As I write this entry, we are the beginning of a short work week, well, at least for me. I only have to work three days, and then I get a four day weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday. It hasn’t always been this way. When I worked in hospital pharmacy, I frequently worked a lot of holidays and weekends, and a four day weekend was pretty rare. I’m still not too hung up on whether I would have to work the holiday or not, but what I wouldn’t want to give up is the consecutive number of days off in a row. I mean, four days in a row? It’s a beautiful thing that my recent Monday through Friday day jobs have given me when Thanksgiving rolls around.
That being said, what I am really looking forward to is having some additional down time. Ahhh, that elusive time to decompress and relax. My hope is that in those four days I will get to do some really laid back activities – watch some TV (which I do little of these days), take a nap, watch a movie, have decent and lengthy conversations with people, do something creative, play a game or two (even though I am very picky on what that is), slowly enjoy a glass of wine…I’m sure I could go on. Now, I do have a toddler, so that list might have to be modified a bit, but hopefully some of that down time includes my little one relaxing as well. Also, I have worked really hard to clear my calendar as much as possible for this long weekend. There are a few things to do, but for the most part it is optional.
How about you? Are you getting a long weekend soon? If so, how do you plan to unwind? My hope is that everyone has chances for down time throughout the year, but especially around the holidays.