Blogtober: Day 13.

When we stop to take a break from all

the setting up we've done at our new

centre, the tea comes out! And this

new one we're trying has quotes on the

tea tag. Can't remember what this one

said, but it inspired us all to get working!

~ Chy

Spring Break.

This week coming up is Spring Break in our region. When I was home with my kids, I loved this week to do fun activities with our family, to travel or to just be. A break before the end of the school year that was always a very busy time. Now that I'm back at work and the kids are older, I still take this week off. A chance to finish up Spring cleaning, ensure our taxes have been filed (due April 30th but I always do the early), start to work in the gardens and take some time to just be. This year, with Easter at the end, I have a few extra days and am really excited and so very ready for this break. I always feel so much better after.

Do you have a Spring Break where you live?

~ Chy

Family Day.

 We all had this past week off from school and

work. Our original plans went sideways ....

.... but that's a long post for another day. We ended

up taking a few days off from the chaos to have fun.

Christmas shopping and yummy lunch with our

girls. It was so good to have a break and laugh.

My Last Day.

I've had the best gift for the few months. The gift of time, 

given to me by my boss. I was able to take a break from 

work for the last 8 weeks. Tomorrow would be exactly 8 

weeks & it's my first day back. Almost 2 months of bliss!

The time away has been useful. I did quite a bit 

of packing, purging & painting. I took time to relax, 

to truly reconnect with myself, to ponder my future, my 

career, my book & none of it had to be rushed. I'm sad to 

go back as I was just getting into the groove of having 

long periods of time for myself. But my crew missed me, I 

missed them & referrals for new families who need grief 

counselling are piling up. So grateful for this time & hope to 

have another long break again one day. What a great 

boss I have! A true treat & something I will always cherish. 

Getting ready to move, shedding the "stuff" I don't need to 

worry about any longer, re looking at how I function in my 

work & my daily life, & time to write, sleep, heal & dream 

was more than I could have ever dreamed of. 

Have you ever had a chance to take a "real" break?

What did you do with your extended time off?