I know I owe alls y'all a cereal recap of my Floridian weekend. I got back yesterday and my head's a swirling confusion of the faces of friends I see once a year and those of new friends; flat tires and broken collarbones; birthdays and Dog the Bounty Hunter; and entire stores full of trashy, sexist crap. (Coffee mugs shaped like breasts, refrigerator magnets in the likeness of a woman's behind...I wanted to say something to the cashier at one of these stores about the prevalence of the word "slut" on the T-shirts she was selling, but didn't know what to say and figured she didn't make stocking decisions anyway.)
But did you see how I slipped away unnoticeably? I posted more consistently while on this trip out of town than I usually do when I'm home. I used the Typepad "Publish On..." feature, pre-planning topical posts before I went on vacay. So when I was standing at the Tampa baggage carousel, I smiled as I looked at the "Ladies and Gentlemen" bathroom signs at the airport. And the next day I specifically checked to make sure the bouncy shark was the same as last year.
Is that cheating, NaBloPoMo-wise? Not that I signed up for that; like BTE, I didn't want to set any bars for myself I'd have to try to meet. Low, low, low expectations is my theme for November.
Like yesterday. I purposely planned to come home early on Sunday so I'd feel like I had a little bit of "weekend" before work. The weather was perfect, and Ace and I talked about playing tennis, but instead went to dim sum and then Old Navy to get jeans because he hates that my current pairs either a) ride way too low ("Brazilian cut," according to the salesman) or have a hole in the butt (nowhere good, though). Neither of us got jeans, but he got khakis and a sweet button down shirt that goes with jeans, and I got two pairs of white corduroys (one's going back) and an unnecessary $12 fleece. Then we stopped in at the wine store where our neighbor works and let him talk us into spending $75 on wine. And lo, it was too dark to play tennis. So he did some laundry, I played on HGTV's website (my new favorite channel, replacing the Food Network), we ate leftovers and went to bed. An excellent use of the afternoon.
So in lieu of real content in this here post, I will make some up - my tip o' the week! Here it is: when planning a vacation, try not to return from your travels the last day before you have to go to work. Give yourself a day of buffer to settle back in. Then you'll feel happy and rested on Monday!
Also, travel east, so that when you return, on Monday it feels like you slept in an extra three hours.
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