It’s Friday that’s already feeling like the weekend. Since my son is home for PA Day at school, and I got to go to my long Friday morning yoga class (I can’t on a school morning as it finishes too late). That was followed by my husband meeting me near the yoga class for a cup of coffee. And then we leisurely walked home in fantastic weather…

No wonder it feels like a Saturday…we are all home, and relaxed. Well, my husband is already at work, but it still feels relaxing. I will soon be hitting my studio for a long session of painting. No cooking today with enough food in the fridge for lunch, and all of us being out for dinner for different reasons (me at bookclub!).

On a day like today, I want to get a major painting session going. But I am also enjoying the slow vibe. No rushing off to places (except when I had to power walk to my yoga class, because I slept in!), no scrambling to get meals prepared…and great weather to make me happy!

I feel like this is the quiet before the storm of busyness about to hit us. My son is planning to volunteer on Sundays with his outdoor school. And with his gym commitment on Saturdays, he’ll only be home for half a day on weekends! All of that going away for my son entails me making sure he is well fed, and meals are packed etc. along with driving commitments, if any. 

I think, by the time we get to December, we will all be good and ready for the winter break!

I plan to keep doing what I am already doing all the rest of the fall- painting, yoga, weight training, and doing home stuff, along with as much reading as I possibly can.

And my husband has his work and other commitments- which are more than enough to keep him pretty busy.

It does seem like we are in the busy season of our lives, and it will only get crazier throughout high school, before it gets quieter. I am ok with that. I will always try to find pockets of calm for all of us. We are the kind of family that looks for leisure- be it in finding things with short commutes, or saying no to things that seem overbearing, and not filling all our free moments with tasks or commitments…I seriously think we are lazier than other people. But hey, I do like my quiet times, and am not willing to work every minute. Watching TV with my husband, or going to a coffee shop with my son, or listening to audiobooks together- we like doing that kind of stuff. And if that makes us lazy, that’s ok.

As long as we are able to live decent lives, and get things done that need to be done (work to pay bills, laundry, making meals, meeting friends, house cleaning once in a while!), we do not need to fill every moment of our waking lives to make ourselves more productive. 

Because, living fulfilling lives, with work, rest and leisure, is productive enough.