Taking a Break

I feel like I’ve taken a break from life this week. After all the running we’ve done this summer during the week and over the weekends it was starting to feel like things were never going to slow down. Then this week came. Joe left for Wisconsin on Monday and was supposed to be home late Tuesday. But – he’s been gone all week. He’s been back in Iowa but he’s helping out a coworker who had an emergency that needed dealt with.

So, no Joe, nothing on the agenda, and I’ve pretty much just shut down. Of course we had the school open house Tuesday night and first day of school yesterday. Then Aaron showed up last evening just to visit. Dad stopped by with some clothes Drew had left at their house and to pick up some eggs. But other than that my days have consisted of stitching, binge watching Downton Abbey, doing a little bit of crafting, keeping up with the laundry, taking care of the chickens and that’s about it. I shut down. Took a break. And it’s been quiet and relaxing and very much needed. Joe will be home at some point today and things will get back to normal. We’ll get back into a new routine on Monday now that school has started and my days will be a lot more quiet with Drew out of the house. I’m going to work on getting into a weekly cleaning schedule, I want to clean out and rearrange kitchen cupboards, the bathroom needs a deep cleaning, the camper needs stocked for our Labor Day camping trip, the list goes on and on, but this week I took a break from everything. It’s nice to be able to do that now and then.