It has been a few days since I last blogged because I was isolated away from the Internet in the Smoky Mountains. It has become a family reunion of sorts each year in Gatlinburg, TN. We started going to spend some time with my Uncle Mike and Aunt Star when they would come in for Scottish Festival and Highland Games. This year a group of us made it down from Ohio and some other family from Indiana. We had good times packing into a cabin and eating a lot of food. A group of us also made the hike up to the Walker Sisters Cabin. After a weekend with a lot of walking, eating, and driving, I am still worn out. I went back to work on Monday after driving home on Sunday. I think I should have taken one more day off to recover. I am more tired today than I was yesterday. I have some mountain taffy to keep me going at work though. Hopefully I will be able to get back on track here before the week is over. I hope that everyone had a good weekend. I will post pictures and maybe some video of our trip soon. For now, I just wanted to try posting to the blog using Posterous. So you get a little update and a test post at the same time. Looking forward to sharing more about our trip soon.
Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself in my beautiful state…
Isn't it amazing how you have to take a vacation to recover from a vacation?
I think it should become a law that you have to have 1 week off before vacationing 2 weeks away followed by 1 week off to prepare yourself to go back to work. We would all be much happier!
I have always liked Tennessee. I have family in East TN near Knoxville and also West in Murfreesboro near Nashville. I will be visiting often for sure.
I am a bit envious! I need a vacation. I actually have 9 days left to take before July 1, but I can't figure out where to fit them in my schedule. Two major projects that need to be implemented, performance reviews to complete, teaching three courses which can be translated as stacks upon stacks of papers to grade–it's a great life, but I have no margin. A life without margins is risky at best. I really fight becoming so task driven that I forget to connect with people in meaningful ways. I am looking forward to the weekend and time with my family and friends.