Staycation
Guess what people? When I leave work on Thursday, I will officially be on vacation for 10 days and I’m not even fired, yet.
Do. The. Macarana.
This is a stay-at-home vacation, or a staycation, you know the place you pay tons of money to maintain, but are never there to enjoy it. Yeah that place.
I’m a homebody and can stay tucked away inside for days on end. I don’t need to go outside – plenty of sunlight filters through the mini blinds – and if the sun’s shining, I’m good.
One thing I will never understand is people who are home, for whatever reason, and say that after a while they become bored. Whatever.
Anywho, I’m looking forward to a relaxing time at home with a few fun activities thrown in once a day, mainly for the kid’s sake.
What relaxes me probably seems like work to most people, but I don’t mind it. I receive a satisfying dose of endorphines when things are organized. “Relax your mind, lay back and groove with mine” why don’t ya? If you can name that tune, the one I’m thinking of, in quotes, I’ll mail you $5.
So, what’s on the agenda?
A coworker gave me some chocolate covered Oreos and now I’m hooked. I found out how to make them from a recipe online and will give it a try. I need to purchase a dipping fork and they all need to be eaten by Sunday.
I’ve been ignoring the lack of organization in my closet. It’s not too unkempt, but I cringe because the pants are partying with the suits, the suits are hanging out with the skirts and the blouses are all over the place. That’s not how I roll, everything has a place and it needs to be in it.
I also need to try on everything in my closet to see what has to be given away. Since losing a few pounds, some of my pants are too big and I need to have them altered. And the pants that no longer reach past my ankle have to be given away. I’m like one of the attractions at an amusement park: You have to be this tall to ride this ride. I wish I had a tailor for my oddly shaped body.
Clothes need to go to the cleaners and buttons need to be sown on clothing. By the way, I hate sewing buttons back on clothes. They should never come off in the first place. It’s only on children’s clothing that buttons live for an eternity, but I’m much too tall for a 8T, so I wear grown-up clothes.
Is it too much to ask that buttons be secured with enough thread to survive a blast? Then the clothing includes a label that says: This blouse was inspected by Inspector No. 435 aka Hope. Yeah I get it, you better hope you see where the button lands when it falls off.
I will exercise, everyday. I’m home, there’s no reason for me not to, right? I’m going to weigh myself on Sunday and then the day before I return to work, I don’t want to come back fatter. There’s a race track down the street from my house so I plan to start my day with a morning run. Then when I get home 100 seated chair dips for my triceps and 100 reps of the Bicycle for my abs. Anything else I do will be extra, but I at least want to do those three things, daily.
I plan to catch up on some reading. I was reading 5 books at once, but that’s just crazy. Each day I’ll set aside a block of time, just for reading and finish one book at a time.
I also plan on taking some pictures. Beginning on Friday, each day, until the end of my vacation, I will upload a photo in my album, Through the Lens, in the Gallery so be sure to check back.
I’m not sure if we’ll do this one, but I would like to hop on a train, go to the City and walk around. The Newark Museum, the Crayola Factory and other activities are also options, but they haven’t quite made it to the Plan A column yet.
I’ll also be having lunch with a friend who’s making me pay, I agreed and I haven’t canceled the appointment. I would say I’m in definite need of a vacation. I know for one thing, I will not be bored. If anything, I should probably unplug the computer if I plan on getting this stuff done.
Anybody who gets bored at home, doesn’t have enough hobbies.
In: Vacation · Tagged with: Fun, Staycation, Vacation
on August 17, 2009 at 8:23 am
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I want to rock with you, by Michael Jackson? I did not google that to find the title because I want to know if I got it. But some of the lyrics are
And we gonna ride the boogie (or something similar. Did I get it?
I love reading a few books at the same time — it’s like channel surfing to me. I have just two going right now both by Jeffrey Archer.
So this is where you’ve been hiding out, eh? Well I found you and shall commence stalking immediately.
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on August 17, 2009 at 7:45 pm
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Cardiogirl,
Where should I send the $5 or do you accept PayPal? You are correct.
I have to stop reading multiple books at a time. I do that with magazines too. Someone asked me what was the big rush with reading so many books at a time. I didn’t have an answer at the time, I just do it.