My Instead: I sat in a display chair and watched the “world go by” in a Target store.
Since I got the new
tub/shower surround in my hall bath, I had been planning on painting the
bathroom and vanity and redecorating with new rugs, a shower curtain and
towels. But we all know about those “best laid plans”! Time keeps slipping away
and my list of home projects keeps getting longer. So for some ungodly reason,
I decided to go shopping and Target was as good of a place as any to take my
money.
I meandered through the
store with no real passion for shopping, but my car insisted on dragging me
there. After about 15 minutes of searching for the bathroom accessories and not
finding anyone to ask, I was fit to be tied. Well, not really “tied”, just “tired”.
I was not in the mood for this, but honestly I was not in the mood for anything
else! I guess you could say I was in a funk. Then, lo and behold, an inviting
pink chair appeared before me as a display on an endcap. It was there to try
out, right? And I did. And I did some more. This was the break I had been
looking for! I sat and sat and watched the “world go by” in my neighborhood
Target store.
As the minutes of my
hiatus mounted up, I found myself in less and less of a hurry to continue with
the shopping mission that I had come to accomplish. I watched people walk by
and sometimes they watched back. Some were oblivious, some were amused, but
none seemed annoyed. I called my sister Karen and talked to both my nephews, Connor
and Aidan, about their first day of school. They were so excited and couldn’t
wait to tell their Aunt Mary all about it. It was so refreshing to hear them tell
their tales. My “time-out chair” came in handy as I rested and listened to
these two young men grow up just a little bit more.
My life had been crazy
busy with work and a new girlfriend and “insteads” and blogs. But after this small intermission,
I realized that I needed to press the “pause” button a bit more often…and maybe even a bit more randomly.
Funk? What funk?
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