My family is gone on a weekend Scout camp. Martin left last night with the older kids…they were planning to sleep outside in “wind-protected lean-tos” if the weather cooperated last night. Since it was clear with a brilliant bright moon I hope they did. Today it’s grey and raining: not so fun for a camp, but Anders and Karin left this morning with their backpacks stuffed to the brim and smiles on their faces so I’m sure they’ll be having a good tiime regardless.
I woke up at 7:30 when Anders did, and promptly fell back asleep until they came to say goodbye at 8:45. But I couldn’t go back to sleep after that because the possibilities for all the things I could do today were bouncing around in my brain like jumping beans. I suppose I shouldn’t be as gleeful over family-free days as I am, but o! they really are lovely. Much as I love my family, it’s nice to have a downtime-day. I have things I should be doing and things I could be doing and things I haven’t had a chance of doing and we shall see which of them get jumbled out of my giant pocket of possibilities into reality today!
- Go back to bed
- Go back to bed and read
- Cozy up on the couch and read
- Go to town and hit the bookstore
- Have sushi for dinner while I’m in town
- or make my favorite dish for dinner: salmon, rice, sautéed kohlrabi, snap peas and artichoke hearts
- Call a friend
- Work on AWC stuff
- Fix the presentation I didn’t have time to do at work yesterday
- Laundry
- Closet purging: perhaps the perfect rainy day job!
- Watch The Fall, finally!
- Put recyclables in outside bins
- 40 minute treadmill session
- Art around in my neglected collage book project
- Surf the web for beautiful and interesting things
- Write a poem
- Go to the movies
- Call my mom
- Figure out when & where Karin’s soccer match is tomorrow
- ALL OF THE ABOVE?!
Oh boy! How much can I pack into one day of total selfishness?
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