Being at home right now feels like every other time I’ve been home. The family’s here, we eat, celebrate the holidays, laugh, go about our lives…I’ve done this multiple times a year for the last several years. Coming home is familiar, it doesn’t feel as though I’ve done anything radical by coming back here. I guess it’s good because it’s a sense of normalcy.
I’ve gone back and forth from giving myself permission to rest and staying busy. I know myself well enough to know that I actually will reajust in a more healthy way if I keep myself industrious. Not work-aholic style, but projects to distract my mind. Yesterday for example, I went to the doctor for a post-trip physical (healthy!), bought thank you cards, addressed thank you cards, journalled, began cataloging my year (3000 words on Mexico alone, I guess there’s more in my mind than I thought), e-mailed, talked to an old friend, and went to see a movie with some new friends here at home.
I’ve said for years that I’d rather be busy than bored. Today I have the whole house to myself and I can’t wait to get some things done. If today were completely a day of rest, I’d be bored out of my mind, but I am fortunate to have things to do (and even more fortunate that there’s a stocked fridge to raid at my leisure).
One other thing I did yesterday was upload about 1200 pictures to my online photo album. Here are the links if anyone is interested:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035290&l=b16c5&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035289&l=a2e0c&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035288&l=97609&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035287&l=a4aa4&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035286&l=a28a3&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035285&l=39d50&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035284&l=28cf6&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035283&l=b996d&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035281&l=1a856&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035280&l=a5315&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035279&l=cfcc2&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035278&l=a722c&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035277&l=daaf3&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035276&l=a0d3e&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035275&l=0908e&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035274&l=36ad1&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035273&l=f9adf&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035271&l=25e12&id=63803847
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035270&l=eb814&id=63803847
