Day 1: Rest
Last night kept getting better. The rain forecast pushed to today, and so we invited a friend of Jesse’s to play outside. The dad came, too – with 2 beers and 2 Hot-N-Ready’s, which I took as my invitation to sneak inside and finish a book while the dads took charge
I finished the book! And, I snuck a bowl of ice cream (there was only enough Graeter’s in the freezer for 1 – ME!) and by the time I came back outside, the backyard was a frolic of boys and glow sticks.
“Are they playing a game?” I asked, trying to decipher the shouted glee.
“Yes,” the friend’s dad said. “Not the same one, but no one seems to know that.”
I smiled. “Welcome to summer break!”
“I guess it is summer break … more or less.”
More or less.
After the hustle of a normal spring, summer break usually feels like double doors flung open to the sun. But this year, it’s a more or less – an after-thought because what are we really stepping away from after the last couple months of quarantine blend? What we’re stepping into feels just as vague, as the usual travel, camp, and pool plans of summer fun are in limbo or cancelled.
How do we catch a summer break this year?
I’m going to piece this answer together over the next several blogs, beginning with rest because A) I need it B) I’m a life-long learner of the concept because C) I’m pretty bad at it.
I’m no stranger to running on empty, but the difference between Vintage Beth and Present Beth is I’m better at diagnosis (my left eye starts twitching) and repair.
It’s a flawed and earnest journey with Rest & Me, but maybe you’d like to join in this time around? I’ll be sharing a mix – what I’m thinking, what I’m learning, what I’m trying – and I’d love for you to share, too, because conversations are better than monologues, and we all go farther with some help.
To gear up, I’m taking a rest from the blog this week but next week, NEXT MONDAY, I’ll be back, rested, and ready to start. In the meantime, how about you:
Sign up to receive the blogs so they go to you instead of you going to them.Get some friends to sign up with you because … everything is better with friends (says Beth, The Extrovert).Start the conversation in the comments below. I have two questions to get us going. Question 1: How are you finding rest in your life right now? Question 2: In what area of your life do you need a big ole’ break? Check out my latest blogs on what quarantine has looked like for me.
See you next week!
