I took a day off today, and it gives me tingly feelings. Some of the most relaxed and Zen-like times I've had were when I wasn't working. They've also been some of the worst, but that was before I learned to live without a day job. The summer of 2004, when I wrote my book, and the second half of 2005 when I coached and, well, did a whole lot of nothing, man those were some good times to get my head in order.
I had lunch with Diana, which had me driving around in the sun on a beautiful day. There aren't many things I can think of the convey feelings of freedom quite like this. Mind you, it only works on weekday mornings. :) I was happy to hear too that Diana was having a fairly quiet day, even at work.
After lunch I went to see The Bourne Ultimatum. I was reading about how the script changed day to day, and how that annoyed Matt Damon, but I was surprised to see the story did stick, and it really tied things together. Julia Stiles (the only other person to be in all three movies) finally got some decent screen time too, and had another crack at that sweet streaky hair she had in the second one. (Me = gay for hair.) Very entertaining flick.
After the movie, I decided there was some time wasting in my future, and that's what I'm doing now.
But it was another one of those days that got me to thinking... if I get some of the playing and messing around out of my system, what would I accomplish? In 2004 it was a book. What might it be next time?