Weekends are the best

I love weekends. Every weekday I get to spend the day at home, but I have to work. I have to answer the phone, and work in front of the computer, and I feel guilty if I spend a few extra hours playing a game or going to the park on a Monday afternoon.

But weekends are all about NOT working. It’s not like we do millions of things. It’s just that there’s no guilt, or opportunity cost, associated with doing them, so it feels all that more free.

It wasn’t always that way.

When we started the business, we didn’t distinguish between one day and another. The only difference on weekends was that that phone rang less. We still sat and worked as much as we could.

Now, as I approach 40, I just can’t keep up that pace, and with a 5 year-old son to enjoy, I don’t want to.

So, yesterday we went to the barn and helped with the haying. We groomed and grazed a horse, and ran around the fields like madmen. We went to a movie (Kung Fu Panda) and ate pie.  Today we played in the garden, made messes in the mud, and spent hours playing Treasure Quest, a game I picked up  from a clearance bin at Toys’R'Us.

Now, I’m having a coffee, while kiddo plays in the mud puddles. When he comes in we’ll have bathtime then a story.

No regrets. No worries.

I love weekends.

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