“I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy.”
Today is another dark, cloudy day. Showers are predicted and the high could be 60ห. I have declared today a sloth day. I didn’t wake up until after 11 because I didn’t go to bed until close to 4. I just wasn’t tired. I am now. Luckily, I have nowhere I need to go and no reason to get dressed so I’m wearing my sloth day outfit of slippers, flannel pants and a tee shirt under a sweatshirt.
When I was a kid, I would have been moaning and groaning, even whining, about staying inside on a rainy afternoon. After a day stuck in school, I needed to play, to bike or to run around until I was forced inside when the streetlights came on. I didn’t care about getting wet. That was my mother’s reason for making us stay inside the house even when we begged.
When I was older, I loved staying inside on a rainy day. I’d get home from school, put on my pajamas and while away the afternoon reading or even taking a nap. I always felt cozy.
In Ghana, I never had a sloth day. I lived on school grounds and taught all week. On weekends and in the early evenings, students often visited. I stayed dressed. I don’t even think I had cozy clothes.
I think it was when I was older and teaching that I had my first sloth day. It took a little time for me not to feel guilty.
I knowing being retired means I have mostly empty dance cards, but I usually do stuff and I get dressed. A Sloth Day isn’t just any day. It is declared like a holiday. I know when I wake up some mornings I can sense, even feel, the need for a sloth day. That was this morning.
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October 22, 2019 at 12:53 pm
Sunny all day until I stopped working, then thick clouds arrived but we did get a nice walk after work anyway.
I’ve had too many sloth days lately but I won’t feel guilty if I have even more ๐ ๐ Unfortunately my dogs tend to break up the sloth day to several parts since they always wants to take walks so I can sometimes feel lucky if it rains and they rather stay indoors ๐ ๐ ๐
Have a great day!
Christer.
October 22, 2019 at 1:19 pm
Christer,
I’d hate to be working all day then have bad weather when I get home. Henry doesn’t mind the rain unless it is a drenching storm. He runs into the yard and back again quickly.
Sloth days keep me energized for the busy days though I’m not really all that busy. I try to save all my errands so I can do them all in one day. That makes me feel a bit accomplished.
I do have stuff for tomorrow so I will enjoy my lazy day today!
Have a great evening!!
October 22, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Happy belated International Sloth Day!
Very sloth-like to celebrate it two days late ๐
October 22, 2019 at 1:52 pm
Birgit,
I didn’t know there is an International Sloth Day. I figure I’m a long time observer without realizing it. I chuckled! Yup, it is sloth like to be late.
October 22, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Hi Kat,
Still living in the hotel because the power is still out in our neighborhood. After getting my wifeโs car washed we could see the minor scratches and a small dent in the hatch sustained during the tornado.
My coworker showed me a picture of the elementary school that I attended as a kid which appears to have been leveled by Sundayโs tornado. Those storms developed 6 tornados including the EF3 that came through our neighborhood. EF3 is winds between 135 MPH to 165 MPH. ๐
Beautiful day today with clear skies and highs in the low 70s.
October 22, 2019 at 6:15 pm
Hi Bob,
You really did have luck on your side. The car has a a ding, but none of you got hurt. I’m sure staying a hotel can get tiresome, but waiting all can you can do. I hope you get electricity soon.
I’ve stayed here when I’ve lost electricity for a few days. The worst was a couple of winters ago. My house was down to 37ห. I don’t mind so much this time of year.
It is not easy when a part of our memories disappears.
It was sunny for only a short time. The clouds are here to stay as it willraaintonight.
October 22, 2019 at 6:48 pm
Losing power in the winter poses a problem with your plumbing freezing and your pipes bursting. ๐
Storms seem to be fiercer and more frequent as the climate warms. It reminds me of the old margarine TV commercial where the Mother Nature character thinks sheโs tasting butter and finds out itโs margarine. She sayโs angrily after a clap of thunder and lightning, โItโs not nice to fool Mother Natureโ. ๐
October 22, 2019 at 7:39 pm
I let my sink have a tiny drip every now and then so the pipes wouldn’t freeze.
Any storm from the northeast, any nor’easter, is a killer to us whether snow or rain.
October 23, 2019 at 7:12 am
Hopefully the tracks for today’s theme were amassed leisurely. Lazy, maybe, but not careless, and everything rated at least a second listen. The California Ramblers and Mills Brothers cuts were especially fine and each got a third playing out of me. For the latter, I prefer the first one.
October 23, 2019 at 1:36 pm
Rowen,
My search for the right music takes a bit of time. First I decide my theme then I hunt for songs with the theme word in the title. I like sitting here and listening to songs until I find just the right four. Today I took my time so I’m glad you thought them fine.