How do you take a vacation when you work from home?

This is a question that has plagued me for a few years now. When I worked in an office, the work I did had to be there. I couldn’t carry any of it home with me. I left it behind. Sure, I worked a lot of overtime, but when I wasn’t at the office, I wasn’t at the office.

I haven’t been blogging all that much lately because honestly, I’ve been on information overload just following people on Twitter. It’s been said Twitter is like a water cooler. Well, I’ve been on break too much. Lots of people have been asking if everyone is going to shut down their blogs for Christmas. I haven’t seen many responses other than people will be checking in and writing when they can spare a few minutes.

I’ll admit, I’m addicted to my laptop. Twitter…WordPress…these little projects I’ve said I’d do for others. It’s been poorly affecting my home life. Even Duck was getting jealous the other night because I wasn’t in there for tv time. And he should be. I should be able to put the laptop down and step away for awhile.

A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.

~ Proverbs 14:30, NLT

A side-effect of getting information overloaded has been the green-eyed monster surfacing in my life. Instead of being happy for others, I’ve been coveting what they have or jealous of what they’ve been asked to do. I have been looking at how my online buddies have grown in the past year whether it’s their blogs, their businesses or what-have-you, and instead of being happy for them — that God’s blessed them, I’m wondering why I can’t be like that or why so-and-so didn’t ask me to do that.

I’ve even been jealous of ladies going out with their best friends for special days — massages, lunch, etc. I miss that. I don’t really have any good friends to get together with offline, and that’s sad to me. But I guess I haven’t really been working on those friendships either. Not going to a church has been hurting too.

So, I need a break. A break from blogging, from Twittering, from just being on my computer in general. I want a peaceful heart along with a healthy body. I want to focus on the blessings God’s given to me. I need to get back into the Word of God and remember the most important thing starts with my relationship with Him.

I’m going to take a little bloggy break. I’ll be back January 5, 2009 when Doodle goes back to school. My hope and prayer is that God will cleanse my heart and soul and give me a right mind again.

Try not to get caught up in all the gifts or material things that you either get or don’t get. I truly wish all of you a very Merry CHRISTmas, and hope that you remember the reason for the season.