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Three weeks to myself. Scary!

I'll be taking taking three weeks off of work between my last day at my old job and my first day at the new job. I would love to hop on a plane and spend all that time in Kauai or perhaps Australia, but since (a) my husband has to work, and (b) I will not be getting paid during these three weeks, that is impractical.

So I'm trying to decide how to spend that time in a way that I won't regret.

I do NOT want to sleep until noon every day, spend hours reading blogs and random Wikipedia entries, drink late into the evening, sleep, and repeat. But that is the pattern I could easily fall into if I don't try a little harder.

I think I should try to do something that I couldn't do in normal circumstances. Something that will leave me feeling refreshed and recharged, creatively and physically. But without the ability to travel (or travel far), I'm having a hard time coming up with ideas.

Some projects I have considered:

• Going on a new hike or trail run every day, taking advantage of ample weekday parking and unclogged trails.
  
• Starting a quilt; seeing how far I can get in three weeks.
  
• Learning how to bake really good bread.
  
• Working on a couple of web site ideas I've been mulling for months, although that might be too much like real work.
  
• Embarking on some sort of photo project.
  
• Roasting a whole turkey, which is something I have never done, and have never wanted to spend a precious weekend day doing.
  
• Taking a surfing lesson or two.
  
• Doing something involving wine. Lots of wine. Good wine.
  
• Washing the kitchen floor. Glamorous, I know.
  

Realistically, I think I should be happy to accomplish one of these things. Maybe I'll just aim for the kitchen floor.

October 9, 2006 2:06 PM