Saturday, May 9, 2009

Home again

For those of you who don't know, I just got back from a fabulous two-week vacation to the East. I visited my sister in Delaware (just outside Philadelphia); my old roommate in New York; and my MTC companion in Boston. Now I must return to normal life.

Good things about coming home from vacation:
  • sleeping in my own bed
  • having my own bathroom again (everyone knows I'm not good at sharing)
  • less intense allergies (love that East Coast pollen)
  • more mountains, fewer trees
Bad things about coming home from vacation:
  • unpacking (four days now, and I'm not done)
  • readjusting to the time zone--I'm going to bed late on Mountain Time and waking up bright and early on Eastern Time
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  • cooking my own food again--I like street vendors and restaurants
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So, what's your least favorite part about coming home from vacation?

5 comments:

Lindsay said...

It was so fun to see you!

Oh, and good luck with that unpacking...

Peter and Mandy said...

My least favorite is definitely the laundry...yuck!

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you had a good time. My least favorite part of coming home is just having to get into my regular routine right away. I think there should be some kind of grace period between coming home and getting back to work.

I didn't know you disliked trees so much.

melissa @ 1lbr said...

I wholeheartedly agree with Julie. My family has the "vacation from your vacation" problem. The one where you have to refer to your vacation as a trip, instead, since it isn't terribly relaxing. It occurs much more frequently when you have kids, I'm told.

Kay said...

You could visit a nudist colony next time... no packing there. (Not that I would know)
Funny how you had to "take a vacation" right when I was flying to Utah for Kevin's wedding. Sniff. I can take a hint. j/k