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| surprise strawberry I found in the garden this evening! |
I'm not a good 'relaxer.' I think I have been at other times in my life, but right now, I'm itching to figure things out and get things done. Things like where to live next, how to make more money and all sorts of logistics surrounding my fabrics and my future. If I were a nail biter, I don't think I'd have any fingers left at all. Because of all this, I'd decided I wanted to skip my family vacation and stay home alone to do research, send inquiry letters and try to find answers to as many of my questions as possible. But my mom threw a fit, and my second cousin was counting on me to take her. So I'll be on a barrier island off the coast of Virginia for five days, starting tomorrow. I have two choices: to resist every minute of the vacation, or to embrace it the way I would have fifteen years ago. I'm going to embrace it, with a minor twist. I'm making a list of things to do, so I can have the satisfaction of feeling like I'm fulfilling goals. Yep, I'm a little bit nuts.
send postcards
ride my bike
take walks
start and finish a book
paint one watercolor
write in my journal
wake up early
drink coffee on the porch
take only outdoor showers
search in all the little shops for antiques (especially linens!) and other treasures
drink beer
cook
jump around in the ocean
daydream
have lots of exciting conversations with my vivacious family
wear only loose, soft clothes
worrying is strictly forbidden
That's it. Those are my goals for the week.
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