Mission: Friday the 13th

Oh, what a gloomy, doomy Friday, quite the perfect setting for a Friday the 13th.  The wind was howling, the skies were dark, the house was creaking.  And yet, it was wonderful.  As disgusting as it was outside, as soon as I reached home, it felt all kinds of delightful.  My living room was so cozy and the Thursday night leftovers hit the spot oh-so-good.  Relaxing in front of the boob tube catching up on my shows from the week and savoring the almost-silence of an empty house, as the walls dulled the noises of the fray outside, I couldn't ask for a better end of the week.

My space, my time, my peace of mind.

Me-Time is quite a luxury for me nowadays...TRUE Me-Time, I mean.  Of course I have alone time driving home from work but then I have to stay aware of the cars around me.  Of course I have alone time showering and carrying on my morning routine but then I have to remember to conserve water and rush off to wherever I need to be.  Of course I have alone time when I work out but then I have to concentrate on flexing the right muscles.  I'm talking about ME-TIME...when the world doesn't quite stop turning for you but it gives you some time to breathe, catch up and just be. After eating, washing the dishes, and changing into PJs, for a solid 2 hours the world forgot about me for a little while.  My thoughts paused, and in its absence, the sounds of the world lulled me into an almost catatonic state.


I am too active for my own good.  I always say, I am easily amused, yet easily bored.  Throw me a bone and I will delight in it for a good half hour...but then I yearn for something else soon after.  My 2 hours were up and my body went rigid with awareness.  I hustled on over to my bf's and I'm not sure if it was his just getting back from work, or the absence of his housemates, or the full-fledged force of the wind & rain, but we just laid in his bed in the almost-silence and the total dark and the world threw us a bone and forgot about us for awhile.

And it was so delicious.




Until the world got bored and sent one of my bf's friends over to hang out.  But hey, what's a luxury if not fleeting and hard to attain? The less you have of it, the more you appreciate and savor it.  I can't wait til my next bite.


MISSION: ACCOMPLISHED