Taking a Day Off

This blog is all about what's cookin' on the inside.

Today was an off day. It's called an off day in the athletic training world. 

I have a race coming up so today was that day.

I just took it a step further and made it an off day mentally and emotionally. 

It makes for an awkward day.

But, a good day.

I don't know about y'all, but every once in a while I have this type of day. Atypical for me.

I wake up everyday thankful to have woken up, but today I was thankful but just 'off.' 

My childhood friend describes these types of days as 'coma' days for me. 

I'll admit these days come after weeks of full engagement.  I thrive when going. I've slowly been working on breaking this, but the truth is I do much better when 'on the go.' But, not today. 

But, sometimes my body and mind cry out for a break.  

An off day looks like this: no alarm, organizing, sleeping, eating, watching TV.

While I enjoy these things, that's not how I'd highlight most of my other days.

Usually, a 'coma day' has a high percentage of introvertness and a low percentage of multitasking.

Target couldn't even entice me into town.

I transform into 1-dimension.  And, for a day, I'm content with it. For I know, the back-to-school pursuit is about to commence.

I was content with watering my plants, windexing my fridge, watching the Olympics, writing thank yous, scenting the house with candles, napping all afternoon, redoing kitchen cabinets, letting my cute 4 year-old neighbor know that my puppy (who's actually almost 11) really doesn't want to ride his bicycle, and dinner out with the family. And, simply doing just those things.

Moral of the Story: Tomorrow is a new day. The alarm is set. Training ride before church. 1 week until race day. The switch will flip on tomorrow.