Glorious day

My recharge week continues with another great day. I woke up a bit early today but just took an easy morning. I told myself that this would be the only morning where I’d allow a work call to happen so I did about an hour worth of work and called it good.

I decided to have lunch with my Dad and stepmom. It was short but it was nice to catch up with them on a weekday while my little sister was at school. We could have more adult conversations about life.

Afterwards, I headed to Golden Gate Park. I had this day earmarked as my big park day. I planned to just be outdoors and hang out. I started my adventure in the Japanese Tea Garden and then headed to the Botanical Gardens.

I had forgotten how much I love the Botanical Gardens. Every section is like a new adventure with plants from a different area of the world. It’s one of my favorite places in the city, but I hadn’t been for perhaps 10 years… go figure.

Right by the entrance, I found a duo doing a soundbath and decided to set a blanket down and join in. It was a perfect hour of relaxing in the sun. The rest of my day was spent exploring the gardens.

Probably the best part of today was just realizing how great doing next to nothing feels. For hours at a time, I could just relax in the park looking at plants or the grass. There were no outside pressures, no phone ringing, no emails… it was simply just living and it was glorious.