With yesterday behind me (and behind all of us, but this is about me), my life is a little less chaotic today. How long that'll last, nobody knows. But I definitely took advantage, because tomorrow will be no less a Monday no matter how hard I worked Saturday.

For the last week I've been living in a different world. It's good to move on and return to something real. I got behind on important endeavors like journal reading and email answering, the things that keep me connected and remind me who I am. It's such an important part of my life that I've lost something of myself when I'm forced to step back. My job takes priority, but at a cost.

So I made a start on getting caught up online today, but I wasn't up for sitting at the computer all day. I got out in the yard briefly and I finally found time to sit and read the book that's been holding down my end table. I also did the one thing that any good day of rest requires. I took a nap.

Other tasks were on my mind, but mostly I didn't get to them. I didn't do that load of laundry, and I definitely didn't wash my car. I've been meaning to do that every day for about a month. I'm sure I'll find time to do it tomorrow.

These are days I cherish. I don't mind my job, and I like being out with people, but I need the quiet and solitude of a day at home alone every so often. The fact that it comes at the end of such a stressful, emotional week only makes it sweeter.