Post Vacation Blahs

Hey there.

A friend of mine commented on Facebook this morning that the state of Hawaii should give you a month's worth of anti-depressants when you board the plane home.  I can't think of a better idea right now, as I rush to clean the kitchen before work, while the rain slams against my windows and all the lights are on in the house because it's still that dark at 8:30 in the morning.

What a great trip we had.  I could go on for days about how beautiful it was, how relaxing, how warm and sunny it was.  I've seen a lot of gorgeous places in the world, but this really took my breath away. I always thought it would be touristy and junky, but it's so far from that.  It is exactly like every advertising picture I've ever seen. (I took that picture above, from the lawn chair I was sitting in!)  Clean - amazingly, impeccably, clean, and green. I've never seen so much green in my life. And flowers! OMG, the flowers are everywhere, on every bush and tree, and they're stunning. I took so many picture of plants :)

The time with my parents, too, was great. We did most things together, although J and I took off here and there for a bit every day and did our own thing.  It was nice not having any real plans (until we got there and figured out a couple of things we wanted to do) and nowhere we had to be at any time.  We did an awful lot of sunbathing and eating which I guess was the whole point of the trip.

I missed my kids a lot, though.  It is a perfect kid vacation spot (and there were lots of them there) and everything we did I kept thinking, "The boys would love this!" Of course, they weren't missing me all that much so conversations at night lasted about five minutes before they were done with Mom checking in.

Now I'm back and not missing them so much....

Work is still good...today is my first day on the originally promised schedule.  It will be nice to get off in time to make it to JJ's wrestling match, get my nails done, go to the bank.  You know, basic stuff.  This weekend is our neighborhood 12 Drinks party, but since I RSVPed late, I am not a hosting house.  That makes for a stress-free weekend, AND I get to go to the party anyway!  Sunday I'll try to get a little more Christmas shopping done (I have hardly started...there's my stress!)  Other than that, pretty quiet around here.

And raining.

And cold.

And no one has brought me a Bloody Mary since Sunday.

Hope all is well with you...counting down the days to Christmas Break, I'm sure.  Yay!

Love you,
A