I don’t want to be stressed. So I’m declaring the house a stress-free zone. (We’ll ignore the fact that the house is part of the problem.) I don’t want to mix home-time with the outside world. I’d like to come home and just relax. If it’s not in the house, I don’t want to think about it. Tonight has been a good start. John was home when I got home, and we sat down to eat. Watched an hour of TV, and now we’re listening to classical music and playing on our laptops at the dining room table. Bedtime is not far off (tomorrow morning starts at 4:45), and tomorrow night I might try going back to yoga. I want time that is quiet and peaceful and smells like lavender. (I always want to spell “lavender” like “calendar”, but I get to the -dar at the end, realize it’s wrong, wonder why it’s wrong, change it, and move on. Every time.)
If I have to deal with winter (it got dark so EARLY), I want my winter to be warm and cozy and quiet and relaxing and you know, since our house isn’t selling, that doesn’t seem like too much to ask. I want to stay HOME.