Three More Days...

I am working really hard on not working very much during this break.

I tend to overestimate the things I will get done during my breaks, so I tend to spend my entire time away from work engaged in criticism of myself and getting into a downward spiral of coulds, woulds, and shoulds. To avoid this miasma of feeling this time around, I have set one goal for myself - to get a toilet paper roll holder and two towel bars installed in my house. That's it. If I can get these things finished, I will be happy with how I have spent my break.

At the moment, I have overcome (mostly) my anxiety about drilling holes in my walls. I have drilled two holes for the toilet paper holder thing - neither of them is big enough for the screw holder thingies yet, but I have drilled into the walls. I have one drill bit that is bigger than the others that I have tried, so I will drill once more. If I cannot get the screw holder thingies into the larger holes, then I will give up and call someone to come into my home and do these things for me. I am still feeling a bit of anxiety about it all, but that's how things go, I guess.

I have three more days of this week without my primary job. My other jobs have been going on in the background, but I have been able to nap when I want, eat when I want, and drill holes in walls when I want. I actually hung some shelves in my bathroom that I have been wanting to add. I put the nails in the walls! (Gulp!) Most of the rest of the stuff that I have hung up have been attached by command strips, but these shelves did not lend themselves to strips easily. I am going to hang some more pictures in my stairwell and then enjoy the memories that are included.

I have decided that my bedroom is going to be my star room. Stars are my favorite shape, so I have collected many different stars over the years. I have an idea for hanging my stars in my window so I can see them daily. I am also going to spend a bit of time making some word art with quotations about stars. I have some wooden stars that will eventually move from my office space to the bedroom. I also will dream about getting some art from Jheison Huerta for that room as well. I love his galaxy scapes. I just can't quite justify spending $199.00 on art at the moment. I still have furniture needs, so my dream of having one of these prints will wait.

I spent a bit of time getting some bullet journal plans going. I started my new bullet journal (I will start using this new journal in May) with my first Star Wars character, Greedo. I found a list of characters, used a random number generator, and am off into my quest of being creative in my journal while still using it for planning and learning. Star Wars is a perfect experience for me as it is one of the things that I love. My next weekly character is Commander Cody. I am figuring out how I want to portray him in my journal. I am doing some research about these characters and am using up space in my journal by learning something about a story that resonates with me in all sorts of ways. Plus, it is fun to try to draw these characters! I haven't looked ahead to see who has been selected for my birthday week in May. That will be the next week and character. 

The remainder of the week is going to be spent in rest and random chores and thinking and eating things that are not all that good for me. I am allowed to wear regular shoes on my broken toe now, so that's a good thing. I am also allowed to do some "low impact" exercise. I still have to buddy tape my toe to the other toe next to it, but I am allowed to walk barefoot a bit more than I was allowed to do earlier this month. At the moment, I am watching Clone Wars on Disney+, am printing off mini calendars for my various journals, and am wondering if the US Congress will actually abolish the practice of changing time back and forth or not. I wonder if there is anyone out there who still thinks that we need to monkey around with time.

I will go to choir practice this evening. I will go out into my backyard later on to pull weeds out of the one little planter thing that I have out there. There are green leaves out there amongst the dead grasses, so it is time to figure out what to do out there. It is supposed to be warm today, so it seems to be a good day to put on pants and go outside. I might even get some cooking done during the next three days. I am thinking about making a large batch of chili and some loose meat for use in other ways for the rest of the month. In addition, I really want to make my favorite meal before this break is finished.

It is lovely to have the next three days ahead of me. I am really looking forward to the two weeks that we have off this summer - starting with my birthday!! It will be a good opportunity to get truly bored with being at home. I am looking forward to having that much time consecutively since it looks like we will not have much sustained time off during the 22-23 school year. This will be the first time in about a decade that we will have a very long break, and I am planning on not going anywhere at all!

Happy Wednesday where you are! I hope that you can spend some time in appreciation of things and people around you. Sing a song that you love at some point. Take a moment to enjoy something small.