A Vacation State of Mind

Sometimes, following a particularly nice vacation, when I return to the real world I really just don't want to believe that the holiday is over. Consequently, as part of my vacation withdrawal, I avoid doing all the things that I ought to do upon my return like unpacking, listening to my voicemail messages, responding to unread email, checking my favorite blogs, sorting through my many photos, and tidying up the apartment, and instead I try to maintain my "vacation state of mind" (i.e. just doing nothing).

Inevitably this backfires, because by the time I am ready to face the world again, my backlog of things to do is just overwhelming. Basically, this is a lengthy way of apologizing to all the people to whom I owe email, phone calls, blog comments, and to whom I've promised I will post my photos online. I promise to get back in the groove shortly!

In the meantime, so you can understand why I'm trying to hold onto my vacation state of mind a little longer, a little visual from the western coast of Vancouver Island where we recently spent a few days. More pictures to come. Sooner or later.