We don’t have too many destinations for this trip south. We only have three definite ones: Wilmington, NC to see our son, Pensacola, FL for our niece's graduation, and then back to Wilmington, NC to meet our daughter and family. With lots of time in between we have decided that one of our goals for this trip is to sit back and RELAX.
The January issue of Escapees Magazine even has an article on this dilemma. Its titled “The Fine Art of Doing Nothing”. Lee and I have never been very good at Art…even this kind. So we arrived in Wilmington yesterday and made our list of to-do’s for today. But somehow things just don’t work out the way you planned. The water froze! So now we can’t take showers till it thaws and we can’t start on our list till we take our showers. Things must be done in order you know!!!
We did, however, get to see our son yesterday and we had a great visit. He took us out to dinner at his (and our) favorite Japanese Restaurant. It was so good to have REAL Japanese food made by REAL Japanese! We had sushi, tempura, tonkatsu, gyu-don, and several other dishes. The sushi chef has also started making his own flavored after dinner caramels…tiny little things, but oh so good! Of course I forgot to take the camera, but I’m sure we’ll go back and then I’ll get some good photos of all that wonderful food.
After dinner we came back and just chilled (practicing you know!). We discussed the fact that it was still really cold and we should leave the water dripping just in case it froze during the night. But too much chilling and we forget our lists of to-do’s and so forgot the dripping water. It froze and now we are waiting for the sun to warm the water so we can begin our list of to-do’s. Somewhere on that list is the ‘fine art of doing nothing’. Wonder if we’ll get to it today!
Hope you have a great day – whether it is doing nothing or checking off your list!
7 comments:
Oh nooooo! Well its clear your not far enough south yet. We have that "Art" perfected. Had many days with almost nothing on our to do list. Its awesome. :)
Don't give up, keep trying, you will get there...LOL!
Practice, practice, practice. You know your Mom told you that practice makes perfect.
I know exactly what you mean. We are good sitters either. There's always something we want to do.
I try to take one day a year to just relax and do nothing, but that hasn't happened in 3 years, so don't feel bad...it takes real hard work to do it!!! Let us know how it works out. rockin'
I try to take one day a year to just relax and do nothing, but that hasn't happened in 3 years, so don't feel bad...it takes real hard work to do it!!! Let us know how it works out. rockin'
we're busy doing a whole lot of nuthin out here in the desert. sure keeps us busy!
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