Goodbye Stress! Hello Playtime!

Phew.  My stress level has gone down a ton, now that my grading is over.  My friend at church today said to me, "wow, you seem so much lighter today somehow, and much more relaxed".  Gee, I wonder why.  I wish that I could relax more when I am under pressure, but it is what it is.  I kind of think that pressure is sometimes good for us.  It keeps us on our toes.

But now that some of the pressure is over, I decided to take a day and just play.  So one of my daughters and my grandson and I went out to Lake Chickakoo, and simply played.  We had a ton of fun, and laughs.  It felt great, and I felt no guilt what-so-ever about taking some time from my training.  I know there needs to be a balance, and I have pushed pretty hard the last few weeks especially.   I also need to give my elbow a couple days rest, as my rope dart seems to irritate it lately and causes it to get all inflamed and very painful.  Enough so that I am learning to brush my teeth with my left hand.

So I will take tomorrow off too, and go play at Chickakoo some more on my skis and snowshoes, and then Tues it's back to work.  The banquet is only 3 weeks away, and there is work to be done!