This weekend we stopped moving only when we were asleep. There were school-related activities and work to do, household activities and work, Christmas activities and work and church. My whole family was on the computer constantly sending e-mails, grading (me), drop-boxing homework (daughter), playing Minecraft (son) and creating budget sheets (hubby). As soon as one task was over it was time to start another.
Modern life does not allow for a lot of down time and I'm craving it. I don't mean boredom--just time when all tasks are done, no expectations are upon me and I can curl up on the couch with a good book or an old, favorite movie. If I do that now I have guilt--I should be doing something!
Reading the Sunday paper this morning while I waited for my hubby to get out of the shower, I enjoyed an article by C.W. Gusewelle called "The Joy of a Simpler Type of Writing" in which he describes his pleasure in using a typewriter when his computer dies an untimely death. I can identify. Some days I wish we could just unplug from everything and all come out to the porch with a glass of lemonade to watch the world go by.
I'm holding out for Christmas break, just 18 days away. I pledge to take at least two of those days and "unplug" from modern life. I'll have freshly-made cookies and a well-worn book, dog at my feet, hubby and children happy and busy (somewhere else :-). A deep breath, a sigh and an acknowledgement that the world will get along just fine without me for a few, precious hours.
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