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Unexpected morning and afternoon off. WWYD?

15 replies

StarC · 06/12/2021 07:01

Unexpectedly I don't have to start work until 3pm today.
I was expecting to start at 8.30 so this is a nice surprise. I don't want to waste it by sitting around the house doing nothing.
What would you do with your day?

OP posts:
IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 06/12/2021 07:07

Walk?
Christmas shopping?
Catch up on films or books?
Swim, gym?
Run ?

JustAnotherDayWorkingAtHome · 06/12/2021 07:08

Run then some yoga, then watch a film

Etinoxaurus · 06/12/2021 07:09

Do you have to get up with dcs? If not enjoy a lie in.
I don’t have to get up for an hour and I’m loving that quiet time in bed with a hwb. I’ll have a bit of free time today (lunch!) and I’m going to morrisons for a leg of lamb to put in the freezer and primark for £20 of scented candles, they’re like fresh and lots guy scented and very cheap. Other random free time I’ve recently savoured included making a christmas pudding and having a pedicure. Do you have time to detour anyway for a bracing walk? Flowers enjoy.

MakkaPakkas · 06/12/2021 07:11

I'd go back to bed til the sun came up. Then go for a swim then a little walk through the park if it was sunny then back home to catch up on the mountains of housework that are piling up.

PrincessConsuelaBanana · 06/12/2021 07:15

I’d go out for breakfast, a walk and a massage. Awww I wish I had the morning off now! Enjoy whatever you do Smile

JuneOsborne · 06/12/2021 07:16

I'd start wrapping!

PrincessConsuelaBanana · 06/12/2021 07:16

Or I’d stay in bed binge watching MAFSA and eating the selection boxes I’ve bought the kids for Christmas!

Glitterblue · 06/12/2021 07:19

@Etinoxaurus

Do you have to get up with dcs? If not enjoy a lie in. I don’t have to get up for an hour and I’m loving that quiet time in bed with a hwb. I’ll have a bit of free time today (lunch!) and I’m going to morrisons for a leg of lamb to put in the freezer and primark for £20 of scented candles, they’re like fresh and lots guy scented and very cheap. Other random free time I’ve recently savoured included making a christmas pudding and having a pedicure. Do you have time to detour anyway for a bracing walk? Flowers enjoy.
I've just refilled my hwb and it's so lovely snuggling back down in the warmth, I'll probably back to sleep until 8.30/9. DD's school is still closed due to damage from Storm Arwen and our broadband still isn't working so she can't do her schoolwork - we're hoping broadband will be back later this morning (DD isn't but DH and I need to work!)!

I don't work on Mondays but usually still have to get up to get DD ready and take to school so this is a lovely bonus lie in.

If I didn't have DD, I'd probably have a nice bath when I got up, leisurely breakfast, write some Christmas cards, go for a walk, maybe make our Christmas cake.

Enjoy your day, OP!

RowanAlong · 06/12/2021 07:39

I’d go for a swim, then go to a nice cafe for breakfast and read my book, then probably go home and do a nice sorting job that I’d never usually get round to doing. If there was time in there I’d have a long call with a friend/family member.

Mother87 · 06/12/2021 07:41

I'd be finding a film at the cinema & taking a picnic & kicking off my shoes...Grin

Egghead68 · 06/12/2021 07:43

Go for a long walk with a cafe stop in the middle

FrenchBoule · 06/12/2021 07:55

Relax.
Whatever it means for you.

billy1966 · 06/12/2021 09:23

I'd use it to get organised for Christmas.

Normally I would go back to bed with a bucket of coffee and enjoy the peace.

Dietpepsiandshirley · 06/12/2021 09:34

I’d go to the cinema

gannett · 06/12/2021 10:05

In this weather I would absolutely waste it sitting in the house.

I'd do something drawn-out and time-consuming that you enjoy that you can't normally fit in. A long film or a long book to get lost in.

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