I took a week off from work last week, with absolutely no plans other than to "sleep late and go to lunch." I almost never use all of my vacation time, except when I end up in the hospital, so I decided to just take a week even though I didn't have any place to go. I just wanted some time to hang out, take care of a few things at home, and have some time with no obligations.
I packed up a bunch of books and sold them to Half Price Books ($62 worth), packed up a box to send back to Amazon (if you check on the book page, there are certain books that they will accept, and pay you in gift cards--I had a little over $20 worth), visited a couple of bead stores, got my oil changed, and that's pretty much it, except a lot of reading and sleeping late.
On Monday I drove out to Martin City to visit a wholesale bead shop, and on Tuesday I drove downtown for a working lunch, and afterwards wandered around Crown Center for awhile, but for the most part I stayed close to home. I checked out the new Trader Joe's, I fixed a broken drawer on my dresser. I had lunch at Chili's, Chipotle, Noodles & Company, and Sweet Tomatoes. I stayed up late and rented two movies from iTunes ("Unknown" and "The Lincoln Lawyer," both of which I enjoyed). I read seven books:
- You're Next - Greg Hurwitz
- Moon Child - J. R. Rain
- A Small Fortune - Audrey Braun
- When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
- Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
- In The Dead - Jesse Petersen
- Rock'n'Roll is Undead - Rose Pressey
And I played a LOT of Pocket Frogs.
It was a good week.
2 comments:
"I just wanted some time to hang out, take care of a few things at home, and have some time with no obligations."
Gosh...sounds like heaven! Congrats. Hope it's not too hard going back to the grind this week!
Ditto what Joanna said. Pocket frogs always makes for such pretty pictures.
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