I came home from work today exhausted. My kids have me ragged. My work has me stressed. My life is chaotic. So, what did I do? Lose myself in a television show? I tried. Didn't work. I began to think. What did I used to do to relax? You know, back before the kids, before my teaching career, before life really hit me. I used to take long baths. I would grab some food: cottage cheese, crackers, and a drink. Run a bath as hot as I could stand it - and believe me... I can take hot! Put something in the water: bubbles, oils, beads. Then I would get into the bath and just relax.
So, being the mom on the go, I had not a morsel of delectable food. (I already had dinner anyway.) Hence, I skipped this part. I put some Vaseline brand powder from a box into the water. (I suffer from dry skin and found that this is the only relief I really get.) I got into the hot bath with an old Prevention magazine my mom hands me down. I read/flipped thorough it...again. (I love to read old magazines over and over again...they are a treasure of new information.) I soaped up my hair, slid down to my neck in the hot water, and did nothing. I closed my eyes and focused on having nothing on my mind.
The end product? Relaxation... ahhh...works every time. I have just taken ten for me!
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