7 Weeks

What was supposed to be a brief break from blogging accidentally turned into a seven week hiatus.  I'm not quite sure where all the time went - I'm sure most of it was spent working in the park as I was managing the annual Stanley Park Ghost Train five nights a week.  As for the rest of the time, I can't really say I know exactly how it passed so quickly but I have a feeling most of it was spent sleeping since not much else went on this month. 

It's actually quite sad to see that in writing - clearly my hopes of finding a better work/life balance have not been realized at this point and I've put myself that much further away from achieving my goal of 365 posts this year.  As always, I've managed to discover a bit of a silver lining out of all of this - the blog has managed to continually draw readers even throughout my extended absence.  Yay for Google searches! =)

The past seven weeks have been very tiring, somewhat thankless, and even slightly lonely at times.  I've missed having a place to come express myself, even if it was only for a few lines.  Being away for so long has reminded me exactly why I started this blog in the first place and how much work there is still to be done before I reach some of those personal goals.  Absence has made my heart grow fonder and I'm looking forward to the rest of the ride.

Home Stretch

I used to think getting one of these done a day would be difficult.  Now I know it's nothing compared to finishing three in one go.  By the time this gets posted, it'll be Sunday and I could be in one of two mental states; totally relaxed or willing time to fast forward to Monday morning so I can take my phone off airplane mode and finally check my email.  The last time I did this, I ended up totally relaxed but that was because I had the distractions of Tofino and the open road.  This time, I'm staying in town which leads me to believe I'll be itching to get back online. 

It's different when you're away, especially when you're alone, because you're in vacation mode.  I naturally avoid thinking about what's going on back home because I'm too busy exploring whatever place I'm in.  This is probably why the idea of a stay-cation (vacationing in your home city) has no appeal to me.  Sure, there are lots of places around Vancouver that I've never been to or haven't seen in quite a while but I'm not going to pretend to be a tourist to go see them, I'll just go, or wait for someone to come visit so I have an excuse.

Hopefully I'll make it through this weekend unscathed and off-line.  I'll let you know how it went on Monday =)