I realize it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything and that’s mostly because I’ve been busy – and slightly overwhelmed!! I’ve been pushing and plodding along the last six weeks or so since fishing season opened – feeling slightly overwhelmed with all the busyness and “extroverted energy” required (chatting with guests, rearranging reservations, phone calls, emails, making sure all the details are covered, etc.)!! Now granted, it’s not like I haven’t thrived with this kind of work before – it’s just that with all the energy being expended at work AND living with people all around me, I haven’t been getting the “alone time” I need to regroup and get grounded/centered.
Fortunately, I have wonderful friends and family that keep me going – one of whom (my sister, Sheryl) came to spend time with me last week!! (And, I’m excited to say, my friend Becca is coming in six weeks – mid August when I’ll probably be ready for another BREAK and get-away from life here on the Ranch!!) Sheryl made it here after dark (drove very carefully so as not to run over the elk and other wildlife who threatened to cross the road!!), and GOODNESS I was happy to see a friendly/familiar face!! I had to work the next morning (Monday) at 5:30am, but that didn’t keep us from talking into the night – after all, I can survive on just a few hours sleep if it’s just that one night!!
After working until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, we loaded up the rental car and headed over the mountains to Taos! The drive was beautiful – more GREEN than I’ve seen for weeks!!! – and it just felt good to get off the Ranch and away from all the “seasonal employee” drama that can start to consume a person here! We stayed at the Sagebrush Inn – DARLING, older (but well-kept) hotel in Taos that included a REAL breakfast (not just muffins)!! When I was looking for WHERE Sheryl and I should escape to, we decided that air conditioning and a POOL were at the top of our list! And the charming, adobe-style buildings (and lush courtyard) at the Sagebrush was just the backdrop we needed for all our catching up and lazing by the pool!!
Lazy breakfasts and yummy, STRONG coffee to start the day, cooling ourselves in the crystal, clear waters of the pool (and trying to keep enough sunscreen on my chest to keep it from itching!!), lunch a couple times at an outdoor (but shaded and cool) deli in town, an afternoon movie in the air conditioned theater, nachos every night on the cozy (and cool) patio at Orlando’s – and, of course, special time with each other!! – made this trip more memorable than any I’ve had in awhile!! It was definitely the company, but also just getting away from the day-to-dayness of life here on the Ranch that gave me just what I needed to come back and start that work cycle all over again!!
I’m sure there’s more to tell, but every time I wait until I’ve said everything, it is old news and I end up not posting! So I’ll just post what I’ve got thus far and then post again if I think of more tomorrow!! Sending my love to all of you who are keeping with me via my blog….until next time!!
Fortunately, I have wonderful friends and family that keep me going – one of whom (my sister, Sheryl) came to spend time with me last week!! (And, I’m excited to say, my friend Becca is coming in six weeks – mid August when I’ll probably be ready for another BREAK and get-away from life here on the Ranch!!) Sheryl made it here after dark (drove very carefully so as not to run over the elk and other wildlife who threatened to cross the road!!), and GOODNESS I was happy to see a friendly/familiar face!! I had to work the next morning (Monday) at 5:30am, but that didn’t keep us from talking into the night – after all, I can survive on just a few hours sleep if it’s just that one night!!
After working until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, we loaded up the rental car and headed over the mountains to Taos! The drive was beautiful – more GREEN than I’ve seen for weeks!!! – and it just felt good to get off the Ranch and away from all the “seasonal employee” drama that can start to consume a person here! We stayed at the Sagebrush Inn – DARLING, older (but well-kept) hotel in Taos that included a REAL breakfast (not just muffins)!! When I was looking for WHERE Sheryl and I should escape to, we decided that air conditioning and a POOL were at the top of our list! And the charming, adobe-style buildings (and lush courtyard) at the Sagebrush was just the backdrop we needed for all our catching up and lazing by the pool!!
Lazy breakfasts and yummy, STRONG coffee to start the day, cooling ourselves in the crystal, clear waters of the pool (and trying to keep enough sunscreen on my chest to keep it from itching!!), lunch a couple times at an outdoor (but shaded and cool) deli in town, an afternoon movie in the air conditioned theater, nachos every night on the cozy (and cool) patio at Orlando’s – and, of course, special time with each other!! – made this trip more memorable than any I’ve had in awhile!! It was definitely the company, but also just getting away from the day-to-dayness of life here on the Ranch that gave me just what I needed to come back and start that work cycle all over again!!
I’m sure there’s more to tell, but every time I wait until I’ve said everything, it is old news and I end up not posting! So I’ll just post what I’ve got thus far and then post again if I think of more tomorrow!! Sending my love to all of you who are keeping with me via my blog….until next time!!
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