a yawning pit filled with mankind's oldest enemy: time.

Planners, this is your opportunity to flex on the witless procrastinators infesting this subreddit. Share with us the full extent of your machinations.

I've got a quiet weekend in mind, with only a few things that I want to achieve. Outside of those I'll catchup with friends, play some video games, cycle, lift, and Reddit.

Friday: Fridays are for visiting family. My parents are enthusiastic but deeply misguided chefs, however I survived decades of their creations and one more evening will not be the end of me.

Saturday: Recently I have been struck with an urge to hike, camp and explore. This requires gear that I do not own, so I'll be out shopping and spending entirely too much money on a hobby that I'm not even sure I'll stick with.

I've gotten back into studying Mandarin again, so I'll be trying to make sure I get a decent amount of work done (I'll watch trashy Chinese dramas and cry). When I've recovered enough vocab I'll sign up for classes and the local meetups again.

Sunday: I made sauces last weekend and put them in neatly labelled containers. These are now expired, so I must fulfil the ritual and prepare more sauces that will inevitably go unused as all memory of their existence leaves my mind and I end up just making them from scratch again when I need them.

Things have been particularly grim in the news these last few weeks. Hopefully you are all able to find an opportunity to unplug, decompress and be distracted by life.