“Nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
Lau Tzo
Thanks for the confirmation, Spidey, that doing nothing is a thing!
Actually, I say busy doing nothing, but it’s not quite true.
The holidays are here, and we have nothing specific planned. That would be better to say.
The way things are, right now, I think it’s better to not have too much planned, incase things take a turn for the worse.
Actually, as I type, the US still has cases in the high figures, and European countries that were convinced they’d kicked Covid-19 to the curb, are now reporting case numbers rising, sparking fears of a second wave.
Here, in the UK there have been few areas where numbers have spiked, causing local lockdown, rather than national. And our dear BoJo has put the brakes on any more loosening of the lockdown for a further two weeks, to curb the chances of the spikes spreading further.
When I said we had no plans, that was a little white lie.
One thing I was desperate to do (if you know me, you’ll already be able to guess what I’m about to type) was to see my parents as soon as it was humanely possible.
After factoring in orthodontic appointments, cricket trainings, and a few others, it was settled that we would go for a couple of days, to see the folks as I haven’t seen them since the New Year.
But now, hearing everything that is happening, I wonder whether that is a wise decision?
Do we go and visit them, satisfy our longing to see and hug them, but possibly put them at risk of the virus, as we will be coming in from somewhere else? Then there is the flipside, do we risk going away, even for a few days, and possibly bring something back this way?
Ideally, we (meaning the kids and I) wanted to go away as there was work that needed doing in the house. If we weren’t around then Hubby Dearest could supervise this work (supposing the builders etc. could do that week) without worrying about us all bouncing off the walls, too.
And while I ponder what to do, I still have other weeks to fill, doing nothing, too.
So, I’m writing.
That’s not nothing, agreed, but it takes a whole lot of nothing time for me to be able to create.
And so I shall, and from this ‘busy doing nothing’ time, may wonderful words be born!
So tell me, what do you do when you’re ‘busy doing nothing’?
Have a peaceful Sunday Peeps And enjoy your week! ❤
I feel better now, and maybe in the holidays I’ll reread and edit in earnest before submitting to some agents!
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