play more

I would like to take time out to be playful everyday, regardless of injury or illness, stresses or concerns.
I saw a great reminder today: If you can think of something that would be fun for your loved ones to do it will have an effect on the fun you are having. How nice!

Brave Dwarves might be in order. It’s been a while since I’ve played it – I used to lose myself in it once or twice a year, when feeling stressed.

(Of course, as soon as I thought about doing this, my computer started to freeze up…)

This one has been on my mind lately – I do need to play more (and I will). :)

I bought two yorkie puppy brothers 5 days ago and they have given me so much happiness and fun playtime. We take at least 10 outdoor play runs a day which includes finding fun sticks to chew and interesting obstacles to face. (They have each ran headlong into the swimming pool and I have had to jump in to save them…brrrr as well as saving them when they decided to visit and yap at two very pissed off horses) They are a blast and I miss our playtime when they have to take a nap.

I confess, I’m a bonafide workaholic. I think I have forgotten how to play…and that’s just not living life in my book. I remember fun. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get all the business put to bed so I can have fun. I am probably going to sound like that commercial”Calgon, take me away” but being a wife, mother, and business owner there just isn’t time for fun anymore. My biggest fun lately was catching glimpses of the movie “Christine” that my daughter and two friends were watching as I was making dinner. SAD

done the first thing

Today I played all day, and we were active the whole time. We played on the trampoline, went swimming, and we hope we can have a bonfire this evening. I can’t wait!

playing more sports lately, and have been enjoying it. I have found a new set of soccer-pals too, all fun and friendly. And it’s always fun to know more people, on the field and off the field. _{Who knew that J, who is such a fierce defender in the game, sings to his 3-year old daughter when he takes her for walks across the campus? :)}

There is still something that makes me have mixed feelings about this whole “being playful” thing. I understand some silliness is needed to ironically keep my sanity intact, but beyond that, am I really allowed to focus on having a “good” time when there is so much going on in the world? (Going back to Ira’s question) One verse from a poem keeps coming back to me (well, in a nutshell, it says “You are the solution, don’t miss the opportunity”)... I know it’s unlikely for one person to make a huge difference, but isn’t it true that (like everything else) you get only as much out of something as you put your mind and effort into it?

I play all the time! I get silly, I dance, and I volunteer 3x a week with an after school program. I just think everyone could play more.

but it always makes me laugh..

Everytime I’m in the E-Z Tag lane on the beltway (where if you have a E-Z tag sticker on your car, you don’t have to stop & pay the toll – it automatically reads your sticker..) anyway.. speeding past all the cars that have to stop, I always say (in a kinda high-pitched Southern accent): “Bye, Sucka!”

makes me laugh.