Taking a sabbatical

Prototypian · January 20, 2022, 11:38:00 AM

Well, a night away. My birthday is close, one of my consulting clients gave me a big Amex gift card for Christmas that my spouse doesn't know about and I'm going to take it, my books, my sketchbook and no computer to a boutique hotel in town and go for one night with a nice dinner, good breakfast the next day and mass and not have any issues with spouse or children for one night. I told uOCPDw this was what I was doing and there was some griping but it won't be that bad. I've never done something like this before

Poison Ivy · January 20, 2022, 11:47:16 AM

Good for you! I hope you have a great time.

JustKeepTrying · January 20, 2022, 09:55:05 PM

jsinjin,

I hope you have a wonderfully peaceful night filled with pleasant dreams and restorative sleep.

Worthy of Care · January 20, 2022, 10:12:04 PM

Great. Hope you have a wonderful, peaceful time.

SonofThunder · January 22, 2022, 07:51:03 AM

Quote from: user on January 21, 2022, 11:03:37 PM
Good for you, sounds amazing and well deserved! Please let us know how it goes.

SoT

Kat54 · January 22, 2022, 09:51:58 PM

Good for you! Very much well deserved and have the best night for yourself.

Prototypian · January 24, 2022, 08:17:50 AM

I didn't get to go. My spouse lost it and the kids were a mess as well. I had to cancel. It was my birthday over the weekend. That was another part of the effort. I hoped to be away. Through the years the family has been upset easily on anyone's birthday. Someone always turns a simple family dinner with cake into a crisis. This was sort of the same event. I was trying to avoid the mess. It's no big deal but it was one of the decade ones and I wanted to avoid the mess. I eventually went into the office then in the way home stopped at a nice restaurant and had an appetizer and sketched a bit. When I got home the house was in explosive chaos. I guess what I learned is that it doesn't matter if I'm there or not or if it's a birthday or not. The response the crew has is to have issues. If I choose to go out and find some peace, the mess will still occur. So inn that it was a happy afternoon for me.

SonofThunder · January 24, 2022, 08:27:48 AM

Jsinjin,

Happy birthday to you! Sorry you were not able to get away, but glad you proactively stopped for a quiet, happy afternoon birthday appetizer and some sketch time!

Wishing you progress and fortitude as you deal with the mess at home.

SoT

IsleOfSong · January 24, 2022, 10:27:48 AM

Quote from: Jsinjin on January 24, 2022, 08:17:50 AMIf I choose to go out and find some peace, the mess will still occur.

Sorry to hear you didn't get your night away.

Just to play devil's advocate here: If it's going to be a mess either way, why not stick to your plan and enjoy yourself?

JustKeepTrying · January 24, 2022, 05:52:57 PM

jsinjin,

Happy Birthday! Sorry you didn't get your peace and I am sending you birthday wishes for another peaceful time where you can schedule in in the future. So glad that you did spend some time on yourself though. You deserve it.