Is the holiday half empty, or half full?

5 days down, 5 to go.

I just spent 5 minutes looking for my glasses. I was already wearing them.

I have achieved very little in the last 5 days. I have, however, had the chance to go to power yoga almost everyday. This has had the twin effects of:
(a) I feel very relaxed about life in general (not that I was a worrywart to begin with) and;
(b) I have taken to wearing my pyjamas almost 24 hours a day.

Since I have been able to go to the afternoon class of power yoga rather than the evening class, I remain in my PJs all morning. Now there is no sense getting a nice clean set of clothes dirty when I'm only go to wear them for a few hours, is there? Since I'm using dodgy, old tracksuits for PJs I then go to the class in them, with my new PJs in my backpack. After the class I shower and change into my new set. Ready for bed and it's only half past 3 in the arvo! Does life get any better (sadder?) than this. I think not.

I believe that shopping in one's PJs on the way home from the gym is acceptable. It is good preparation for the twilight years.

I shouldn't really undervalue my achievements of the last few days. I did see National Treasure.

The Movie Maven
National Treasure is not a bad action film. It's just not a good one either. It is the Lost in Translation of action movies in that it begins at a certain pace, continues with that pace, and then finishes at that same pace. This is ok for a quirky character piece like Lost in Translation, but is the death of an action movie.

Somebody forgot to tack a climax onto National Treasure. There is no showdown between good/evil, rich/poor, or in this case the short hair/wavy locks of Mr. Cage and Mr. Bean. The first hour did a passable job of shifting gears between first and second as the over-the-top premise is set up and then run with. And so with that done I was waiting for the film to change into high gear. Well I was left waiting as it continued to coast on down to the credits, hardly making any effort at increasing the excitement.

For those of a gentle disposition.