Last Day

Today is the last day of my vacation.  Of course, there is the weekend and, since someone else is doing power points, I don’t have to go to church.  I will go to church, just not my church (more on that on Sunday).

I didn’t get as much accomplished this week as I had planned.  I think I was just a little ambitious when thinking of all the things I could do but when the days started unfolding, I opted for relaxing and taking it easy instead of working on stuff.  I may not have done much but I certainly am more relaxed than I was at the beginning of the week.

In all honesty I think this is what was needed.  Not time away from work to do other work.  But time to just sleep in, relax, read a book, spend time with friends and enjoy the summer weather.  No pressure.  No stress.  Just peace.

I knew someone a long time ago who planned a vacation each summer where she would stay at a cottage on the coast and not talk to anyone for two weeks.  She would meditate, relax and avoid all human interaction.  No phone. No internet. No TV. And no talking.  I’m not sure if I could ever do that because I like conversation and people and, if no one is around to talk to, I tend to talk to myself.  Not really talk to myself as much as say things out loud rather than just think them.  I can see how two weeks of silence might be golden but for me it would be forced and that would cause more stress than peace.

I do still have vacation time left for the year.  I know I am taking time off over the holidays but that will still leave me a couple of weeks of vacation to use (I get four weeks a year – been on the job for 10 years).  I don’t have any plans for using it but this vacation was fairly spontaneous so who knows what the fall will hold.  Maybe I’ll go somewhere. Or maybe I’ll just take more time off to just relax.  In the mean time, I have cherished my week off from work and am ready to go back and face the job with new energy and vitality.  That might be taking it too far.  Let’s just say I’m ready to go back to work and work.  There, that is more realistic. After all, it has been a great week but it certainly hasn’t been a magical week.