Marathonacation: Day Four

The Day After:

No I didn't sleep in. Maybe just a bit. Coffee in the morning was great, resting and now really no more "stressing". Preparing for the race can be stressing. Now the vacation really begins. It's Monday morning and everyone is working at the office. We both sit in bed and just chill for a while. It's now vacation time......well for as much as a self employed business owning architect possibly can......for me....not much. But I can pretend.

Today was all about relaxing. I was tired but not extremely. A little sore in places which was to be expected. We just really wanted to be peaceful and enjoy some time together. After taking care of any business at the office via internet......honestly there wasn't much.....my team really does a great job......we decided to go to City Walk.

We looked at the price of admissions for Islands of Adventure but I just think it is ridiculous to pay nearly a $100 for each of us for only a half a day. They were going to close at six too. So we just walked around and did some shopping. City Walk is really more exciting at night.....we knew that....just forgot.

We ate lunch at Bubba Gumps which I thought was appropriate since it was all about RUN FOREST RUN. Our waiter was really nice....it was slow this afternoon.....he quizzed us on the movie and surprisingly between both of us we knew all the questions. Hadn't seen that movie in a long time. Great lunch....great relax....fun time.

 And then we got really silly by playing a round of putt putt golf. Two courses to play....one was haunted and the other was SCI-FI. My wife chose the SCI-FI of course. Silly fun and silly pictures we took of ourselves enjoying our time together doing something that was absolutely no stress. Just what the doctor ordered.

We switched hotels since we didn't really want to stay in the Disney Resort the entire time. So we headed to check in and really just crashed that evening. We ate in the hotel restaurant and that was about it. Guess I was more tired than I thought. That's okay......sleep is what the doctor ordered too.

Tomorrow we planned on going to Magic Kingdom!

ET This I Believe

Eugene Thompson

What I Love?

You know what I love? I love being lazy! Yes....absolutely lazy.  Doing nothing of value, self-worth or inspirational at all. I know it sounds detrimental to one's health but I think it is actually very healthy. After all doesn't the doctor tell you to take some time off or take a vacation? That is what being lazy is for me.....a vacation!

It goes back to my Get-Away blog post of no big plans.  If I go on vacation....I am bound to find something to do, see or go or whatever.....never getting the rest that I so desperately desire. A few years ago my wife and took our 20th anniversary to Barbados.  We had never been there before.  The goal was to find a place that we good simply roll out of bed and onto the beach. Some place that didn't have any special architecture nearby that would cause me to run off and sketch. ( I did however sketch the palm tree we sat under during the day and the favorite beach side Tiki bar shack!) We hung out, caught some rays (which never happens because we don't find "catching rays" very beneficial use of time), read a book, (only gets done on plane trips or down time....yeah right...downtime) and relaxed doing nothing......we were lazy.

It did cause me to get a little restless at times.  I felt my body rejecting the this new drug being introduced in my blood stream.  I really felt like I needed to do something, anything, but I resisted the urge and laid back down on the beach cabana. At home, there are times, I just want to sit and watch television ( A true waste of time) but hey, it is relaxing....unwinding...and I don't care what you think I like it. Oh I know I have the mile long list of honey-do items and I could be writing another edition of this blog or my business blog. Or maybe I could even do some exercise.....yeah right....did you say sweat, exertion, fatigue, diet, work?  Not today, please......tomorrow I will being that.

So, laziness is what a body deserves sometime.  I define it as this,  "A moment in time dedicated to the do-nothingness of relaxation extending beyond the normal bounds of vacation into a realm of restful intoxication." Try some my friends.....you will like it....Sam I am......Peace be still....Peace be still.....