If there is one thing that can be learned today is that one should never sit on their ass when there is so much to do. Today I had a perfect opportunity to do nothing today but watch TV, snack on foods all day and perhaps dance between my computer and the couch checking email, Facebook and Pinterest. My aunt let me know that because the crappy weather continues… our scheduled pool party was cancelled. I knew that tomorrow the weather would be worse (which resulted in the cancellation of the kayaking trip as well) and I could NOT sit at home for two days. So… I made an important move… I called a friend and scheduled a lunch.
Not only did we catch up on life over the past few years… (my divorce, her becoming a grandmother and just life in general), we stretched our afternoon to do a little shopping. We tackled World Market, Victoria’s Secret’s (affectionately called Vicki’s) Semi Annual Clearance Sale and a similar sale at Bath & Body Works. Laughing the entire time and just being girls. Not only that… called out a teenage girl who felt she could cut in line as we waited to purchase our highly discounted deals. The five hours of quality time that we spent together would have been completely lost if we both decided that staying home today was a more important activity. As I sit on the computer tonight, sipping an incredible wine that was purchased at World Market this afternoon, I can’t help but think how we sometimes get so wrapped up in our busy lives where it IS more important to do nothing on the weekends to allow ourselves to recoup from the week that we lose touch with the people who live and breathe all around us. Social media, texting and email make the world a much smaller place, however, we can’t seem to see or have a face to face conversation with those located nearby. And today, I couldn’t be more thankful to have made the step to reach out and do something.
Tomorrow, I’ll pledge to do something similar. However, due to the fact that I DO need to stick around the house because I have my weekly tasks to accomplish to prepare for the week ahead, I will head out and do a little something to avoid my ass getting bigger.
No news on the dating front. Not even from new guy who mentioned possibly getting together tonight. I’m ok with it, though. I’m not a clingy girl and don’t want to spend every available moment together. Spending time focusing on one person does not bode well for a healthy relationship, anyway. I’m a firm believer that you have to continue to grow as a person and surround yourself with great people. I’m truly blessed to have that now (today being a perfect example of that)… why would I want to narrow that very beautiful place of support and gratitude by honing in on just one person?
There you have it… some deep thoughts. We’ll see what life has to offer tomorrow. 🙂
Just My Life :) 