Playing Hookie

So I have a slight confession to make yesterday was one of those days where I woke up feeling crummy and really probably should have put on my big girl pants and gone to work but I just couldn't seem to put on my big girl pants and do it. So I didn't! So I only sort of played hookie. But I have to admit that it was one of the better decisions I have made in a long time. I ended up sleeping until around 9:30am - which in and of itself proves I didn't feel well because I am not someone to sleep past 9am ever. After I slept in I ended up waking up feeling almost like normal. I spent most of the morning being lazy, reading, journaling and just enjoying my quiet time. Around noon I ventured out to meet a friend for lunch (which was actually already scheduled) who I hadn't seen in quite some time, so it was really nice to be able to have catch up time and not to have to constantly being looking at my watch to rush back to the office. After a nice catch up time with my friend - I ended up heading back to the house to do laundry and even take a nap - something I rarely allow myself to do. I spent the rest of the afternoon reading, uploading some pictures, returning some emails, and just enjoying not having to be anywhere or do anything. While I know I can't play hookie nearly as often as I would like to do - just to have a break from the real world or at least the real world of my job. I must say that it really allowed me some much needed down time to just process life over the past few weeks. I also must add that I actually did do some work yesterday from home since I had my laptop, so I guess I didn't completely play hookie altogether. While I can't encourage you to play hookie from work - I will encourage you to just take an unplanned day of just downtime, you might just be surprised how good it will be for you.