February 23, 2020 - 163 - "Olympic Gold for Napping"

  Doing Nothing

  Today was our day to Do Nothing. 

     Yesterday I got unpacked and Michael and I worked on sprucing the house up for the big reveal to our friend (/the former owners of the house). 

     A couple of days ago I wrestled a cat all the way to Mexico. 

     Before that I prepped huge bags to get here with all manner of housewares. 

Being a Mule to Mexico...a Pack Mule

     Side Note About Luggage:  We're allowed to check 2 bags at 50 pounds a piece.  We have a manual scale that gives us a pretty good estimate, but I always bring a bag to pack home anything that is above the limit.  This trip Bag 1 weighed:  50.0, (on the nose). Bag 2 Weighed:  51.0.  Luckily, the nice baggage agent allowed the extra pound.

      Two of the bedrooms at Casa de Llaves have big wide windows.  They're about the size of a sliding glass door, but with windows on either side and a regular sized glass door in the middle.  

     I ordered these extra-long curtain rods with two bars.  I just could afford to get the top black-out curtains this time and left the sheers for next time.  (Lots of yardage in them...and not available at TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning, etc.)  But I could have stuck with just ordering one of the bedrooms.  I had no idea how heavy curtains are.  Especially if each panel is 95" x 100".  So I had to do the 'Sofie's Choice' thing and choose whether Michael and I, or our guest got to sleep in.  

     We chose the guest (Michael's brother...though now that seems silly because he gets up at the crack of dawn and goes running like we would never do unless the house was on fire or something.). The choice was made because our curtains are old, stained, and the grommets are rusted...but they're long enough.  I used the guest curtains as an experiment and took them to be washed.  Now they're about 9" from the floor.  lol.

     Before all of that I worked a bunch of trips back to back.  

All's Well That Ends Well

    It all went great.  In the case of Ella:  way better than expected...after a rocky start, of course.

    I said all week:  On Sunday...we Do Nothing.

    At dinner last night our friends invited us over for pancakes this morning.  I said:  "Thanks!!!  But...it's our day to do nothing.  I need to sleep in and.."

    "Come at noon!", our friend kindly offered.

    "No.  Thanks again.  But, really,

Going For  the Gold  The Nap(s)

     All this to say:  Today was the Promised Land I've been working towards for weeks.  The day when manna would fall non-stop from the heavens, or at the very least sleep would be available whenever I liked.

    And, by golly, it happened.  I'm proud to say I slept until about 9:15 am...but didn't get out of bed until around 11 am.  We went out to check out a shop, which turned out to be closed, got lunch while we were out, and brought home some Broaster To Go chicken for dinner.

    Then I laid down on the couch.  We've been dreaming about this since February 14, 2019 when we bought the couch...and today was the first day it actually happened.

    The most exciting thing was that I got to take that nap with Ella!!

    Heaven!  I think one of the greatest pleasures of this life is napping with your favorite pet.

*Note:  Almost every quote I found about doing nothing was along the lines of warning against it.  They are all wrong.  Doing Nothing is wonderful!  I call it a worthy goal.  

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"I don't do nothing I don't want to do."

-John Lee Hooker

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So I'll repeat one of my favorite quotes of all time:

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward."

-Spanish Proverb

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