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Day 23: Hurkle-Durkl’ing

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Amy Crehore

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Today was a day to hurkle-durkle.

I don’t remember how we first came across the term — maybe in someone else’s slice? — but it’s apparently been a trend on TikTok (which I’ve been off of since December), and is an old Scottish term meaning to lie/lounge around in bed when you should be up and getting a move on.

Every morning this last week, I wanted to hurkle-durkle. I actually did hurkle-durkle. I grabbed my iPad and did the Connections and the Wordle and had to really muster up the strength to peel myself away from the cozy sheets. It was a weekday, after all, and I needed to get ready to go to work.

Today, though, was a day to hurkle-durkle.

(I’d like to note that auto-correct keeps changing both of these words to hurdle and durable and other “real” words, and I keep having to delete and retype. No, computer, I actually mean hurkle-durkle, thank you very much.)

It rained yesterday afternoon and evening, and all night long. Thunder and lightning and sheets of rain. This morning, the power even went out for a while in my building and the two across the street. It’s also the first day of spring break, so I’m pretty sure the vacation gods were telling us to hurkle-durkle away.

There’s nothing to do. No place to be. A perfect day to just laze around in sweats and fuzzy socks, the bed half-made, my hair a mess. A perfect day for hurkle-durkl’ing.

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5 responses to “Day 23: Hurkle-Durkl’ing”

  1. amyilene Avatar
    amyilene

    Perfect!

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  2. Greg&Linda Avatar
    Greg&Linda

    I think I read that same post and thought those words were perfect! And then I promptly forgot what they were. (I just wrote them at the top of my to-do list.) Hurkle-durkling is my favorite thing to do in the summer, although I don’t stay in the bed all day, or even all morning. I might wake up, use the bathroom, and then crawl right back into bed with a book. Depending on what’s going on that day, I might stay 30 min to an hour (or more). Now that I’m retired, I can do this any day I’m not a guest teacher!! Thanks for the description, both of what it is and of how you did that today. : ) (My auto correct make it hurdle-duckling!)

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    1. Amy Crehore Avatar
      Amy Crehore

      Ha! I love your autocorrect’s adjustment. And I like the way you hurkle-durkle!

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  3. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    I’m with you! It was definitely a day for hurkle-durkling. This is such a fun word! I shall do it more frequently, at least on weekends until summer vacation.

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    Ana Valentina Patton

    I often struggle with endings, and yours reminds me that sometimes, simple and to the point is all that’s needed. You always teach me so much.

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