First week of work and first day off!

Yesterday was my first day off since I went back to work. Five days! I have to say though, I went back to work relaxed. Even though I was busy on my vacation, it was a good, real holiday. What happens most of the time when I have a couple of weeks off is I start to get stressed out about going back. The stress usually starts three to five days before I actually go back to work. By the time I finally have to be at work, I am a miserable basket case -- at work and at home. This vacation was very different. I had every day planned from the very beginning and each of them was busy so I did not have time to get worked up about going back to work. The resulting first week of work turned into a very good week. I suppose that the key to a good vacation is to keep busy.

Busy like yesterday. I woke up at 9:00am -- it was nice to sleep in -- and did some reading and writing before cleaning the house. In the afternoon, the girls (Laura's cousins had a sleep-over) wanted to go swimming at the pool. Kyle had a football game with his friends to attend in the afternoon as well. I spent hours, it seemed, running a taxi service; dropping kids off and picking them up again. It was worth it though because everyone had a good time. The last taxi run was to pick up Kyle from his friend's house. Susan was home by then so she went for a ride, stopping at the grocery store to pick up hamburger fixin's for dinner.

By the time dinner was done and the kitchen was clean again, I finally had some time for a little writing. I am finding that I really have to force myself to write a lot of the time. It will be for the best in the long run though. My typing speed has almost doubled and it seems that words flow out of my pen with a lot more ease. I just have to remember that to be a writer, I have to write and write and write some more. If I am not writing then I am not a writer. What a concept! What a day!