I took the next 3 days off from work. I guess you’d call them vacation days, but we’re not going anywhere. And referring to it as a “staycation” just seems wrong. I mean what else have I been doing since March?? Sure, I’ve been working full time, but I haven’t left my house in order to do it. Have I been on a “workcation” since mid-March? That doesn’t quite sound right either.
So I’ve taken Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off this week. Last week should have been our annual trip up north, but obviously that didn’t happen. So I will vacation at home for half this week and maybe get some non-work stuff done. And we have friends that are coming to stay with us while they are between houses.
It will be nice to have visitors. At least I think it will — what if my husband and I have become anti-social in the past 4 months? We’ve been isolated for so long, what if we forget how to have house guests?? It’s not like we’ve started walking around naked in the living room in the daytime (never in the daytime!), but it’s just been us here for months. We’ve gotten into our work and home routine. What will it be like to have other people join us??
Well, there is one good thing about having guests — my husband finally cleaned up his home office, which is my dining room table. There was no way that 4 people could have sat down there for a meal or even to talk. He organized all of his crap this morning (nothing like waiting to the last minute!) and I can actually see the table and chairs again! It’s a pretty table, I’ve missed it.
See, there’s always a silver lining, folks! Mine just might be a few sunny, hot days off and a clean kitchen table.
Notes from a Self Quarantine 