Last week was easy. Life was busy. I was cleaning the house for company. Company arrived and was wonderful. We biked, visited, ate, and had fun. Then she left to continue her journey and we decided to continue having a relaxing weekend. The week began and work started again. We worked. Got a few chores done and then were interrupted by a holiday. A holiday mid-week just doesn't feel right; long weekends are better.
Back to work today for my sweetie but not for me. My back spasmed this morning while putting Angel's harness on for the walk. No walking for me. No chores that involve bending or lifting. That's pretty much all of them.
This didn't trigger the inertia but it legitimized it. I think the inertia began after the relaxing weekend, spending time with someone doing something more interesting than the regular daily grind most of us submit to. What meaning does another load of laundry have compared to biking 70 miles to a new place each day?
Daily chores are tedious. This is why vacations are exciting. A break in the routine, the unknown, these are the appeals of adventure trips - biking cross-country, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, walking across the country, and such. Deciding whether to boil or bake the potatoes before they sprout, not so exciting.
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This set the wheels a-turning...I'm just not sure where I'll end up. I know that I wanted to say something intelligent about the whole "excitement of vacations" and boredom of routine, but I don't have the thing thought out. Briefly, I wonder why some need the "excitement" while others (OK, me) like routine and doing nothing. Vacations are NOT joyful for me when they require excitement and people and busy and more people and... well, you get the point. Perfect vacation for me? Corona commercials. Doing absolutely nothing with a cold beer and a book. And a nap in the afternoon, then more nothing all the day long. Although that's pretty much what I do right now unemployed. :)
Anyway... that was my useless 10cents. :) Hope your back feels better.
Hope your back fells better soon.
Sometimes, I'm glad to get home from a vacation sometimes I'm not so much. It takes a lot of preparation to get evertyhing taken care of at home while you're away.
Take care of that back!
Peace shamba
I must be hooked on you cos I actually wondered if you were ok :) Probably the result of an 'interesting' week. I now have one friend in hospital and one with serious issues and a baby due soon.
Anyhow I love holidays with exciting new places to visit. It is three years since our last one so I think it is time for another. The problem with living here is it is thousands of miles from anywhere else. I'd just love to see the world sometime for real but I can't see that happening for now.
On the upside my carbon footprint must be miniscule compared to the average.
viv in nz
Meadowlark - I'm often fine with routine but there are times when it begins to feel tedious and I yearn for something new. Winter is a good time for birding around here so maybe just getting to see some cranes and geese will do it for me.
Shamba - I worked in one place years ago that was so short-staffed that vacations were a real hardship for the remaining staff. This was exacerbated by the two top people always being a married couple that would take 2-4 week vacations. The prep work for any of us to leave and the backlog of work upon return often more than cancelled out the relaxing benefits of the vacation! Luckily I'm not there anymore. :)
Viv - aw, thanks! Hope your friends get through their health challenges smoothly.
We rarely go far for vacations so our footprint is pretty low, too. In fact, I was just thinking about flying the other day. I've only flown twice since 9/11 and didn't fly all that much prior to it. That really keeps the footprint down.
But sometimes after riding anywhere from 40-80 miles for days on end I want nothing more than to just peel some potatoes and sit on a real chair and enjoy some stability.
Beany - yeah, I hear you on that although I've not often taken long enough vacations to crave that stability by the end.
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