PLAY HOOKY
Yeah. Kind of. There’s always a “But” with me, isn’t there?
Yesterday I had a date with my 96 year-old father-in-law. I spend my days with him at his house and do most of my writing then on the laptop. But, Ohio had a burst of very pretty weather and I thouht a field trip would be nice. We spent most of the day in the car driving around and visiting a few places and admiring the fall colors.
It was such a relaxing, wonderful day. The best I’d had in months and months.
My intent was to then go home and work my tail off for the rest of the afternoon until the late evening to do my photography work. I still have a little bit of workload that I wanted to get done before this weekend.
But I didn’t.
I felt so relaxed and happy that I just could not bear to go into my office and buckle down. So I didn’t.
I am leaving today for my state Fall conference. I will arrive there early this evening and spend the evening with some friends traveling from out of state.
The conference is Sunday and Monday. I will be working my tail off as the event photographer. Yeah, you want stress? Have the president of a state photography organization appoint you as convention and conference photographer. GAH!!!!
We’ve also talked about shooting some video as well, so I’m taking my handy dandy little videocam.
The point is, I will be working my tail off most of the weekend. The last thing I wanted to do with work my tail off right up until I left the house. Boo. Hiss.
So, I’m going to be all airy-fairy (not to be confused with fairy-bearing-unicorn) and say that I gave myself permission to take the day off and begin my “vacation” a day early.
YOU’RE SEMI-ON-YOUR-OWN
I’m going to be very busy for the next two days. I may check in and write a brief article, but I’m giving you the assignment of determining your own activities for the next 2 days.
Do you need the days off? I’m taking them. I need them. Permission granted to take a leave of absence.
Maybe there’s something that you have been wanted to work on that’s just creative – go for it!
We’re all grown-ups, you know what you need. Do something just for you. I am. I know it sounds crazy, and I’m going to be running around like a mad-woman, but I get a weird kind of recharging from attending PPO conventions and conferences.
OK, I’m signing off – I’ll be touching base – have a great weekend!
Christine