dolce far niente

so this evening i had corrinne may's cd (i got for christmas) playing. the curtain was flapping lightly to the breeze, which was keeping the air strangely cool. i had nothing on my mind, and nothing to do. i lied down to daydream a little. and then dozed off.

perhaps it's a little bit of festive fatigue, or a general get-back-to-work siansation. or the pleasantly cool weather of late. i had a surprisingly good time today doing nothing.

i guess this is what they refer to as 'dolce far niente', a phrase from the julia roberts movie 'eat.pray.love'. it means the 'sweetness of doing nothing' in italian.