Been There, Done That: A productive week of ‘rest’

- Laura Nethken

So I found myself between jobs — I always thought that was a euphemism for unemployed and planning to stay that way. But no, I was literally between jobs. I no longer worked at my former position and had a week off before my new one started. I would rather have had time off in July so Dave and I would have a full nine days at our camper, but hey, time off is time off — even in February.

I was determined to use it wisely — not waste a minute. Although I admit I did sleep in a few mornings.
For the most part, I dug in on doing those things there’s never time to do. I spent one whole afternoon cleaning the cobwebs off the ceiling in the entire house. Let me just say, whoever thought textured ceilings is a good idea should be slapped — twice.

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