Taking Time To Chill

     Friday was a very, very long day. Not the "fun" kind of day either,just  very long and tiring. The day started off early. Too early. I greeted the gloomy, rainy day by hitting the snooze button 15 times. At that point in time, I would have probably done anything to just have one more hour of sleep. When I realized that this wasn't possible, I dragged myself by my fingernails out of my warm bed and got dressed for a day of work. To be honest, I looked a little like a homeless person. My hair was slicked back into a messy ponytail, Nothing I had on that day matched, and my make-up was lazily and sleepily applied. I looked and felt like crap, however, I was ready.

     My coordinator picked me and my two boy teammates up and drove us to the Kilcranny house (which is a peace and reconciliation centre that me and my teammates volunteer to help them with events and things, quite often). They had just got all the renovations done in their other building so we were asked to help move some stuff from the old building into the new one. It wasn't so bad at first, but then it got a bit more tiring. By lunchtime, when the Dominos Pizza arrived, I was so hungry, and it was quite possibly my favourite part of the whole day. After lunch we were asked to scrub bird poop off of some bunk beds that were stored in this huge barn. I wouldn't normally mind cleaning things, but In Northern Ireland, it rains. So, here we are, me, my two guy team-mates and my coordinator, scrubbing at rotten bunk beds in the cold, getting soaked to the bone by the water and the rain. It's not like I didn't want to help out or anything, because I really like to help people out, and the people at Kilcranny are just so wonderful and appreciative. It is just not best situation or timing. After cleaning “Crap” for what seems like ages, we finally get to leave. I'm sure we would have worked for longer, if I didn't have somewhere to be, and I needed to get home to change and dry off.
 
  We rush home and I get changed and head over to Exodus for a meeting with my mentee. I was a bit late,but I feel like the general people in the town would appreciate me looking decent and not soaking wet, and covered in bird poop. The Mentoring session went really well, I really love meeting with my mentee. It is one of my highlights of the week. As soon as that's over, and I say bye to my mentee, I start the long walk home and it starts to rain. I love Northern Ireland but it always rains in the most inconvenient times. When I finally get home, I eat supper quickly,Shower and change, then it was time to head to the community centre to help with a play that the kilcranny house was helping with. The play was really lovely and I had a fun time helping out, but by the end I was absolutely falling asleep. When I got home, I crashed and slept very well.
 
When I have days like this, ones where I have no time to just stop and chill, it really makes me appreciate the days I do have time off. Sometimes, when I have some time off, I feel like I have to find something to do or always be busy. This Friday, however, made me re-think “time off”. I mean, It wasn't the hardest day I have ever had, but it just was really busy. Next time I get some free time, I will for sure be taking it easy. It's days like this that really make me enjoy chill time. So, basically what I'm saying is, take some true chill time today, because you will appreciate it even more when you have a super hard day. :)

Posted via email from Mel Dominguez