Is'nt life grand now?
Another Sunday Afternoon
by cantleave 12 Replies latest jw friends
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Open mind
My wife and I are sitting in bed watching "The God Who Wasn't There" while sipping our favorite hot beverages!
Cheers!
om & wife
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Hopscotch
It's so true - Sunday is now the best day of the week instead of the worst.
As a JW - Get up early even though you're still tired from a busy week with never a day to sleep a bit longer (Saturday is field service and when hubby is an elder and takes the group it's hard for us to get out of). Get ready and drag ourselves to a boring meeting dressed in uncomfortable clothes. Glance outside at the beautiful blue sky and think to yourself "I wish I was at the beach instead". Wait around for ages after as hubby has to go to one of those spur of the moment elders meetings. Get home tired and hungry. But wait there's more - another field service group to be taken, so it's back out the door, again dressed in uncomfortable clothes, trudge around in the hot afternoon sun, knocking on empty doors (they're probably at the beach), get home tired, hot, and most of all depressed as the weekend is nearly over and there's still more 'theocratic activities' to be done and tomorrow it's Monday and back to the grind. Sunday night - hubby has to do the field service reports (he was the cong secretary) or start preparing one of his few meeting parts for that week. The day ends and you feel stressed, resentful and think what a waste of a weekend.
As an exJW - Sleep in if we feel like it. Take time over breakfast. What do we feel like doing today? A drive to the beach, or the mountains, maybe visit some markets? Or maybe just stay home and lazily sit around the pool sipping a cool drink and watch the parrots noisly feeding in the garden. Or maybe jump in for a refreshing swim? Or just chill out with a good movie or two (watched V for Vendetta yesterday). The day ends and you feel relaxed, happy and think that was an enjoyable weekend.
Hopscotch (who secretly wishes every day was Sunday)