Do you know how to relax without feeling lazy?!

Well, I didn't think I knew how to answer this question. I don't know if I ever will. After a true friend called me gently a "cocker spaniel" personality the other day and telling me I had to learn to chill out without the guilt. (she said I asked her and she was just being honest. Well, I didn't ask her about my personality, but I did appreciate the honesty, LOL). But, anyway, one of the points was is that I don't know how to relax. After having 4 kids and the youngest being 8, you would think I would learn how to sit back and sip a cold drink and munch on chocolate. Right? Well, not me. But tonite, just as of a few hours ago, I think I've got it. I finally think I deserve to relax without guilt. After unpacking ( 2 year's worth of stuff dumped in the middle of a tiny log cabin and a shed) and packing (for a 5 month long stay in a state thousands of miles away from home) for 3 straight weeks I think I finally can take a breath. What a day!
I frantically drove the cute little rental VW my husband so thoughtfully rented for me (he took my car on a trailer bed yesterday and headed off to CA with my oldest) and made it 3 minutes before the gracious grace period of the whole 20 min past the return time! My girls were impressed! They didn't think we were gonna make it. They didn't know their mom! There were no bathroom stops till we filled the car. There were so many police men on the interstate today and I couldn't find the stupid road the GPS was telling me to take a turn on! But we made it! We were told by the check in guy we'd be charged for being late for one hour. WOW! After all that panic of retruning the car on time. One hour! I didn't even want to know how much that was gonna cost me. Figured it'd probably be half as much as half a day or something. But when I finally made it to talk to a customer service it was all not a problem! So, it was all worth it. Cocker spaniel personality and all. I doubt it I'd have made it out of the house on time, and 2 1/2 hours away to the airport in time if I was laid back. No way! SO, my personality came in really handy today! I felt like I was in a wild car chase today. Oh, hubby might be reading my post, I better stop right here. There wasn't no chase, baby, don't worry. I just changed lanes many times, and that was about all the excitement, really. I wasn't really speeding.
So, we got picked up by a very sweet friend of the family and are staying overnite with them. The girls are bummed that we won't get to see the fireworks tomorrow since we are going to be on the airplane. But, I am relaxing on the sunroom listening to the crickets and watching some neighbor's early fireworks. SO, I am relaxing. I am finally more like an old "gold retriever". Well, till tomorrow, at least..