A proper day off
On Monday the 12th of April I made myself have a proper day off. Usually on Mondays I spend the day with my daughter Maya. But as mother and daughter were out of the country I decided to take the opportunity to have a little downtime. I take long breaks from work now and again but since I started studying on top of my busy work schedule I haven’t taken any proper time off at all. I think after christmas it was January when that happened. So even a week before it actually happened I was quite excited about it.
The first big difference was getting up a bit later. I usually get up at 5.00am but had a lie in till 7.30am. But right from the start I felt a bit strange. At first I even thought that I shouldn’t actually take the day off because it was a chance to get some work done. But I had scheduled the day off and if Maya had been in town then I would have gone to see her. That feeling soon wore off but not completely and that slight pang of guilt remained for the rest of the day.
I had a late breakfast after faffing about on the internet and playing evony. And then proceeded to play halo 2. That took me up to about 11.00am. I did actually do a spot of wheel building and some tidying up and that took me up to the lunch hour. Building the wheel did help to reduce the guilt but I still couldn’t fully relax and enjoy having that time. So I decided to go out. Get away from the work that surrounded me. Pretty obvious really.
It was ok weather but a bit windy. My plan was to visit a restaurant in Wembley called Chennai Dosa which has been on my list of restaurants to visit for ages but I didn’t actually feel like going there. Maybe the wind was putting me off. So instead I went to Southall. The place was full of roadworks and very crowded. I got a couple of samosas from the street and then browsed a few pound shops. I got some jalebis on the way home along with some cider and a large packet of crisps.
A bit more faffing about when I got home and then time to watch a movie. I was starting to feel more relaxed but couldn’t completely shake the guilt. I thought that perhaps a little alcohol might do the trick. But now I was also missing Maya. I think a week is as long as I can take without seeing her and then I really start to miss her. Yeah. That’s how it is.
I watched the Coen Brother’s latest offering, “A Serious Man”. This was interrupted by one of my flatmates returning home who proceeded to go and get some wine and join me for the rest of the movie. He suggested that I teach yoga at my new place and I quite liked the idea and even got a little excited about it.
A late dinner at about 11.00pm of scrambled eggs on toast followed by more evony and I was finally starting to feel that I’d enjoyed the day. I had simply followed my nose and had done what I had felt like doing at the time rather than follow any particular plan. So I’m starting to feel relaxed again and ready to get on with some work. Or maybe eat more crisps and watch movies!