Things to do instead of getting depressed on the last free day of vacation.
1. Avoid waking to an internal symphony of “The Party’s Over.”
2. avoid continuing to think of that song through the day’s activities
3. Read a book over breakfast at a favorite café. Notice it’s raining, stay for lunch.
4. Finally wash a load of work clothes. Try not to hum “The Party’s Over” while hanging them
up…
5. List all the fun things you’ve done during your 9-day weekend. Such as:
a. Rode a bike on the tree- and horse-lined trail
b. Dyed hair successfully this time
c. Got a haircut
d. Spa trip for eyebrow dying
e. Started and finished Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving.
f. Watched lots of movies
g. Art store & farmers’ market promenade.
h. Alone time
i. Together time
j. Watched the Buckeyes win over Michigan
k. Threatened a cable repairman during same game
l. Got “all clear” with warnings from podiatrist
m. Spoiled cat
n. made reservations for Christmas break mini-vacation
o. Stayed awake past 9 p.m.
p. Napped whenever the whim struck
q. Finished mediocre book, chose better one.
r. Caught up & pulled ahead on sudoku calendar
6. Counted days till next vacation (19 calendar, 15 working days)
7. Look at dearth of help-wanted ads & realize how lucky you are to have a job at all this year.
8. Pretend you’ve missed the daily routine.
9. Indulge in self-mockery until even you have to laugh.
10. Put this through the spellchecker tool & see it’s written on a 5th grade reading level. Appropriate, you think, as a 5th grader is also bummed about going back to school tomorrow.
11. Put the question out there: what do YOU do when you have to go back to work?
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