I'm LOVING my time off work. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the decision makers at work who extended our holiday time this year an extra 3 days beyond what we would have had under the old policy. I'm thankful! Love the sleeping in, love the doing whatever I want, love the staying up late - LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!
And then comes the question of...what to do with all this time?
I started scrapping and made some serious progress in Cassie's high school book - but even scrapping can only last so long before other shiny objects attract my attention. And now said objects are starting to turn into $$$$ (at least mentally), so I think it will be high time I returned to work when the appointed day arrives.
Yesterday, because I could, I decided to hop in the car (a sight to behold) and drive down to the Gaither store because I just "needed" their two newest Homecoming videos. While driving, I contemplated how a girl who just received multiple Christmas gifts could "need" to spend money of her own...but I just did.
Then I came home and read a book - a whole book - just because I could. It was not my first read-through of the book, but it seemed an appropriate time to re-read it.
And then I started playing online. I don't know if I've mentioned this on a blog before...but I'm a SERIOUS Little House fan. Once upon a time I could really give the best of the best a run for his/her money on Little House trivia. So just for fun, I thought I'd see if I could find online trivia games. I did. I took 19 quizzes (I know - ridiculous waste of time - but I'm on VACATION!) and scored a 246 out of 310 overall possible points. And truly, if I'd read better on a few, I bet I could have had a 260. I got in a hurry and made stupid mistakes sometimes. Still, for not having earnestly watched this show in about the last 7 years, I thought that was the display of a PRETTY good memory.
One peril of this much home-time has been an overbonding experience with HGTV. By 10 pm last night I'd been all over the Lowe's website and had completely redesigned my bathroom. I don't have the money to do it - at least not yet. But I know what I want when the time comes! Upon staring at my wish list, I thought it in the best interest of my wallet to CHANGE THE CHANNEL. But I gotta tell you - when I do the bathroom - it's going to be cuh-ute! Pretty much everything goes except the toilet. It's in good enough shape to stay.
Fortunately, one of my former college roommates drove up for a visit today, so spending time with her kept me from taking quizzes and remodeling more of my house.
If I were smart, I'd start taking down the Christmas decor. I'm guessing I am not about to be smart.
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3 comments:
Oh that is too funny. I agree, you need to go back to work for your own sake.
One more thing, though. The Gaithers have their own store??? Who knew?
ha I love my time off work too, I go back the 3rd! WOOHOO! it makes the end of Christmas a lot less depressing
Skyepuppy - oh yes! They're from Alexandria, which is this itty bitty town, and they have a bookstore/cafe there alongside their studios and offices. It's a very cool store - I think you can take a virtual tour on their website, which is www.gaither.com
They have excellent food and very good coffee drinks and they always have one of their videos playing. They have rocking chairs by the TV so you can just sit and watch/listen if you want. And then they have books and candles and toys and all sorts of stuff.
More info than you wanted?
Phats - how'd you manage a whole extra day there??? That's lucky of you!!
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