Today at church, we got asked to do things this afternoon by three different groups of people: "Wanna hang out at John's tonight? We'll have pizza". "Hey, we're having people over after church - you should come!" "So we're going to start playing volleyball after the service at our church. Y'all should join!"
As it turns out though, we're making an effort to not make plans on Sundays.
The reason is because we want a day that's focused. A day to be able to say no and not feel bad about it. A day to spend in reading and quiet things. A day to refresh before the week hits full force. So we're spending it that way. With studying for class (Carson's landed himself some pretty reading-heavy profs), studying the Bible, talking, hanging out. Spending time together, with God, and with books.
So far, we've gone to Costco (Moody has all sorts of discounted memberships to things so we joined for 1/2 price... and yes, Becca, I got the hummus) to explore, get samples, get some lunch stuff for the week, and to enjoy the cheap food. Then we returned to the house where Carson is currently reading some Theology and Greek and I'm looking for furniture on Craigslist, new recipes, and blogging. Later, we're considering a walk and we'll read some Bible.
I'm looking forward to days like this, where we're not up to our eyeballs in commitments and we can just sort of decompress from the week's schedule.
Breathe.
Also, in case you didn't notice - the picture above (from our last moving trip) is the illustration for the "busy" thing. Get it?