We’ve done fantastically little. Telly. Gaming together. Reading and drawing. Love it. We do have a dog, so a mandatory ‘throw something on and we all walk and move about for an hour’ has to be done every day, but still feels lazy as it’s shower and back in pyjamas straight after.
After masses of cooking and hosting in the run up to Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we have tonnes of leftovers and non-cooking food. I was careful to organise the food in order of needing to be used. Today we’ve reached the slow perishables, pannetone for lunch with a platter of apples and cut up carrots, tangerines, and we’ve had a leftover cheeses Mac n cheese with a fresh bag of rocket chucked over it.
We’re going to go for a new walk tomorrow further afield, but still sticking to the slow life and will not be doing much else either side of it. We’re all clean and fed, but need to get off the hamster wheel of life and recharge for our sanity. That said, I’ve done loads of admin tasks between lounging that have been weighing over me for ages. Because I’ve had nothing much else to do I haven’t felt the overwhelm that I’ve had in the last few months, and now feel better going into a new year without a massive to do list.
Kids getting older, no horrible husband to sour the mood, and not hosting after Christmas Eve, has made this week exactly what I wanted it to be - pure rest and relaxation!