Holy cow has it been nearly a year since I blogged last? Of course it has. You are probably all wondering where I have disappeared to, assuming you are still checking this blog in hopes that I haven’t perished in some tragic and untimely way.
I got back from vacation last year at the beginning of September and returned to work to the worst words a seasoned traveller such as myself can ever hear; “you’re grounded”. (insert forlorn sigh here) An overload of report writing and an underload of field work meant I was needed in the office more than I was out and about in the great beyond. So, I spent the months of September, October, November, and most of December sitting in a three walled jail cell that most 9-5ers refer to as a cubicle. I wrote report after report until my fingers bled on my keyboard. I was served a crust of bread and a glass of water daily and was whipped regularly by a big hairy bloke named Earl. Ok, it wasn’t quite that bad, but I still considered it cruel and unusual punishment.
The week before Christmas, perhaps as a holiday present from my boss, I was allowed to travel to the San Fransisco area to help a co-worker through some site work. It was wonderful to fly again, to rent a car again, to sleep on freshly laundered hotel sheets again. I was a little rusty on the packing, but I managed to kick the dust off the luggage and find all my little miniature shampoos and conditioners. (insert contented sigh here) I managed to find an entire day and a half to do some serious touristing. I visited Half Moon Bay, and then crossed the Golden Gate and took a walk on the Marin Headlands. I hopped a cable car, ate fresh crab at Fisherman’s Wharf, and did some shopping in the Embarcadero area. Of all the places I have visited, I have loved San Fransisco the best. It is the best of all worlds, chic urban areas and lush rural areas are all within a 30 minute drive of each other. You can wear a suit to work, come home and toss on your wet suit and be surfing within minutes. I hope to return again over and over again.
After Christmas I came back to the office and worked at those reports again for another month. Then February and March passed in a blur of alternating trips to Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, AND the office. It’s no wonder I can’t remember what I did when. For the last couple of weeks I have been grounded again and the cubicle life is starting to wear on me. I get burned out staring at the computer screen all day, trying to remember the memos about TPS reports. It’s not the life for me.
Thankfully, I am on a flight to Boston tomorrow! I will try to be more frequent on this blog, though I can’t promise I’ll have much to say more than once or twice a year. But, we’ll call it my May Day Resolution… blog more, travel more, write reports less!
Too funny. Yes I was checking and figured you had given up on the idea. I had even gone so far as to remove you link from my “everyday” blog list because my hopes were being shattered “everyday”.
Glad your back, and I know that it’s difficult to come up with something meaningful to write about.
K
LOL, it’s not so much finding something meaningful to say… great and witty thoughts flow from this brain daily.
The problem comes in finding the time in my chaotic life to sit down and write a blog. Particularly as you are the only one who reads it! 