A very much longed-for Doona Day.

Mmmmm I had a Doona Day today. I feel a smidge guilty for calling in sick to work, but at the same time I really needed a good sleep, a bit of a wind down, and a rest day. I'm completely up to date at work, and am rostered to work Saturday so will only have one day off this weekend. Next week will be full-on both at work and at home as I prepare to go on month's leave (HONEYMOON!!!) and I know Sunday will not be enough to recharge to get through those last few days.

Yes, I'm a slacker. In my defence, my last sick day would have been in September, maybe? I don't take them often. There are people in my team who check their entitlement regularly, and once they've accrued a sick day, they're off the next day. I have two week's leave saved up - a year's worth of entitlement. While I'm not an advocate of taking a sickie for no reason, I do believe in mental health days, or Doona Days, once in a while.

So what did I do with my Doona Day? Firstly, I slept in. And what a glorious sleep in it was. The husband has been on annual leave since just before Christmas, and doesn't go back to work until we get home, so it's been very hard getting up each morning on my own and heading out to work. It was nice this morning to just snuggle and wake up slowly, than to be rudely awoken by an irritating buzzing noise and crawl out of bed, staggering to the bathroom.

We had a lazy breakfast (LnE of course!), followed by a couple of hours of lazing about - lazing about included hanging out washing, doing dishes, and a bit of tidying up though, so it wasn't completely wasted! I watched the P!nk concert DVD which we've just purchased and the memories of the concert came flooding back. I'm totally going to see the lovely Miss P!nk every time she's in Australia!

After that was all done, we headed out to get some shopping done for the trip. The USA is being gripped by the freakiest cold weather right now, and being in (mostly) sunny Melbourne we clearly are not prepared for that kind of weather. We both needed waterproof hiking boots, gloves, hats, and jackets. We managed to get most of the stuff - I didn't get a jacket because apparently fat people don't need 'active' winter gear so they don't make them in sizes above 16. I did try to squeeze into the 16, but if I was wearing anything other than the light t-shirt I had on, it wasn't going to be comfortable. Of course I'll be wearing many layers on holiday so I'm hoping that there will be some options at the airport, or when we arrive in NY. Not being winter here, the only stuff left was on clearance from our winter season, so I had very little chance of finding something suitable anyway. I was still a little disappointed, but that's what happens when you're bigger!

Back home for lunch and an afternoon of vegging on the couch watching Vampire Diaries (#teamDamon) and getting up every so often to walk on the spot for a few minutes. With the shopping and the walking, I got my 10,000 for the day. Happy Dance!

Back to the grind tomorrow...