The day off and what to do

Revs in the CofE are meant to have one day off a week.  Usually this isn't at the weekends and so is a weekday.  

Deciding what to do as a couple on your day off is interesting.  

After a particularly busy week my Rev wife just needs some do nothing time rather than visiting or shopping.  If you're in a  small town or village you'll inevitably find that if you go shopping locally your Rev other half will bump into parishioners and you'll end up doing the shopping whilst she chats with them.

Which is why getting away from the town together as a couple to a new environment is often exactly what we need.  


For us I think part of the art-form of all of this is not being too organised about what we are going to do for every day off - whilst balancing this with some forward thinking and planning as concerns going out for a meal or a concert together.

For myself as the Rev's husband I've also had to get into habit of not organising things on the wife's day off.