My first truly peaceful day...

[wiseheart]

... ever since I retired 4 months ago. Despite not working anymore, there was always something going on: students coming, me going to choir practice, baking for guests, craft projects, thing I wanted to watch on the telly and so had to hurry up with whatever I was doing, so that I'd be done by the time the programme started...

Today, however... today was absolutely peaceful. It's Spring break, so no students or choir practice. Telly was showing things the kiddies on vacation would be interested in, so I didn't even switch it on. Nobody was supposed to come to us and we didn't go anywhere, either. I had the entire day for myself.

Oh, I did a lot of things! For starters, these two double pages for Baby Emma's journal:



(Click to enlarge; and no, the colours aren't true again - a lot less bluish shades, more pale pink, actually.)

Then I made my fabulous Easter ham, with cumin and garlic, and I baked a Hefezopf for tomorrow morning because we miscalculated how much bread we'd need and bought to little. And I cooked cauliflower soup for lunch. As it is Good Friday, we didn't eat meat but opened two cans of tuna and ate it with toast.

Then I laid on my belly on the bed, with my laptop, and read lots and lots of Babylon 5 fanfic. Then I pulled myself together to type up some of my own B5/ST-V fanfic (not as much as I wanted, but tomorrow is another day).

Oh, and Dan Vasc uploaded another amazing video, which I've watched about four times by now.
It's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EekxhbEZZj8

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

That sounds like paradise to me! I hope you have lots more of them!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Amen, my friend!

[meathiel]

I have to admit I love the original version of the song more ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, since I don't know the original version, it isn't a competition for me. *g*

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Always nice when we can have a day to ourselves :0) Your Easter Ham sounds delicious, also the cauliflower soup! The baby book pages are precious. I am wondering how you will bind them together to make the book? DV is amazing as always, love both his and the original version of the song. Sorry for my usual late posting, it has been a busy few days for me and will continue to be so for the next few weeks. I lay in bed all day yesterday with a nasty stomach virus, confined luckily just to myself. Then spent today cleaning up what I should have the day before. This weekend will be one of rest, then next Saturday is my nephew's wedding. Both my husband and son (Usher/Groomsman) are in the wedding party and will be wearing tuxedoes, then the Friday after that is Ryan's University graduation ceremony - Red letter day! His last Uni class was today. He worked the past three semesters as a supplemental instructor so this is also the last day of his part-time job. It's been a stormy month weather wise, but hopefully there will be lots of sunshine ahead for the celebrations. May is around the corner, my favorite of all the months as here it signifies warm weather, the end of school, and gardens full of colorful flowers.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My, my, but the kids are growing up so fast, don't they? I was shocked by the realization that some of my young colleagues are actually of the same age as my first class in this school - and it wasn't my first workplace, either!

I hope you'll have a great time at the wedding! Men in tuxedoes are always a sight for sore eyes. Especially if you can claim some bragging rights, them being your husband and son. *g*