Directions for a Feel-Good Day
Watch Kiki's Delivery Service.
Drink a small bottle of Martinelli's Apple Juice.
Take the garbage out and notice that it will rain. Hesitate. Linger near the door just to feel the first few drops. Come inside and shut the windows.
Play a list of favorite songs, even if it is nearly midnight and your upstairs neighbors are stomping around. Do this while peeling vegetables for slow cooker pot roast.
Sleep whenever you feel like it. Even if the work is not done. But set your alarm and pretend you are only taking a thirty minute nap.
Write long emails to yourself in the form of to do lists.
Watch House Hunters International and make snide comments about the people with their picky needs and wants. Wonder why someone would search for an old farm house in Jarnac, France and then complain that the houses for sale don't have American-style kitchens.
Eat string cheese.
Take five minutes to disinfect your laptop with a swab of hydrogen peroxide.
Put away the vacuum cleaner that has been sitting in the living room for nearly four months.
Refuse to grade papers until it is the very last minute.
Refuse to think terrible things. Save those thoughts for later.
Open the windows when the night has cooled down and the rain is settling down into a slight trickle.
Drink a small bottle of Martinelli's Apple Juice.
Take the garbage out and notice that it will rain. Hesitate. Linger near the door just to feel the first few drops. Come inside and shut the windows.
Play a list of favorite songs, even if it is nearly midnight and your upstairs neighbors are stomping around. Do this while peeling vegetables for slow cooker pot roast.
Sleep whenever you feel like it. Even if the work is not done. But set your alarm and pretend you are only taking a thirty minute nap.
Write long emails to yourself in the form of to do lists.
Watch House Hunters International and make snide comments about the people with their picky needs and wants. Wonder why someone would search for an old farm house in Jarnac, France and then complain that the houses for sale don't have American-style kitchens.
Eat string cheese.
Take five minutes to disinfect your laptop with a swab of hydrogen peroxide.
Put away the vacuum cleaner that has been sitting in the living room for nearly four months.
Refuse to grade papers until it is the very last minute.
Refuse to think terrible things. Save those thoughts for later.
Open the windows when the night has cooled down and the rain is settling down into a slight trickle.