Hurkle durkle
I went on a girls’ weekend with a friend who is probably my most worldly friend. I always learn a ton from her when we hang out, and this time I came away with a new delicious phrase:
Hurkle durkle.
When she said it (“I slept great and had a hurkle durkle”), I giggled and thought I either misheard or she was making a silly sound for morning ablutions 😂
Little did I know, it would become not only my favorite sounding phrase for the weekend but a sweet mindset shift.
Learning this Scottish phrase - meaning lounging in bed long after it’s time to get up - I was confronted with the fact that I NEVER do this. When I’m home, I always wake up and am out of bed within about 30 seconds, making the bed and putting on my workout gear. Even on vacation, I am up and moving and off for a walk or to read my book.
But I never hurkle durkle.
So what is there to do but to try it?
I imagine it could be so cozy and sweet to stay deep under the covers and blankets on a chilly Scottish morning and I’ll tell you, it seemed just as sweet to do it from my room in the Montana treehouse Airbnb I’d found. The very next morning, I woke up, opened the curtains, climbed back into bed and luxuriated in the sunlight filtering through the trees.
I don’t know if I’ll be as successful a hurkle-durkler once I’m back in the routine of home but now that I’ve tried it - and remain tickled by the phrase - I just might give it another go…
