After a week in Minnesota, Erin and I are back home in Portland. She has to jump right back into work; I thankfully have a day to decompress and relax. I never imagined I’d need time to recover from my vacation, but the last week has been an incredibly emotional and liberating experience. All I want to do is sleep…and that may well be my biggest accomplishment today.
In the 13+ years I’ve been writing for this blog, I can’t recall taking a whole week off. It might have happened- my memory isn’t what it used to be- but I’ve felt almost as if I was going through withdrawal. Still, it was a good thing and a good time to do it. I’ve paid very little attention to the news, except for watching the Minnesota Vikings being destroyed 42-10 by the evil, blood-sucking Green Bay Packers. Keeping up with the outside world just wasn’t my priority…and I found it to be rather refreshing. It’s not that I want to be ignorant of what’s happening, but for a few days it was nice to be out of the loop. I’s highly recommend it.
There’s a lot bouncing around my brain pan that I’ll be writing about over the next few days. I’ve been back home for less than 12 hours, though, and I’m going to need some time to process it all. The short version is that it all went far better than I had reason (and perhaps even right) to expect. Life feels lighter than it did just a week ago…and I might just be able to get used to that feeling.
Stay tuned….
