A Day For Myself

Waiting tables 10-11 hours a day four days a week is, well, a full time job to say the least. It is high stress, long hours and highly exhausting. I deal with a minimum of 100 people a day. I take in their requests, their complaints, their compliments and their energy. It is draining. It is also rewarding if you look at it in the right light. It is my choice to do it, and I make a damn fine living at it. I am fortunate for my income and I am very thankful for it.

But today I am stepping away. I work every Saturday, and I don't remember the last time I took a day off just because I felt like it. Today I am doing just that. I called a co-worker that was hard up for cash and gladly gave her my brunch shift that starts at 7:30 and usually ends somewhere between 5 and 6. I am a hard worker and, like many, I sometimes lose my identity in what I do.
Today I am exercising my ability to let go. To remember myself, who I am and what I Love. I just spent an hour on my back porch doing yoga and meditation. I cleaned my kitchen while listening to This American Life on NPR (LOVE that show!). I leisurely drank coffee with Dustin before he went to work and I am currently in my bathrobe, not having yet left my house. It's Divine. How lovely a Saturday afternoon looks from this perspective. Perhaps I shall go out to eat and have someone wait on ME!! Or maby a matinee..
The possiblities are endless-as they always are. If you allow yourself to see them.
Life is Good.