A Day Off, Seriously

Sometimes those "nothings" in life add up to a lot of little "somethings" and our schedule is just always busy -- even when we think there's nothing going on. I was reminded not too long ago by my eldest sister that I have to remember to slow down once in awhile. Give myself permission to relax.

I did that today. Well, to the best of my ability anyway. I still need to work at it.

There was no school today for the elementary students. Some teacher in-service thing going on, I think. I don't even ask anymore. I could have worked from home, but decided earlier in the week I'd just take it as a vacation day. A real one. Just hang out with Carter and not make any plans.

So we slept in -- seriously, past 8 a.m.! Rolled out of bed and ate our cereal while watching a few movies. I did take a shower by noon, so I wasn't completely lazy. (Although the housework and laundry were completely ignored. Until Saturday anyway.)

We had some errands to run -- the kind you can't run when we work out of town (post office, city hall, etc). Got those done and stopped for lunch at a little restaurant I knew served breakfast all day. As Carter and I ate pancakes and stared out the window at the non-stop rain, we decided chili sounded good for supper so we stopped at the store and picked up ingredients for that.

While I was mixing that up, I got some phone calls made (again, the kind of appointments I can't make from the office). Got the chili going in the crockpot and headed back into town for soccer practice. I knew it was going to be chili, er chilly, and possibly wet so I brought a book to finish in the car. Smart choice. Kids didn't seem to mind the weather!

Hubby worked today so he got home a little before we got back from practice. Chili was a good call on a damp fall day!

The rain let up enough after supper for Carter and me to cap off our vacation day with a few minutes in the hot tub. See? Despite all the errand running and phone calls, I did relax! Now I'm listening to the Twins kick some tail. Hopefully they'll hold on, since Detroit lost, and keep this weekend interesting.

Tomorrow will be back to my "not much going on" sort of day that will become ultra-busy. I can see that. Soccer, a wedding dance and maybe, if the weather's nice, the Nekoosa Pumpkin Festival -- but only after the dusting, vacuuming and laundry are crossed off the list.

Yikes. I might just have to force myself to relax some more before this ball ends at midnight!