It just feels weird. So, so weird.
Normally, when Loraine & I get back
from a trip it's the beginning of a new week. We've flown back home
on a Sunday, spend a few hours sleeping, and then face the world anew
on a Monday. But not this year. Because of the altered schedule of
our journey to Germany I found myself dealing with a “Throwback
Thursday” and trying to get ready for a weekend all the while
pondering how I had just woken up the day before in Berlin.
It just didn't feel right.
I mean, you never actually feel “right”
the day after you get back from a vacation, especially one where
you've spent the last 24 hours of it flying. But over the past 15
years I've gotten used to groggily facing a Monday when going back to
work. I have NO idea why it was surrealistically strange to have to
fave a Thursday that way, instead.
Of course, nothing I do ever seems to
be normal, so how's that any different, right?
The good thing is, I guess, is that
after today we have two days in which we don't have anything to do.
Well, I mean, I have to finish unpacking, and I have about 18,000
loads of laundry to do. But other than that we can rest, decompress,
and finish easing back into reality. On other trips we've had to
wait a week to do that. So while it may have seemed weird to come
back to work on a Thursday, there is an upside to it.
And who knows—maybe it's an upside
with which I can get quite comfortable!
On that note, I have to deal with 9 or
10 more hours of work before decompression sets in. So have yourself
a good weekend, and if you're any extra laundry to do, I may know a
guy who wouldn't mind sharing some of his!!
8-)
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