A Day of Rest

When I got home on Tuesday night after class, I already knew I would not be keeping my Wednesday morning appointments. Something about catching up from a long weekend, I suspect. Fortunately, I build my schedule in layers with the core being those things I absolutely must do, like work. Then I add in stuff I prefer to do - PrayerSong and choir and all. Finally, I add the icing on the cake. Activities like meeting friends and playing (as only a mature woman knows how to do). Those are the non-essentials that keep you fresh and invigorated.

Except when you are too tired. Wednesday morning dawned and Kiel had been sick. I was a bit nauseous myself. No sense pushing. Since I work Wednesday nights at the library, I don't have to be there until the afternoon. It makes a nice space in the week for all those things I love doing but normally can't get to and don't have enough energy for in the evening.

For today, I cancelled all my activities - the Gulik Gym (I hate to miss that one), my duet playing with a friend (I wish I could keep that one) and my errand running (not sorry to let that go). I look at the messy apartment, sigh, and go back to bed after Drew gets on the bus. I don't even bat an eye when Kiel leaves for classes.

Whatever it is, the resting helps. The tiredness lifts. My energy returns. Now I can address cleaning up the apartment, hanging the rest of the Christmas ornaments, baking the cookies for our student worker's cookie fest, and still have enough left over to do well at work.

Thank goodness for those built in pressure release valves!