Looking for a quiet afternoon

Having a difficult time figuring out where to put the laptop so I can type on it.  After eating lunch in the 'thinking chair'---as we call it, both pugs jumped up in my lap, which is where their hot little bodies are even now.  It's crowded in here.  The dogs are so used to people being at home at all times, that when they're all by their lonesome for even a brief time, they get anxious for cuddles.  The pugs especially are sweet.  Thankfully the big dogs are content on the floor, right?

Me?  I love the quiet, which is what I'm getting right this very minute. Just me and the animals, which is wonderful.  But I need to get my head into it.  Takes more time that I'd like to admit to get to that chillin' mode. Might require more time than I actually have, which is a tad frustrating. And with lots of stops and starts this morning, getting to a place where my insides will settle might be unattainable goal.

Got a book in the mail that I ordered after watching The Monastery  on YouTube.  Excellent.  The book goes into more detail than the film (a BBC production), and being that the title is Finding Sanctuary, might be just what I need to read.  Silence, sanctuary, rest, meditation, darkened rooms...all of that sounds choice to me.

Must go now.  Have a load of laundry to hang out, and maybe they'll get dry before the rain.  It's all to the west of us, but looks like it's heading this way.  And might bake later on.  I crave the ordinariness of mixing, stirring and seeing the end result.

Take care all.