I had my day off. It was marvelous! I sat with a girlfriend gabbing over life at Starbucks (living the ultimate stereotype), and I spent the rest of the morning in the mall just browsing. I bought a new apron (heavy-duty cook here), and I bought some marvelous teas at Teavana. Then I was home.
Something odd happened when I got home. I sat down to watch some tv, which is a bit of a luxury in the middle of the day, and I started thinking crazy thoughts. They went something like this: “I should check my email” and “If I start that project now, it’ll be finished by tomorrow and I’ll be one step ahead.” I battled these thoughts for as long as I was in the house. In fact, when my husband came home, he found me on the computer, though I was playing Scrabble. So much for my day away from the computer.
But I fought that urge, boy. A lot. I popped in an Eddie Izzard DVD and lost a few hours to laughter. I had walked my feet off at the mall, so there was no taking a nice stroll in the park. I couldn’t escape. I was battling my own drive.
When I’m in the house, I think work. I guess a lot of us who write from home are like that. So how are you going to spend your day off?
Ugh, I HATE that. I feel like I never get a break and it’s my own fault! What a pain.
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I don’t normally write on weekends, that’s my time off. But I am very excited for this Sunday because we are going shopping. Fun shopping. Not food shopping, not stuff-we-need shopping. I am going to buy clothes (here’s hoping I can find what I want), maybe some book/movie shopping. We do not do this a lot, so I plan to enjoy every moment of it 😉
Lori, long time my friend. I HAVE to congratulate you for this. Nothing to hate about it.
Just imagine: Mondo Money, mondo manana.