Staycation Update #2: Serendipity

~Be infinitely flexible and constantly amazed~

                                                                        Jason Kravitz


This morning I am under the weather, which incidentally is overcast and freezing. See that? See how we weren’t supposed to go this weekend? The forecast is exactly the same for Santa Barbara today—how bummed would we have been?

But alas, there will be no bike ride along the murky gray waterfront. No picnic with champagne. Sigh. 

In the spirit of the “spin,” I decide that I can spend the afternoon lazily accomplishing some writing tasks—no pressure to meet a particular deadline--while still feeling as if my slow-paced day isn’t a waste. Boyfriend is completely content to eat whatever his heart desires and watch movies and golf—perhaps his favorite way to unwind. 

Ingredients for a delicious staycation.

The sun traces its familiar arc through the sky--though we don't see it even once today. I drink cheap champagne and mango-passionfruit juice and join Boyfriend in the sensory overload of jalepeno potato chips, sour straws, and a trio of Robert Redford movies.

And then the call comes.

Boyfriend (who recently re-entered the acting arena after an extended hiatus), booked a commercial. They shoot tomorrow.

Um.

We would have been out of town. With a non-refundable hotel reservation for Monday night!

Instead we're in our pjs exactly where, apparently, we're supposed to be.

Grin.