Today is the first day of a long anticipated and much needed vacation. A home vacation it is. Did I leave work the way I wanted to. No. I had four more things on my to-do list I was not able to cross off. I am still pondering if I sit down four hours and get three of them done. Undecided yet. I am glad we have a breather because we are both done. I was especially nice (read grumpy and bitchy) last night to the husband. He has other issues but he is also not his best. So this will be good. However, staying at home also has some pitfalls. We are gonna see all the projects. All the clutter. All the should be doning that issues.
Our home vacation was always planned to also do some of these things. Because obviously we are not getting sh*t done during work weeks. And we wanted to use the terrace more. The thing is… I am home all day. So for me this is not really feeling like a vacation and more like an extended weekend.
Don’t get me wrong. I am looking forward too. Mainly because I am really tired and spent. And at the same time my brain is making a huge list of things I want to do, should do, need to be done.
So for my own sake I have decided to write it all down.
Non-Negotiable
- Sleep in as many days as possible
- Read a lot (two books maybe three?)
- Keep the exercise routine
Want-To-Dos during the Home Vacation
- Sew a skirt or maxi dress
- Rent a boat and cruise the river
- Go to the Mexican restaurant
- Playing golf maybe
- Spend time on the terrace – under a new sun umbrella
- First dip in the river – let’s hope nature is cooperating
- Create a few more quote cards
- Extend and take care of my terrace garden
- Have a little bike ride together.
Must Dos during the Home Vacation
- Cleaning all windows aka testing the window cleaning robot
- Plan our White Summer Party, lots of shopping and decision making
- Home projects I am not yet aware of mainly discussing, deciding and shopping (not looking forward to this)
- TIDY UP MY ROOM – yes, in capital letters because it is such a mess that I can not think anymore when being in it.
- Deep clean the bathrooms.
I’ll be asking the husband later today what he wants to do this week. And then I hope by end of next week we each got to do two things on the list want to list and two things of the must do list. More is always a bonus but let’s start there.
Additionally I want to pledge to not use my phone. I mean, I’ll use it at times like learning Duolingo or maybe logging my reading and chatting with chat GPT if I am in a behavioral eating crisis. But I will stay of social media and not play phone games and such. So far I have used the phone today only a few minutes to add some books to Libby. I ca’t do that from the laptop. And it’s 2:15pm now. Very proud so far.
Have you ever stayed at home for a vacation? Do you do day trips? Will you potter around? How to you plan your home vacation? Any more tips? What is the longest time you can go without your phone?
