Vacation: Day One

Yes, indeedy-doody, Leora is on vacation. I’ve been working in my current job for a little over a year now, and have only taken 3 days of vacation. This seemed so wrong, considering how much vacation I earn a year (a little over two weeks). So, in mid-March, I signed myself up to participate in the Book Arts Symposium at the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts. The symposium runs Tuesday through Sunday, with classes from 10-5.

I’m so excited! I get to spend six days learning new artsy stuff and creating. Best of all, I don’t have to go to work for a whole week. In fact, I can honestly say that I don’t have to work until next month.

Please don’t hate me. There are so many reasons why I really need this right now. I’ve been so stressed out over the past month that my body still hasn’t relaxed after two and a half days since I last was at work. I won’t get into all the reasons why work has been a living heck lately, because they are beyond anyone’s control. I just do my best to try to keep up, and hope my stomach won’t dissolve itself, my back won’t snap in two, and my heart won’t explode.

And now I sound like a whiner. Which, at times, I am. But which I promised I wouldn’t be today. So forget all that. I’m just happy. Happy that I’m actually blogging today. Happy that I got to have lunch with my honey at her work (Mmmmm…Panera….). Happy that I have the afternoon to unwind. Happy that I get to have a whole week to pursue art.

It’s days like this that make life feel like something worth living. I just have to try to remember that feeling during the other times.