The Return

There's nothing quite like lounging in paradise while fielding a stream of texts about how your daughter cried for you for hours and your son reverted back to maturity levels not seen since kindergarten at least. But at least I knew they missed me and that I should lap up every minute of my vacation because there was work to be done at home.

Nothing could ruin my good time, though. Because there was this:

And this:

And a mountain man who came up with this "unique" fishing system all on his own:

And then pulled off on the side of the winding gravel road leading away from our little cabin to gather me this:

We connected. We laughed. We pouted. We were silly and tipsy and rested. It was a really, really good weekend.

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I am here

I am here:

Hopefully I am relaxing and enjoying my vacation. Hopefully my children are playing with other children and not trying to climb up in my back pocket. Hopefully I squeeze in a little time to finish up some work on my deadlines for next week. Hopefully I find time to lay in the sand and let my mind go blank...

I hope you're enjoying the long weekend and remembering that hardworkers fought for this opportunity to catch a damn break already. So go catch yours.

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