The Act of Doing Nothing

So people keep asking me, "What are you doing these days sense you've finishced your Masters?" I look at them and relpy, "Huh?" as I am thinking, "Nothing! and I'm not supposed to be doing anything!"

The truth is that I have been helping Bill move to Boise and I have been working on posters for my classroom. I have been swimming and hiking and mountain biking. I have been shopping, cooking, reading novels, drawing and throwing pottery. I have been taking naps, cleaning and petting my Charlie kitty. I have been visiting old and new friends, going to birthday parties, thinking about wedding arrangements, window shopping online, washing my car, tending my potted plants (that continue to get mowed down by Charlie), thinking about new potted plants, watching Food Network and TLC on cable, sleeping in until 7am, writing E-mails, checking blogs, paying bills, budgeting money, tracking mailed packages online, going to the library, visting family, going camping, visting hot springs, sketching, painting, walking, playing tennis, and so on and so on. Basically, I have been doing all the wonderful things I love but have been sparse the last little bit. So, to some of you it may seem that I have been doing nothing, but for someone who dosen't think she could make a vocation out of being a staying at home, I am really, really enjoying doing nothing!