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I was out of the country for my first big vacation in half a decade (when we went to Toronto and then spent a week driving around Newfoundland), and my first international trip since we did both Europe and Chicago in 2016. It is, emphatically, good to be back. My partner had a great time; I was sick but had fun otherwise, so mixed feelings for me.
We got off the plane from the Caribbean late Sunday night and couldn't even make it to midnight. I've long stopped trying for this; if it happens, it happens, if it doesn't, great. We picked up the dogs, came home, put them to bed, and crashed ourselves. My partner slept poorly. I slept nine hours straight.
I took last week off for the vacation, this week for recovery. Right now, that's looking like a pretty solid choice. It's clear I'm not at 100% yet - still trying to get back to where I was before we left.
The week's wide open/Tuesday's almost done. I'm drinking a lot of black and herbal tea, staying around the house as much as possible. I'm fitting this and some other writing into the time between washing the car and taking the dogs to the vet. I had my first shower since before I started feeling sick. Three or four days? I didn't even feel gross, like I usually do. Just too tired, I guess.
I have a bunch of printing I need to do, starting with some copies of one of the back issues of my little magazine. The first print run sold out late last year, and I got more covers printed, just need to do the interior and staple/stamp them. Then work on the latest issue, which I'm hoping will be ready this month. Emailing the contributors around proofs and confirmation of this and that. And then other than that, I plan to go heads down on my software project for a few days. Big changes coming in the next version. The remainder of the week sprawls out: an opportunity.