Restless

After two days at work, we had a "cold" day today.  Believe me when I say that teachers enjoy snow days even more than the kids do!  Last night when I got the text and then the call saying I didn't have to report, I was pretty excited.  I looked forward to a day snuggling with the puppies...possibly reading, catching up on a little TV, and probably taking a nap or two.

I woke up pretty early, and due to two dogs wanting to snuggle up close, I wasn't able to go back to sleep.  But I knew that nap time would come later, so that was okay.  As the day went along, though, I started to feel a little...lost.  I've always loved snow days.  They are free days when I don't feel obligated to do anything.  It's time already budgeted for work, so I rarely feel guilty for being completely lazy.  And I was lazy today.  But that laziness felt a little more forced.  I wanted a project to work on, or something to do.  I tried reading, but couldn't focus.  There wasn't anything on TV I felt like watching.  I was bored, and had no idea what to do to ease that boredom.

This is pretty unusual for me.  I'm typically the one who has about 15 projects going on all at one time, along with 3 or 4 books I'm reading simultaneously.  I did some Pinterest searching, and found a couple potential project ideas.  I have a feeling this restless feeling will come and go for quite some time.   It's tough...I never feel like going to work, but I don't have anything to do at home, either.

I had a very different vision of what snow days would look like this year. Like so many other things, we have to readjust our visions to match reality. I would have loved to spend an extra day at home playing with Henry. In time I will find my projects and fully enjoy being lazy. For now, I'll keep busy with my silly games on my phone, browsing Pinterest, and, of course, taking naps!