I enjoyed taking a day off

July 30, 2009 by JD · 2 Comments
Filed under: Musings 

Yesterday and today, I did something that I rarely do. I took a day off and enjoyed napping and watching Stargate SG-1 DVDs I rented from Netflix.

I’ve been working very hard for the last few weeks updating older websites, creating a new one, working with clients, and blogging now and then.

Yesterday, around noon, I got offline to call my daughter on the phone. I missed her, but we got together today.

I’d been working yesterday for about nine hours when I stopped to call her and I was tired. A new DVD from season one of Stargate SG-1 had arrived the day before, so I microwaved a couple of corndogs and sat in my favorite easy chair to watch an episode and relax.

I love that show. I used to think that Star Trek was, without a doubt my favorite show of all time, but, lately, Stargate has been giving it a run for its money.

Since I don’t have cable or satellite TV, I missed all the original episodes of Stargate on Showtime and the Sci-Fi channel. But, now, years later, I can watch the entire series in order by renting them from Netflix.

I don’t spend much time watching TV, especially after the analog to digital conversion, because I don’t get any digital signals where I live. Analog reception was not always good, but digital is non-existent.

It’s just as well, because I’ve been concentrating so much on work for the last month.

Yesterday, however, I was caught up with most of the items on my to-do list and decided to take a break. I intended to take a few hours off, take a nap, and go back to work, but it didn’t turn out that way.

After watching a couple of episodes and taking a short nap, I woke to an approaching thunderstorm. I went around the house inserting manual air gaps into the power connections to my computer and major appliances (i.e., I unplugged them).

I pulled out a book to read and just as I got settled, the power went out.

Seeing my opportunity, I changed clothes and headed into Murphy to pick up some groceries.

I used to hate rain and storms, but after living in the dessert in Arizona for a few years, I’ve loved rain ever since.

I enjoyed the drive into town. All the trees and other vegetation are in their full summer lushness, and you won’t find many places on Earth with more variety than we have here in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Even with the overcast, rain, and steam rising from the road, the beauty of this area can be almost breathtaking.

The rain stopped about the time I got to the grocery store, so I spent a few minutes there before heading back home.

Armed with a fresh supply of corn dogs (I think I’m addicted to these lately, but don’t really know why. It’s not something I normally like.), I was set for another episode of Stargate.

About that time, another thunderstorm approached, so I settled into another nap until it passed. That was pretty much the pattern for the rest of the day, all night, and half the day, today.

I finally woke up and was ready to go to work today about 1:00 pm. It’s now about 12 hours later (1:45 am), and I’m thinking a break and another Stargate episode sounds good.

In a couple of hours, it will be time to pull out my to-do list and start working on the most important thing on the list, but I’ve enjoyed taking a day off and doing nothing but enjoy living and napping.

I hope you get to do what you love doing.

Act on your dream!

JD

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