A day of rest

Tonight I am appreciating sleeping in this morning beside my husband and my cat. I got to lie in bed and listening to rain drumming on the roof. Then it cleared up and I got out in the sun and did some gardening until I got rained on. After doing some school work, we went and got some exercise in the late afternoon sun. Now, after a homemade dinner, it's time for a documentary on TV while the dishwasher runs, then into bed not too late because my husband has to be on an early flight back to work. Although it hasn't been a physical day of rest or a totally boring, mindless day, it has felt like a self-paced day of pursuing mostly what we value doing together. Sunday as a day of rest and reconnection, although not in a traditional religious sense, still has relevance and I am very grateful when our hard work during the week pays off in a restful weekend.