A little R & R

Courtesy of the Urban Dictionary:

1) R & R

Simple: Rest and relaxation

As in:

Maggie: “Ahh! Just got back from the weekend spa. Got some much needed r&r.”

Mary: (under breath) “Bitch!”

Mind you – the Urban Dictionary also has:

5) R & R

Canadian Whiskey purchased in liquor stores.. tastes like shit but gives you a nice feeling when intending to get drunk.

As in: “Yo, let’s drink some R&R tonight and live.”

I feel sure there should be an “eh!” in there somewhere…!

The term comes – as you might expect – from the US military, and my reason for using it is that this is exactly what I am indulging in right now. Term having finished – and the summer’s tasks having barely been started – I am doing something that I haven’t done for some considerable time. Absolutely nothing!

Well, that is – of course – an exaggeration and I will indeed be out and about over the next few days to some extent, but the intention is actually to spend some time at home, kicking back, sleeping, watching the tennis from Wimbledon and generally doing as little as possible. This is all about letting the old bod recover itself after recent exertions.

I do – however – feel somewhat guilty. The Kickass Canada Girl is still hard at work and is not particularly sanguine about the state of affairs. She consoles herself a little by informing me that my presence at home makes me what she affectionately terms her ‘house biatch’!

No idea what that means…..