I love coming back from vacation or business trips. The drive/flight home especially. I normally fly out of Fort Wayne, so I've got about 15-20 minutes before I get home. It is actually perfect - just enough time to unwind from the trip and pull myself out of business mode and back into father/husband role. I often times think about what Jade will do when she knows Daddy is home, or where Andrea may be in the house as I arrive and what candle she has burning. It is great to have that to come home to.
Coming back from Vacation isn't always easy. I'm a bit of an anomaly because I love my job and love to get back and do it. However, it is also interesting to think that the only way a vacation can be a vacation is if it comes to an end. If it never ends, it becomes your norm. We had a great time together as a family, but it is great to be back in the wonderful norm that I find myself in. I'm not sure that any vacation could pull me away from that.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Back To Work
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"However, it is also interesting to think that the only way a vacation can be a vacation is if it comes to an end." With all the travel that I do, I have often thought about this as well. As exotic as it is to go places, by definition it looses its exoticness if it doesn't have an end. I find this both adds to the excitement of travel, as well as takes away from the experience because (at least with me), there is a bit of me that is just looking towards the return.
Exactly. I actually thought of you when writing this piece. You've travel more than most I know. Also, now that you have your own home (apartments can count, but its different when you put up the $$ and own the thing), I'm sure you'll find coming home isn't all that bad...unless of course you're leaving your 2nd family from Roanoke...
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