Today was one of those really great, cruisy, go-with-the-flow holiday days.
I think what set the tone was the morning. It was oh-so-chilled. Hubbie and I had the best time, doing the most simplest of things, and we were trying to work out why it felt so good, why it was so good. We broke it down to this:
We started off with a simple walk alongside the park/water views. This we hadn't done in a while, but it was also done while pushing baby boy in the pram for his morning nap - we were being productive, while enjoying the calm. Ahhh.
Next we stopped for coffee and a bite to eat. Still, baby boy was napping! Success. Only waking up when we were done. Check and check.
We meandered on down the Main Street. We popped into streets here, there. We took turns carrying baby boy and having him in the pram. We looked into those specialty shops that we haven't poked our heads in for ages, and even went into another and both bought some clothes - other than baby boy's christening, I HAVE NOT BOUGHT NEW CLOTHES I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN.
Then we sat on a nearby bench to feed him as he was hungry. We were right in the middle of the Main Street, Hubbie was holding him as I fed him a peanut butter sandwich, and it was just still, cloudy but sunny too, just lovely.
And we were like "why did these past couple hours feel so freaking awesome?"
It was this: we felt like we were holidaying in our town.
It's a hard thing to nail, because of the fact that you need to let go of all of your routine, something so very engrained in you when you are in fact, home. You are not away. You can't think of jobs, you can't think of the next thing, what is waiting for you at home, the weekend, the night, etc, etc.
You are just in the moment, like holiday people. Do I want to buy sushi? Yeah I want to buy sushi.
Do I want to walk into this shop? Yeah I wanna look at this seaside apparel.
Do I want to feed baby boy on this bench that we never sit on? Yes we bloody hell will.
This was absolute key. You have to live in the moment, forget about routine, and just be.
Enjoy. I need to try to capture this essence and apply it through the year. It is so, SO hard to do when you're in the midst of work/school/raising kids/maintaining a home/ life balance, but I will try, damn it, to do these holiday things, ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. 🥰
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