Turkey Day Recovery
What a fantastic vacation weekend. Having worked pretty much non-stop since our honeymoon back in March, along with several periods of extended work travel, I didn’t realize just how tired I had gotten and how much I needed a break. An extended Thanksgiving holiday was exactly what the doctor ordered (almost literally).
I unfortunately started off the week (all the way back last Saturday at the Big Game between Cal and Stanford. Spent all of Sunday on the couch with a head cold, and only managing half a day of work on Monday and Tuesday. I had decided to take Wednesday (and today) off as extra padding around the holidays since I was gone for so damn long, so Lex and I headed up to Durham on Tuesday evening, avoiding the horrible traffic that I’m sure snared a few too many people.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we did essentially nothing. Well, I actually cooked Thanksgiving dinner over at my Dad’s (which is more therapeutic for me than anything), and we went get massages, but we pretty much vegged out, and slept. I usually have no trouble putting in a full 8 hours or so, but between the lingering cold, daylight savings, general holiday relaxation, and too much food, I think I actually racked up close to twelve hours a night!?!
Saturday we took off early in order to break in our season passes at Kirkwood. With a storm passing through the mountains it took us several hours to get there, but we found eight inches of fresh on the ground and a clear blue sky by the time we were done with lunch..,fantastic day on the slopes! We were tempted to see if there was any space at the inn and make it a romantic ski weekend, but we decided to beat the traffic pouring back in to the Bay and headed home on Saturday night.
Unfortunately my virulent head cold finally caught up with Lex, so she was wiped out all day yesterday. I got a chance to dig out from under the pile of (postal) mail that built up while I was gone, plus continue on our door-refinishing project (more later). Today I’ve got one last day of freedom before returning to work tomorrow, and I intend on enjoying it (even if enjoying it just means making sure I don’t feel buried by all kinds of crap). The trick is going to be avoiding the TV, but since the weekend is now officially over I don’t think there will be so many pointless-yet-entertaining movies to keep me lobotomized.
Hope everyone else had a relaxing weekend as well. Time to get ready for the Christmas holidays and onward!
