In his occasional column on NPR, Andre Cordescu suggests keeping the sabbath. Driving home from a long but rewarding work week, I thought, "Damn, that sounds nice." Then I planned my weekend:
Saturday: pay bills, vacuum, go grocery shopping, add a new feature to Laszlo Mail
Sunday: go furniture shopping with Money-D (aka David Nault, who seems to be an ungoogleable except for this odd tidbit.) Eat dim-sum. Change kitty litter. Figure out how to use datahandlers.

But then my coffee plan fell through... I walked to Whole Foods for lunch and coffee. I can't stand Starbucks coffee because it all tastes so powerfully burnt to me. Whole Foods usually has a nice light roast, so I was distressed when I took a sip of today's offering and found it bitter. Acrid! Burnt! I started talking to one of the bakery staff, and asked her to brew a cup of real light roast for me. She suggested that the coffee I was drinking really was a light roast, but it was strong in a way that reminds the palette of bitterness. She gave me a lesson on coffee beans, roasts and origins, complete with several tastings and instructions on how to use a french press. Then a bunch of other coffee-shoppers descended, and I retreated... but without a blessed paper cup full of light and sweet coffee. I drank the remainder of my sample, then left, embarrassed to ask for the rest of one of the tasting pots.

Back at my apartment, I really wanted to take a nap, so I did. I'm honestly not sure whether it's a good thing or not. In the "observe the sabbath day" sense, it's a good thing, but in the cognitive-behavioral therapy way, not so much. Does napping lead to more napping? Or to renewal?

Ah, I think I get it. It's good to not work all the time, but "not working" doesn't necessarily mean "napping." So now that I'm awake, do I resume my litany of errands? Or start working on that feature the designers want? Or go see Serenity?