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I'd like a day off

jancam
jancam
Just one.

One day of being me again.
One day of not struggling for every damn thing.

Not a cure.
Not happily ever after.
One day.

What would you do with one if you had it?

Hugs.....jc..
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi Everyone,

I know what I would do...I would carry my sea kayak to the beach and launch. I would spend all day out on the water, dipping my paddle in that beatiful water. It would be heaven to feel myself gliding across the waves once again. And to get the opportunity to see the sea life and be there is priceless. That is what I would do with my day, I have dreamed of it often. Hugs, Cathy
deleted_user
deleted_user
LOL... well.. I dreamt of it often
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'd take the 2+ hour drive to my mountains and go hiking for the day. I think I would enjoy that most alone. I would hang out at the waterfall for a while or just sit at the placid lake there in the middle of the woods, cut out of the stone at the end of the Ice Age. Just now I am thinking of all of my favorite places that I have walked alone or with others. Sitting at the edge of the cliff where I can see 3 states clearly though it is supposed to be 5. Scrabbling up the chimney cracked into the stone face. Watching the water rush through another crack in the rock into a pool I have swum in before. Just listening to the swish and crackle of the leaves as a pass over them. No one rakes in these woods, there are always leaves when you leave the path. Using the natural steeping stones to cross the stream. Oh, how I miss this.

Following that I would head to a hot sauna followed by a bracing dip into a cool pool. The hot to the cold feels wonderful. Then I would have a long massage. I cannot do massages now because they hurt too much. A little work from a reflexologist and finishing up with a reiki cleansing. Oh I would feel like I was walking in the clouds after that.

At night I would meet up with friends to go out for dancing and laughter. I might even have a cocktail or two. If it was Beltane (roughly May Day), some of that dancing would be around a huge fire under an open sky and watching the real fire dancers. Walking away, looking up at a sky not so effected by human lighting, and seeing so many stars it is difficult to find the constellations.

At last I would take a power nap then take the return drive home, watching the sun rise as the stars twink out and the moon becomes a ghost.

Oh, how I would love this day.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Not me!
If I can't have my life back totally, I don't want it back at all.

One day would only feel like frustration to me. Guess that I am weird.
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