I Quit

Just before writing this, I was thinking about the day Jeffrey Hingston announced to our second grade class, "I Quit." Sometimes, I find myself wanting to quit my daily responsibilities, too. We start out in kindergarden being provided daily play-time and quiet-time but, somewhere along the way, those all important elements seem to be removed from the adult life curriculum. I miss play-time and the occasional mid-day nap.

My life of late seems to have become one long and ever growing "To Do" list. There's the list of things to do at work, followed by the list of things to do at home and the errands and other to do lists that spring up in between work and home. Of course, I am the person creating many of those chores, tasks, errands that pile up before my eyes - but that doesn't deminish my desire to quit - just for a little while.

Maybe, just maybe, a day off for play-time and quiet-time should be the next item on my

"to do" list.