Playing Hooky

I did something I haven't done in a long time -- I purposely changed up my schedule dropping a "chore" in favor of play. 

I need to drive to mid-town to have my wedding band repaired (stones fell out again) and the thought of doing that today was too much. I called and rescheduled. The weather is so good and I want to be outside. I flipped a couple of days and now am taking a long hike. Half solo, half with a friend, and lunch. 

I guess you could call this self-care, but I'm listening to what I want and letting that lead the way. I don't "need" to be outside necessarily, but I sure want to be outside. Giving in to what I WANT right now feels good. Months have been heavily leaning toward other things -- other people, obligations, etc, but not the freedom to change up and give into a whim. Don't get me wrong, I've still been "living" and doing lots of fun things, but very scheduled. 

It's like a little rebel hooky day and I took it. It's funny because I this must feel naughty to me because I dreamt about calling off work and was all up-in-arms about it.

The hike was nice yesterday. A bit slow for my liking, but I'm trying to focus on the company as the primary joy of the Tuesday hikes. The ladies are great and forming these friendships is important to me. We started late (of course), hiked slowly (of course), stopped a lot (of course) ... and I had a great time. Letting go of my rigid mindset for this group is a good thing for me. Lunch is such a highlight for the conversation, connection, and local businesses support.

I started the Easter basket. I'll decorate it with little cutouts because the bag has a waxy coating and crayons won't stick well. 

I also got the urge to spray paint old plant stands for the new house. I want them to look a little shabby so I didn't prep anything (and I'm lazy). I'm going to use them in my craft room or the back patio. Embracing the year of COLOR. It's not exactly the color I was imagining, but it's pretty. I wanted something a little lighter, little muted. I might distress it a bit more once it's fully dry. It'll be pretty with plants.

Round tray has a black metal
base and that'll be cute with
the green from a plant.

I found some non-alcoholic IPA in the refrigerator and spent the evening with a "beer" and White Lotus. 

Regulating, recovering, relaxing, setting up a hooky day, crafting. Remembering what feels good. This time feels a lot like the pandemic time to me. I might write more about this soon. I'm pulling out some lessons I learned during 2020 that, not only helped in the moment, but were a catalyst to transition and personal growth like nothing else. Seems to be happening again. 

Okay, that's all from here. Hope you are having a good day. Later gators.