For one reason or another this week left me feeling completely out of sorts. As a teacher, every now and then, I have the- Now why am I doing this thought?- In my mind it is because I deal with teenagers and so often they truly don’t want to be there- at all. Sometimes, I suppose, I agree with them. This past week had several moments like this. So, by Friday afternoon I was left with a feeling that I needed to hibernate and recuperate… I also brought papers home to grade (not quite sure how that went along with anything). So I have done just that… some hibernation and some refueling (managing to completely ignore the exercise books… well, almost completely).

Yesterday I relaxed most of the morning. I read, wrote in my journal, worked on a knitting project. Twas lovely indeed. By late afternoon Jon and I decided to leave the house. It started out as a little jaunt to the mall idea, but by the end of it we were on the train to London… why simply go to the mall when you could go wander around London. We couldn’t think of a good reason… so we went. We had such a lovely time. With no agenda or plan we wandered. We wandered in Soho, the Convent Garden area, and by the end of the evening we ended up by the Thames near the Tate Modern Gallery.

It was gorgeous and the night was perfect. It has begun to get cooler, but still a light sweater and a scarf kept me quite warm. We went to Foyle’s book store and looked and looked at books. We each picked out a couple to take with us… love books:) … and then we wandered on… strolling along the river walk. We had never been this way before so it was all new to us and so very beautiful.

We then wandered past the Tate Modern. It was still open so we went inside. We got to see the new slide installation. Jon took some lovely pictures of it. Much fun was had. We continued our stroll and eventually wandered home.

So today I feel recharged. I slept in today and the only thing I have accomplished this morning is making and drinking coffee. Lovely. I don’t think that I will be looking at those exercise books today…

Perhaps I will move onto drinking tea at some point, play with the new class that I am taking, and if I am feeling brave I may work on turning my first heel ( I am working on my first pair of socks… in fact I have been for months now)… We shall see.

Have a good Sunday!