Me? Relax?

Well the weight has now stopped falling off. But I'm not worried. Well I am a little bit, because I'm eating nothing but birdseed and cardboard, but I had my blood pressure taken the other day and it is I am delighted to say sitting at a cool 127/74. A perfect score. This means several things or nothing: either my new eating preferences are working, or my medication is working, or both are working. I'm hoping it is the eating preferences, as this would mean I don't have chronic high blood pressure.

That's the good news. Now the bad news. Brace yourselves: I want a holiday where I can just sit and relax, and do nothing. Plan nothing. Time nothing. Just arrive and do nothing. No computers, no cellphones, just perfect stillness. I found myself the other day laying in the sun on a friends rather shoddy veranda... well it is. But laying there with the sun slowly burning my flesh just feeling the slight breeze on my cheeks was absolute bliss.

And now it seems my brain wants more. I was stuck a couple afternoons ago as a wonderful Johannesburg warm wind blasted against me, carrying the hint of rain, the sweets of jasmine, and the aroma of my irises, and I felt such peace and contentment I wanted it to last forever. So now I find my thoughts turning to a holiday where I don't plan on visiting local historical sites, or learning something new. Or spending it locked up inside a room staring at my computer screen. I want to sit down in the sun and just be.

This is something I have NEVER, let me say it again, NEVER experienced. I hate not doing something. It's boring. There are a billion things more interesting than not doing anything. I just can't think of any at the moment... sigh. I'll keep this short because well I've run out of things to throw out into the digital clouds:

Dear reader, do you from time to time find the need to get out into the sun and just exist in the moment? If so, do you do it often enough, or can you even remember when you last did it? It's the weekend. Take a moment this Sunday, find a shady spot with a sprinkle of sunlight, and just... chill man. Chill.