Hello Weekend lovers from Hive! This is my fist post on this community, cause I felt like I needed to share this great day that I had with you.
Latelly, I've been feeling suffocated. I work from 10 to 12 hours each day during the week, and the weekend tends to feel a little too short, insufficient. That's assuming, of course, that I don't have to work during the weekend. Since I have so little free time, I feel that I should be "siezing" every minute I am awake in doing the things that I like. But at the same time, my body is super tired to go all day long without taking a nap. This really makes me feel anxious.
Hola amantes del fin de semana de Hive! Esa es mi primera vez posteando en este comunidad, porque sentí que tenía que compartir con ustedes este día. Ultimamente me siento asfixiada. Trabajo entre 10 y 12 horas todos los días durante la semana, y el fin de semana se me vuelve corto, insuficiente. Cuando no tengo, por supuesto, que trabajar también el fin de semana. Siento que debería estar aprovechando cada minuto que paso despierta en hacer las cosas que me gustan, pero a la vez mi cuerpo está super cansado como para sorpotar el dia entero sin dormir la siesta.
That's why when the mail's notification that there was a package pending to be picked up arrived that Friday, I thought it was the perfect chance to revive an old weekend habit. I woke up early, took my headphones, my backpack and I took off. The morning's fresh air was a caress to my heart, tired of all of those hot summer argentinian days.
Por eso, cuando el viernes por la tarde encontré la notificación del correo tirada en mi puerta, pensé que era una de las oportunidades para retomar una vieja costumbre mía de fin de semana. Me levanté temprano, cargué mis auriculares y mi mochila, y salí a caminar rumbo al correo. El aire fresquito de la mañana fue un mimo al corazón, cansado de los días calurosos del verano argentino.
I finally arrived to the Post Office and, to my surpreise, there was no one waiting in the line. Not many people knows that the Post Office is open on Saturdays. I felt super happy. I asked for my package: a book that a friend of mine had recently published. I had pre purchased it and it was finally here. Lucas, my friend, had told me that there was a surprise inside...but I never imagined what I would find.
Finalmente llegué al correo y para sorpresa mía, no había nadie en la fila. No mucha gente sabe que el correo abre los sábados por la mañana. Me sentí super felíz. Pedí mi paquete: un libro que publicó un amigo. Lo había pre comprado y finalmente había llegado. Lucas, mi amigo, me había dicho que iba con una sorpresa...pero no me imaginé que lo que iba adentro del libro me iba a sorprender tanto.
Having my reading material at hand, I chose one of my favourites Coffee Houses to go have breakfast. There, I opened the package. To my surprise, there wasn't one...but two books. The first one, the one I had bought, was called "All the anachronic things are rotten", and it's my friend's first book. The second one was a book about Tarot that he saw and felt he should give it to me. He lives in Buenos Aires and I live in Cordoba. An though we have never actually met in person, He's one of those people you want to keep close.
Teniendo material de lectura a la mano, elegí uno de mis cafés preferidos para ir a desayunar. Ahí, me senté a abrir el paquete. Para mi sorpresa no había uno, sino dos libros adentro. El primero, el que había comprado, es un libro de terror que se llama "Todo lo anacrónico está marchito" y es el primer libro que mi amigo publica. El segundo, era un libro de tarot que él había visto y sintió que tenía que regalarme. Él vive en Buenos Aires, yo en Córdoba. Y aunque nunca nos vimos en persona, es de esas personas que querés tener cerca.
Here's the thing. I'm a tarot reader in training since a couple years. And lately I've been away from the practice, because I'm way too busy. However, my cards come with me wherever I go and being with them makes me feel good. The fact that this book -that came with it's own deck- had come to me at this moment is, for the people who are tarot readers, not a coincidence. I felt again in touch with a part of me that I hadn't seen in a while. A part of me that used to spent her sundays studying the cards, taking notes, doing readings and exploring the hidden meanings...and I missed it to much.
Acá está lo curioso. Soy taróloga en entrenamiento hace un par de años. Y, últimamente, he dejado de estudiar porque estoy muy ocupada con mis cosas. Sin embargo, mis cartas suelen ir conmigo a todos lados y estar en contacto con ellas me hace sentir muy bien. Que este libro -que además vino con un mazo de cartas- haya llegado a mi en este momento, para quienes practicamos esta actividad no es casualidad. Me sentí de nuevo en contacto con esta parte de mi que hacía mucho no visitaba. Una que cada domingo en cuarentena se dedicaba a estudiar las cartas, hacer resúmenes, leerlas y explorar los significados. Y la extrañaba tanto...
I thanked my friend, uploaded the books to social media to help him promote his work and I ordered breakfast. I had three pieces of toast, with butter, ham, cheese and jam, a coffee and a little glass of orange juice. I ate it while reading. I felt as if, for a moment, everything dissapeared. Families, couples and groups of friends came and went. They sat, they ordered, they paid and they left...but I kept on reading, lost in my own world. I read half a book on one sit. Then I payed for the meal and walked back home.
Hice los correspondientes agradecimientos y subí los libros a las redes para promocionar el material -todo suma-. Y me pedí un desayuno campestre.
El desayuno consistió de café con leche, tostadas de pan de campo, jamón, queso, manteca, mermelada y un pequeño vaso de jugo de naranja. Lo comí mientras leía. Sentí como si por un momento, el resto de las personas que había en la cafetería desaparecían a mi alrededor. Grupos, familias y parejas se levantaron y se sentaron, ordenaron y pagaron la cuenta. Pero yo seguí ahí, en mi mundo. Leí la mitad del libro en la cafetería. Volví a casa caminando, aprovechando que el ejercicio me vendría bien para despejar la mente.
I arrived home and wanted to keep on reading. So I turned on the TV, put some nice and relaxing music, and sat on the couch with my reading blanket. My cat, Salem, joined me immediately. It seems that she also aproves the book. I only have two tales left to finish it and, so far, I really liked it. The best thing is that, during all this time, I never looked at my phone.
Llegué a casa y quería seguir leyendo. Así que puse en la tele una música tranquila, me tapé con mi mantita en mi sillón y mi gata Salem se sumó a mi sesión de lectura. Parece que ella aprueba el libro también. Solo me quedan dos cuentos para terminarlo y hasta ahora me gustó mucho. Lo mejor es que durante todo este tiempo, no toqué mi celular.
Today I needed to get away from everything for a couple of hours: from my phone, my 'to do's', my work, creating content, thinking new ideas. I gifted myself three hours of my own time to do something that made me a little more happy. To me, this is a perfect saturday.
Necesitaba hoy, como nunca, desentenderme un par de horas de todo: de mi teléfono, de mis compromisos, de mi trabajo, de estar pendiente de todo lo que pasa, de generar contenido, de pensar ideas. Me regalé tres horas de mi vida para hacer algo que me hizo un poco más feliz. Para mi, eso es un sábado perfecto.
This sounds like a legit sort of day and one I'd enjoy myself! I read a lot also and spend time in café's doing so, intermittently with people watching, and find good value in doing so.
Thanks for using my community, THE WEEKEND community is just the sort of place for content like this - Anything weekend related actually.
All the best.
Thank You for reading and for creating this space! I enjoyed myself while writing it! For more fun weekends!!!
Hello @chereside
Welcome to THE WEEKEND community. I hope you enjoy it here. This day you described sound truly delightful. I can simply imagine being able to spend a few hours at that cafe with my head in a book, lost in a totally different world...only being pulled out to eat and drink every now and again. What a pleasure!
It sounds like you deserved this weekend and I'm super glad that you made good use of it.
Have a lovely Sunday and good luck with the week ahead.
Thank You so much for reading and for The warm welcome to this Community💜
You are welcome.
I hope you had a lovely weekend!
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A good sort of weekend indeed. You've subjected your brain to a beneficial mental exercise. And this is how you grow naturally. Well-done to you! 👍
Thank You so much for your comment and for reading!
You're welcome