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[utopia]

Relaxation:

Floating

Reading

Dreaming

Sitting in the sun

Sitting in the shade

Being surrounded by nature

Listening to the birds

Lying on the couch

Sleeping

[outlander]

good luck braving the shopping centres @Razzle i still have to get there over the coming days and that is not something im looking forward to.
a hair appointment sounds lovely though and a nice way to have a breather.


@Maggie im with you, music helps me too most of the time... thank you for sharing that song too

@Lauz love the pic! its very cute

@utopia i love your relaxation list

[outlander]

I find long hot showers, having a cup of tea outside, reading a book with some music on, and sitting at the beach watching the waves wuite realxing.

[Maggie]

Ohhhhhh yessssss loooong hot showers. Life savers. @outlander

[TAB]

.. all of @utopia’s list, plus @outlander s waves plus walking can be for me. I flew a kite a couple times as an adult so maybe that’s relaxing and or fascinating well someone commented ‘well if you could see the look on your face’.. 😸

[greenpea]

Relaxation to me is to be under my covers in my comfy bed. Bliss!

[Appleblossom]

I had a relaxing morning but seem to need more!

Let sleeping Cats Lie ...

L Freud - Sleeping Cat

[Razzle]

Well, my relaxing day kind of got shot to the $hithouse.  Got some shopping done, the hardest present is always the Wishing Tree gift I buy for my 9yo son that I lost in a car accident 12 years ago.  I always want to buy the perfect gift.  Today my mums dementia was a bit of a battle and she was very grumpy all day, it just made me angry and upset - not at her, just at the dementia and the unfairness of it all.  I feel like I’ve rushed the purchase, I just feel $hit about the whole thing.

By the time I got to my hair appointment I had totally lost all my resolve, I was terribly uncomfortable having anyone touch me and I just wanted it to be over.    I’m sitting here now feeling like my skin is full of prickles, I want to cry my eyes out - I just feel like €rap.

The worst part is that mum got stuborn and decided to sit in the car most of the afternoon so hubby went into shops while I sat in the car with her.  Now I have to go back in the next few days and finish the gift shopping.  It’s just all too hard, it shouldnt have to be this hard 

[outlander]

Hiding under the covers sounds good to me @greenpea esp those fresh sheet feels

[outlander]

Hey @Razzle what a really hard day for you. Not relaxing at all 😞
I totally get how stubborn elderly can be. Im a carer too
I really hope you get moments of peace today. Hugs xo