Back to the Real World

I guess it has been a while since I last wrote. It's probably been so long that everyone that had been reading my blog has given up on checking for new entries, so this is probably just as good as a private journal, so here goes.

Dear journal,

Where was I, oh yes, about getting back from vacation...I guess that's one thing about being off of vacation, life kicks in and all of a sudden things are flying by at 1000 miles an hour every day, and I end up wondering "my goodness, where did the day go, and what did I do..." So things are back to normal in my life. It did take a little bit of time to get back into my old routine once we got home from New Zealand. It was surprising actually, how much I got out of the trip. One thing I noticed was when we first got back the house was a disaster for a few days, suitcases all over the place - clothes, papers and souvenirs strewn all about, and for the first time in years, I didn't care!! It was such a liberating feeling to be living amongst the chaos, and not letting it consume me. I guess it was because I was in a state of nearly complete peace of mind, and for the most part free from worries, that the external chaos didn't affect me. Now that the chaos of my every day life is back in full force, the external chaos drives me nuts again. How to get back to that wonderful state of peace again... Actually it's fairly simple, you take three weeks off of work, hop on a plane in Los Angeles, fly about 6000 miles southwest...

I said simple - not easy.

Unfortunately those feelings and experiences are starting to fade, and I am having to try and remember to remind myself of them, all at a desperate attempt to prevent them from leaking out of my ears while I am too busy processing paperwork or cleaning up my kitchen. Of course the irony being that I can't remember to remind myself, or I simply don't have time to reminisce. Such is life. I would have written that in French, because it's so much more romantic and dramatic, but I don't know French. Where's Danielle when you need her!! So I'll say it in Spanish - Asi es la vida (sp?)

Well I'm sure I could ramble on longer, but I won't. It's late. I'm tired, and frankly, nothing all that exhilarating has happened lately. At least not anything worth the sleep that I am really wanting to slip in to right now. So with that I will say Adieu. (Is that French? I speak French after all!?!)