DESERVED DOWNTIME

Most weekends I am fairly busy, which makes the few do nothing weekends special. This weekend there is no working overtime on half a Saturday. No shopping. No Kdrama group meetups, to discuss shows and play Go Stop.  No restaurant meals with family or friends. No scheduled skype session with folks back home. Nothing. Nadda. Zilch. Which means I am free to indulge the inner bum that lives deep within me and just be LAZY.

Due to the spring cleaning bug infecting me this earlier week, the house is spotless. Amazingly , there are no pending deadlines looming. There are no events or projects to plan or organize. The yard guy was here today, so working outside would have just meant getting in his way. I had no resort, but to nap, read copious amounts of manga, study Japanese, peruse blogs, listen to music, watch Youtube videos, catch up on my shows, *Not all Kdramas*, and then nap again. It's a hard life I tell ya!

Right now I am waiting for my pizza and wings to be delivered, while still in my pjs, and I guess you could say I am pretty content at the moment. Sometimes life goes by so fast, that we don't take the time to just rest.  I'm not talking about stopping and smelling the roses, although that is very important also, I'm talking about recharging. Taking the time to just do nothing. Seriously, when is the last time you opted out of the day to day bustle and just vegged? You don't have to subscribe to my particular brand of recharging. Your's could be a walk in the countryside, or sitting on a beach, drink in your hand and your toes in the sand. The most important part to this is exercise, is to do whatever it is that relaxes you, gives you a break from thinking too much, and just lets you just be, without any real thought.

A year ago, on April 1st,  I moved near Seattle, from the Southern US. When that plane landed, I hit the ground running. It's been a very brisk paced year. A kind of life I had always dreamed about, but I've had so little time to just lay about. Sometimes I need that. Downtime, with nothing to do and nowhere to be. Just a little me time, to veg and stuff my face with the kind of pizza only I like and the super hot wings only I can tolerate.  And tomorrow, I will find new ways to veg and be a couch potato. Maybe coloring in my coloring books, surfing the net and .... napping. If I get up the energy, I just may prepare an epic meal, for me and me alone to dine on. Maybe. Then again, I will probably just munch on left over pizza and wings all day. Don't judge or be jealous, I've earned it. Namaste.