I keep a OneNote Notebook for my blog, so that I can write blogs ahead and then copy and paste them in here later. Sometimes I have so many thoughts swirling around in my head that I can write 6 blog posts at once, but it would be silly to post them all in one day.
That being said, sometimes I forget about them. I have one post in there that I wrote in January 2012. I'm still not sure that one will ever get posted. This one, however, is the most recent one I have sitting, but it's still rather overdue. As you'll read below, I wrote this in August. I was contemplating not posting it simply because it was so old, but I decided to anyway. I hope you enjoy me being all metaphysical on you again.
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Today is Friday,
August 10. I may not post this today,
but know that this is the last day of summer camp. And I have had the day off (at least until
now). Last night, around 10pm, the power
went out, and by my calculations didn't come back on until between 1 and 2
am. Which isn't a very long time, but our internet was still
down in the morning, as was the shared network drive. This meant that I couldn't check email, work
on spreadsheets, or update any database.
I couldn't even print. In fact,
the only thing I could do was answer the phone.
So Kevin told me to just go home.
I started out by
reading a letter I had just received from my auntie. I then wrote a response. (I wasn't sure how long I was going to have,
so I chose small projects that I could put down quickly.) Then I wrapped a gift for a bridal shower I'm
attending tomorrow. I washed the pile of
dishes in the sink. I cleaned up some of
the clutter in our kitchen, watched some Olympics, and made a delicious lunch
for my husband. I got to spend some time
with Zoe (my favorite 2-year-old); we played hide-and-seek. I wrote a thank-you card to someone who had
written me an encouraging note a month ago.
I read (skimmed) a magazine and tidied up our recycling area. I rinsed out some soda bottles that had been
sitting around for a while. I picked up
the clothes lying by my dresser and put away the towels I had washed last
weekend.
No huge projects,
but all things that needed to get done.
It is now nearly 4:00 in the afternoon and I have not yet been called in
to work. I know the issues are fixed,
but if they don't need me, I'm perfectly content to be down here.
I haven't had a
whole day off in a long time. You might
say, "Well, Leah, don't you at least get weekends?" Sure.
My Sundays involve getting up at 6:00, leaving for church at 6:30, and
then sitting around for hours until services actually start. Which is fine, I get to read and knit and
all, but it's not a very relaxing way to spend a weekend. And the rest of my week is so busy that I
cram everything else I want or need to do into Saturday, like bridal showers,
overdue coffee-type dates with friends, laundry, and cleaning the house. All good things, but sometimes I need days
with nothing planned. I used to love
having "Nothing Days" because I'd end up getting so much done but
still be so relaxed. I haven't had one
in so long!
Today, because I
wasn't expecting the day off, I didn't plan a million things to
accomplish. Because it's pouring, I
can't really do laundry, either, so my 'to-do list' is significantly shorter. And because I may be called upstairs to work
anytime, I can't choose any huge projects (like clean out the closet, or
something).
Today has been
lovely and relaxing - yet productive.
And I'm sure you didn't want as detailed of a description of it as I
just gave you, but deal with it, because it's what you get.
When was the last
time you had a "Nothing Day"?
Love and Jones Soda,
Leah Joy
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