Learning to relax.
Dec. 24th, 2003 12:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikFor weeks now I've been pent up and stressed over, well... the holidays. Not the holidays themselves, mind you! Friends are good, finances are good, work is good, family is good. No, instead it's about having these 2 weeks off that I didn't know what to do with. Since when did I lose the ability to simply go off and vacation? Eeek.
In fretting over what to do I spent a few weeks doing, well, nothing. Procrastination of a degree I don't think I've had before. No housecleaning. No motorcycle riding. No planning and pre-buying tickets for a proper vacation. Just a lot of own-tail-chasing and worrying over what to do.
Meanwhile, the vacation started last Friday. I've spent the last four days of it puttering around the house, playing video games, dropping roomies and friends off at airports and generally being twitchy. Twitchy enough that I've annoyed a few online folks and would probably be driving poor Revar and Chipotle crazy if they weren't already gone for the holidays.
So, this morning, I finally kicked myself into gear. I cleaned most of the house but ran out of steam before getting to the bedroom. I made a concerted effort to be social and get out of the house, doing dinner with my crazy little sister and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reality_fox at Aqui Grill. I fixed the earring I've been grumping over for a while (as noted one post earlier). And, most importantly, made a decision: I'm sticking around locally for Christmas itself. Tomorrow is the traditional Amundson Family Christmas Eve Pizza. I've invited Reality_fox and traveller_blues (and his family) over to join my sisters, bro-in-law and me for an evening of homemade pizza (everybody brings toppings to share) and games. Most all my other friends are out of town or I'd invite more. The kitchen is clean and ready for guests.
Just having gotten started and committing to a decision makes me feel a whole lot better. I still don't know what I'm doing for NewYears, but that'll wait forrevar's return. Poor Revs isn't going to get a lick of downtime (*wrings forepaws evilly*) as I plan to hit the road as soon as Revs gets back. I'm not sure where we'll end up, but we have most of a week to figure it out and enough cash to just crash in motels and national parks as necessary. Or, heck, a nice hotel if we happen to be passing any cool cities (like Vegas). Maybe Carlsbad cavern is a good place to see... anybody I know in Arizona want a drive-by-wave-hi when I go through? Or, maybe colorado. My sister says it's beautiful, having just come back from a skiing trip. Either way I want to get beyond the sphere of my normal Cali/NV/Utah/Oregon travel boundaries.
Also, tomorrow: DimSum! Fox and I are going to Ming's at the noon hour to Destroy All Monsters, er, Pork Buns. Any other locals who want to join? Just show up! Call me if you want to chat about it, no problem. I just want to hang out with everybody for the rest of the week. It's the holidays. Time to be social!
In fretting over what to do I spent a few weeks doing, well, nothing. Procrastination of a degree I don't think I've had before. No housecleaning. No motorcycle riding. No planning and pre-buying tickets for a proper vacation. Just a lot of own-tail-chasing and worrying over what to do.
Meanwhile, the vacation started last Friday. I've spent the last four days of it puttering around the house, playing video games, dropping roomies and friends off at airports and generally being twitchy. Twitchy enough that I've annoyed a few online folks and would probably be driving poor Revar and Chipotle crazy if they weren't already gone for the holidays.
So, this morning, I finally kicked myself into gear. I cleaned most of the house but ran out of steam before getting to the bedroom. I made a concerted effort to be social and get out of the house, doing dinner with my crazy little sister and
reality_fox at Aqui Grill. I fixed the earring I've been grumping over for a while (as noted one post earlier). And, most importantly, made a decision: I'm sticking around locally for Christmas itself. Tomorrow is the traditional Amundson Family Christmas Eve Pizza. I've invited Reality_fox and traveller_blues (and his family) over to join my sisters, bro-in-law and me for an evening of homemade pizza (everybody brings toppings to share) and games. Most all my other friends are out of town or I'd invite more. The kitchen is clean and ready for guests.Just having gotten started and committing to a decision makes me feel a whole lot better. I still don't know what I'm doing for NewYears, but that'll wait for
revar's return. Poor Revs isn't going to get a lick of downtime (*wrings forepaws evilly*) as I plan to hit the road as soon as Revs gets back. I'm not sure where we'll end up, but we have most of a week to figure it out and enough cash to just crash in motels and national parks as necessary. Or, heck, a nice hotel if we happen to be passing any cool cities (like Vegas). Maybe Carlsbad cavern is a good place to see... anybody I know in Arizona want a drive-by-wave-hi when I go through? Or, maybe colorado. My sister says it's beautiful, having just come back from a skiing trip. Either way I want to get beyond the sphere of my normal Cali/NV/Utah/Oregon travel boundaries.Also, tomorrow: DimSum! Fox and I are going to Ming's at the noon hour to Destroy All Monsters, er, Pork Buns. Any other locals who want to join? Just show up! Call me if you want to chat about it, no problem. I just want to hang out with everybody for the rest of the week. It's the holidays. Time to be social!
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