Yes, it is time for this old cat to take her 1st week of required holidays. I remember back when I was in my 20's, I worked in a plant and managed to work through my holidays : I called it "double-bubble." By doing that, I ended up overtired, stressed out & disabled. Apparently your body needs to rest after standing on cement floors for 45 hours a week.
Life has changed since then... I grew up and realized the importance of 'down-time'. So this year when booking my holidays, I planned one full week for me to get my chores done and one week with the s/o. And now the first week has started, I already have almost 50% of my work-list marked off. This is a good thing as I secretly wanted a few days to do nothing.
This weekend (between rain showers) I did manage to get the entire house power-washed and the front deck sanded and ready for staining. There needs to be two days without rain in order to commence that job.
Tomorrow I am off to town to find something to wear to a wedding in early September. My fashion consultant will be traveling with me, as I really have no idea what to buy. How pathetic that I am so conditioned to 'business casual' clothing.
Tuesday will be the day I clean all carpeting and upholstery, as the liars network is calling for more rain. All the windows will be cleaned on Wednesday, after my early morning swim. Thursday and Friday may be days I sit and do nothing. Perhaps.
Home ownership offers one the opportunity to work themselves into frazzle...but the reward of saying that you have something to show for your holidays ... that is MY definition of priceless.
Better get a good sleep tonight...the next few days will be a real workout :)
