a simple yarn

As a child, I remember the what-seemed-to-me-endless stream of television commercials for furniture polish that cleaned without adding a waxy buildup. Funny I can’t remember the name of the product…was it Pledge? Anyway, I’ve been experiencing a bit of buildup lately…

And due to the slowness and steadiness in building up this ‘life wax’ as it were, it has not been apparent until seeing it in retrospect, that I’ve been burning that candle at both ends.

Too many commitments.
Some were unavoidable and some are of my own doing. Right, time to put back a little more margin in my life. October will probably be hectic, but will work toward a calmer end of the year.

Too much caffeine.
The lovely end-of-the-day cup has had a few unconscious addendums including the morning-before-working cup and the chatting-with-friends cup (or two). No wonder my head throbs.

So, this morning while still in a horizontal position and being served lovely toast and decaffeinated tea by my daughter-who-would-do-well-in-the-hospitality-trade, I
Did not cook.
Did not knit.
Did not weave.
Did not do emails.
Did not get out of bed for quite a while.

And to clean away some of the wax buildup, I
Read.
Pondered.
Prayed.
Napped.
Read some more.
Napped some more.
Had more decaf tea without a cappuccino in sight until this evening when Husband-Will and I will savour one decaf cup.

Oh sure, after one day of real rest, the wax buildup is not entirely gone (contrary to what most TV adverts would lead you to believe!), but still, it’s a step in the right direction…