Relative Something

Whew! After a weekend like that, I could use a weekend. I’m feeling exhausted now that I’m home. It was a wonderful time together with family of a wide range of age sharing in food and fun up at Cyndie’s family’s place in northwest Wisconsin. The weather was awesome and we fit in some boot hockey, snow shoeing, and teeny bit of sledding, in addition to the work to finish the igloo. I think I ate enough food that I can go a few days of complete fasting now and not notice.

It is both difficult and comforting, in a way, to return to the work-week routine. Part of me screams to be allowed to stay up in the woodlands to play in the snow, away from the demands of my life in town. At the same time, I can relax into the normalcy of what I tend to do everyday and find it easier, in a way, than doing the extraordinary recreational activities that I so thoroughly enjoy.

That’s not really all that surprising. It’s part of what makes the enjoyable things we do more interesting. The past weekend was interesting and so much more. I really do want to stay in that place, so even as I return to my work routine, I’m going to be reliving the highlights in my mind again and again.