As of today, the countdown really ends!
Hubby joins our younger two and myself on Spring Break (the oldest already had her reading week).
I LOVE Spring Break! It is such a productive two weeks off.
So far I have :
- accumulated three bags of ‘stuff’ to go to the thrift store
- purchased crack filler, and filled all holes in the room to be painted, as well as one to do touch-ups
- had a neighbor over for dinner
- experimented with two dinner recipes, granola bars and an apple cake
- eliminated clothes that our son has outgrown
- signed one kid up for summer camp and work camp
- raked, trimmed and tidied our back garden, accumulating five garbage cans of yard waste
- had lunch with our son
- had lunch with our daughter, a friend and her daughter
- had two ‘play dates’ (are they still called that when they are teens?)
- tidied my bathroom vanity
- and got a head cold
Every break from school results in the same scenario. I am so excited each night to have the next day off, that I struggle to get to sleep. Then, when I awaken at ungodly morning hours (like 5am), I am too excited about the clean-slate day to be able to get back to sleep. The result is that I get sick.
But, a swirly headache, and sandpaper throat are not going to keep me down …
I have a to do list to finish.
And that is how I approach each break … as a to do list.
Not that it is a bad thing to clear the cobwebs in our minds of all the things we never seem to have time for, as accomplishing so many of these things provides head space so that we can then do more of what is really important.
But,
maybe, just maybe, part of the reason we have such breaks is so that we actually slow down, and refresh?
Hum, I need to consider that …
after I give Hubby his To Do list 😉 .
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