Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude For Days Off

Yesterday may have been an exercise in reminding myself why my job is working for me, but today's my day off and there is nothing--nothing--like waking up with an empty day yawning out before me--no scheduled appointments, no expectations. Bliss.

Sure there are things I want to do, and plenty more things I should do (hello, laundry!) but this day's mine all mine, and when my day's my own, wondrous things happen. Like piling up revised pages. And the pancakes I'm eating as I type. The healthy, wheat kind, but pancakes nonetheless. You know. The breakfast we love to eat but never have the time to make? Yeah. Pancakes. Later I might go a little crazy and roast me some veggies for lunch. It's like I'm made of time! Here's my current wish list for today:

1. walk my dog on the beach (an extended walk on this gorgeous fall day),
2. run a 5K (the equivalent distance, not a race),
3. shower (I'll need it after number 2),
4. laundry (because it's nice to have clean clothes on busy days),
5. three writing goals (two scene revisions and the start of a new scene),
6. reading (I'm currently loving "The Patron Saint of Liars" by Ann Patchett),
7. wedding photo sort (I need to decide which wedding photos I want to print before my prepaid card at Ritz expires),
8. blogging, and
9. pancakes.

And with this post, numbers 8 and 9 are done. Let's see how this sunny of sunniest days shapes up, shall we? Yes. Yes, we shall.

*Except maybe waking up on the morning of the first of TWO days off. Like in a row. Like normal people. And with that, my 2010 resolution list has officially begun.