Vacation week?

It felt like a vacation week even though it technically wasn't. I did not work much this week and that always throws me for a loop. How should I structure my day? What should I accomplish first? What is a priority? And in the end, I usually don't get all that much done and feel guilty about it.
Well, I am changing my tune!
I am just going to enjoy these days off. All that stuff that needs to get done around my house? It'll get done or it won't. If something really needs to get done, it will eventually (like the hole in the wall in our entryway that Jenny and Tom patched for us many Thanksgivings ago).
Life is too short to not relish those days and nights when you can just relax and savor the simple moments.
Yesterday I had an hour of "What is the meaning of life? We are here and then we are gone". I was in Target and I watched some kids picking out school supplies (which btw July 18th WAY too early for that nonsense) and I thought back on those school supply shopping days with the kids and Christy and her kids. Then I watched some kids buying things for their college dorm rooms and thought about that time in my life (buying for myself and buying for Wayne and Sally). Waaaaaaaa. How did the time go by so quickly?
I am really going through that phase.
As I loaded my purchases into the Escape, I was overcome by the realization that these are really good days. Every day is. No matter what. Because life is precious and every day counts. I know that sounds trite, but it is true. And seriously? My daughter (though she will not be coming home here when she returns from her honeymoon tonight and she has a new last name!) has married a man who we love to pieces and who loves her unconditionally and vice verse. It doesn't get much better than that. Time marches on and I want to be in that parade.
So this afternoon, I spent a few hours at Sheila's, floating in her pool and sitting on her deck eating a healthy whole wheat pasta salad and visiting with girlfriends. Jack and I carried out some sushi and poured ourselves some bubbly and tonight, we are just going to appreciate life and all that God has blessed us with.
Next week, I am doing 4 evals, so I probably won't be quite so philosophical. :)