a {week} of rest

This picture is relevant because it shows my real personality. Laughing, free spirited, a touch of hippie. This is the me I'm getting back in touch with this week. Also Annabeth is the most talented and I loved having her as my client.

A benefit of starting a new job in which your parents happen to be your employers...they know you well, better than you know you sometimes.
My parents made me take this week off between leaving my old job and starting my new one. A week to reboot, relax, rest, and just be.
At first, I thought it was unnecessary. I thought, oh, I don't need that, last time I changed jobs I had a week between but in that week we planned my entire wedding and then I moved into my first apartment and then started the new job, so I can handle starting new after just a weekend off.
Today, though, I am so beyond grateful that they made me take this week. This Monday morning, when I woke up to a slow day with plenty of coffee, a light to do list, and several days of nothing, I felt deep gratitude for this time.
I spent the last year not really resting much. I switched gears so quickly, had such a short engagement, got married, spent the first month of our marriage super sick, moved in our third month very unexpectedly, all the while investing so much of myself into my job there was not a lot of myself left elsewhere.
So now I have a week to reboot and refresh. A week to actually rest my heart and soul. A week to get back to myself and to do things I love and prepare mentally for a new adventure that I am so excited about.
Plus, this weekend I'm going to the mountains with amazing friends (who I finally get to meet in real life for the first time, which sounds crazy to everyone who doesn't blog, but those of us who do know that some incredible friendships form in this world).
Today, and for the rest of this week, I'll be knitting, resting, drinking coffee, reading, watching Netflix marathons, and spending quality time with my recently neglected kitchen.
And writing of course. This kind of rest does wonders for a writing soul.