back home. litter box cleaned. cat hair vacuumed. plants watered.
wow. now that i am here it all seems unreal, which is the danger of vacations and other reality checks.
whatever it takes to smack me upside the head and say hey...there is a big wide wonderful world out there, and it doesn't stop just because i have my head down in a website that i am building for the greater good of apex or paul allen or my student loans or whatever the hell i work so hard for. it actually makes me really sad. my god, the beach. i don't know how to describe the pure joy i felt at being breathess from being beaten by a wave or the value of friendship that i felt hanging with brandon. whales, elk, sealions, (roak kill count coming soon... i asked jen to keep track, bad habit from living in africa days when the count would include 6 goats, 1 1/2 donkey, a camel!, 4 dogs....) big trees, waves, cliffs, rocks. mmmm god's country. dave, i changed my mind... southern california would be a wise move. i am sorely tempted by weather and the ocean. crazy.

need snack. i think this description of vacation is going to come slowly, over time. nature of the beast.