Glorious

 As days go, this one has been glorious! It is the first one I have had like it in perhaps 2 years. I have been blissfully alone. Please don't misunderstand. I love my husband. We enjoy each other's companionship and we enjoy doing things together. We know each other well, and we enjoy doing a lot of the same things.

But for the course of much of my life, when I have needed to recharge, I spend time all by myself. I may not do anything that is different than what I do when SK is around, but I love the silence, I love the sheer luxury of doing anything I want to do without being questioned why, and I love the absolute freedom of doing whatever I want - when I want.

I ate lunch late today, and I just had a simple one. I ironed; I did laundry; I did a couple of deep-cleaning jobs; I did some mending; I read; I worked on the lesson; I listened to a couple of podcasts; and I baked some cookies. I sat on the comfortable couch (SK's normal domain) and I had the podcasts up as loud as I liked. No one was here to complain or question or protest, kindly or otherwise.

It reminds me of when Erin was a little girl. She had her own room, decorated exactly how she wanted it to look. When she misbehaved, I punished her by sending her to her room. One day I was walking by and heard her singing. I realized that sending her to her room with its music, books and multiple things to do was like sending Brer Rabbit to the Briar Patch! I'll never forget that clear young voice happily singing. I'd been duped! But then again, she has always had a native and cheery temperament, whether sentenced to her room or otherwise.

Meanwhile, SK went with all the young missionaries in our zone to the Reading Stake Building about an hour away for a P-day activity. This is the missionaries' day to get haircuts, do laundry, clean the flat and do shopping. But once in a very great while, the zone leaders call for a day of refreshing. Today, they played all kinds of games, and had a grand time. They got Costco Pizza for lunch. They played stick-pull, ping-pong, basketball, and several other games. 


















They arm-wrestled - SK won. They were amazed.

He got home in time to go pick up sandwiches for Family Home Evening. He took the cookies, potato chips and apples I had here and was off again until 9. A ping-pong tournament was on the docket. This is SK's kind of a day....fun physical and competitive activities. 

I didn't get everything done that I would have like to, but I am so pleased with what I accomplished.

Most of the time, I would rather be with SK than anyone else I know. But sometimes I just love being alone. I readily admit that more than a day or two without him would get old, but today was glorious.

Comments

Lia said…
I love alone days too, and then I love days back together!
July 5, 2021 at 5:35 PM
melissa said…
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?! And it sounds like a perfect day for dad. Love it.
July 5, 2021 at 7:17 PM
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