Relative Something

Well, well… Monday has arrived. Ask me if I am exhausted. Go ahead, ask me. Absolutely! But it is a good exhaustion. It is an every second of the weekend used to the fullest kind of exhaustion. Even given the fact that some of those moments of the weekend involved lounging luxuriously. You see, even simply lounging, when in the sun and wind of an absolutely beautiful day, tends to take something out of you, at the same while it is rejuvenating you in other ways. So, I am energized to exhaustion. Is that even possible?

It may have something to do with having stayed the entire day yesterday, soaking up every last-minute of breezy summer sunshine, before hitting the road just as the big ball of fire dipped below the horizon. It being a 3-hour drive back to the cities, we got home a bit after the bed-time hour that allows for optimal liver happiness. However, driving home after sunset means we reduced the mosquito population by a significant amount, based on how nasty the front of Cyndie’s Mustang looks.

Over the weekend I found myself sharing with Cyndie’s cousins, the story of how our upcoming trip to Portugal originated. As I write this, I’m noticing that doing so has really amped up my excitement about the trip. Adding to that, yesterday morning, while browsing through my online ‘virtual community,’ Brainstorms, I discovered that my connection in Portugal, Ian Rowcliffe, had posted messages indicating he is thinking about us and our pending arrival. It is nice to see the preparations are happening on both sides.

What an amazing opportunity has developed out of my participation in the discussions of Brainstorms. It is nice to be able to share it with my readers here. As I have done for most of my other trips since I started this blog, I will pre-post something for the days I am in Portugal, and plan to post descriptions of our adventures after the fact, once we have returned to the stability of my internet connection at home. I remain open to the possibility that I will get a chance, or two, to post something directly during our trip, but I don’t plan to depend on it.

In the mean time, boa semana! (That’s “Have a good week!” in Portuguese.)