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Mini-Break Concludes
Ahh the power of a mini-vacation. I feel refreshed and ready to take on whatever 2005 wants to bring my way. Oregon was of course beautiful, white, calm and welcoming. The girls enjoyed the snow until their skin was a blazing red cold. I even took 2 naps! That makes for about a total of 3 naps for the year of 2004. The other one I was sick, so technically that shouldn't count right? These naps were purely intentional, not needed and dream laden, loved them.
Confessions of an insomniac, night owl, person who loves sleep yet, rarely makes the time for anything more then the bare minimum requirement. There's just too much to do, too sleep in my world. Reading, writing, cleaning house, sketching, creating, crafting, great DVD to watch, you name it, I'd rather be doing it then sleep.
Christmas was wonderful of course. The tree was surrounded by all the Christmas presents I had collected during my procrastinated shopping moments. Both the girls received exactly what they needed, with a few surprises hidden around. They were thrilled with the haul. I received several wonderful gifts from everyone. 'Twas a good day. For those who may have been wondering, my Father's gift to me this year was a book called.......I Fish; Therefore, I am and other observations. By Patrick F. McManus. It was a good reader for the mini-vacation. A side note.....my darling 9 year old received a compound bow for X-mas, hows that for irony!!
I'm not sure if the true Christmas spirit bug ever actually took a chunk outta me, but I think I got a few mosquito bite size doses of it. It was late Christmas afternoon after the hooray and hoopla had settled down that it was decided to go hide in Oregon for a bit. The girls didn't seem to mind a quick adventure as long as the "haul" was loaded up for the ride too.
Spontaneous missions is what I like to call them. Spur of the moment, unplanned, unorganized, wait andsee what happens kind of moods I fall into. I think the best, or worst depending on how you look at it, spontaneous mission I've ever done was tossing the kiddoes in the truck much like I did this last weekend and heading for the coast for what I thought would be a weekend two summers ago. The weekend turned into a week, and then since my mind just wasn't ready for reality, I extended it for another week, and then just told the homefront I'd be back at the end of the month, or if the money ran out. Which ever came first!
Gypsy style exploring the three of us. We explored beaches, forests, every corny tourist site to be found. I spent days on my little beach chair watching the girls play in the surf. Glorious. Sometimes we stayed in hotels, then I stopped and bought sleeping bags, tent, etc., and stayed in some of the National Forest campgrounds. We loved every minute of it. (Yes, I am self employed and have the ability to do this sort of thing)
This last summer in August, one of my vacations was organized and planned. A rented home on Catalina Island for a week. It was interesting, but very secluded and almost confining. We went there with family and that part was wonderful, it was the packaged, This is what your doing today, that confined me a bit too much. Anyway.........just rambling about getting away and breathing sometimes..........
I've continued to reflect on my 2004 and believe I've come very close to recognizing all my accomplishments, lessons, reasons, failures, why's and why not's. I'm ready for 2005 and all it has to offer me and on the same token, all I have to offer it. Give and take, push and pull, explore and examine, honor and respect. Thats what it's about, in this beautiful thing we call life.
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Wonderful photo! Glad you had a nice time.... :-)
~JerseyGirl
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Sounds great-your oldest looks like you!
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Rebecca - you sound so RESTED & RELAXED! Glad you had such a great time! The girls are adorable.
I did a casual trip up the coast of California with my boys a few years ago, right before my older one headed off for college. It was such fun! Now any trip time is taken up by visiting ailing parents. Which is ok, and rewarding and all, but not necessarily FUN!
Welcome home!
Vicky
12/30/04 6:12 PM