Friday, June 10, 2016

A Reluctant Return.

Well, I'm back. :) 


After four glorious days filled with lounging in a hammock, reading books, wading in the creek, hanging out with family and friends, riding my bike, sharing laughs, and having a down-right wonderful time, real life is creeping back in. 

While away I read/finished three more books towards my goal of 101 (putting me several books ahead at 71!!) and I wrote nearly 800 words which included starting a new short story. (Which y'all may or may not get to see sometime in the distant horizon.) 

But...I came back home to... 184 new emails, a duffel bag full and several loads of laundry to put away, and a severe campground-hangover. 

I also spent the majority of the day doing...well, nothing accomplishing-feeling. Aside from unpacking, I saw a sweet video, sorted through some research notes, and wrote...a little. 

Okay, this post is already much longer than I intended for it to be. So here's my point. I'm dreading this return to real life, I don't like how fast June is flying by, and the one year blogiversary post will be up tomorrow. 

If you actually got this far, you're a dear. Thanks for reading and I'll be back soon. ;P 

>Faith

P.S. I left home Monday with about 5 insect bites and came home with 43 (as of last night's count). Is this normal? 

14 comments:

  1. I’m glad that you had such a fun trip, Faith! :)
    It sounds like it was very fun and relaxing. :)
    I know what you mean about a reluctant return. I felt the same way when we came back from the Oregon coast. ;)
    43 insect bites?! Wow! That’s a lot. I don’t know how normal that is, but I guess you would probably get a lot camping. But I never would’ve thought that many! ;)
    I’m looking forward to tomorrows post! :D

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    1. Thank you so much, Rebekah! :)
      Ah, yes. It's such a strange feeling. Return to the world of Internet friends and the like, or stay in paradise? ;)
      Yeah...it is quite a lot. :P I've had many bug bites before, but other than a time or two when I had chiggers I've never had this many. ;)

      Thanks for commenting!! ;-)

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  2. Welcome back, and I'm glad you had such a great time! Though I'm sorry it's hard to get back in the groove of "normal life". Take some time to just breathe and accomplish the "to-do" list slowly! :)
    Good for you, reading so much! What books did you read? :)
    But bummer about the bug bites - eek! 'Tis a lot. :P

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    1. Thanks, Raechel! Yes, we had a truly lovely time. :) Ahh, yes, slow is the way to go. ;)
      Just reading for the pure joy of it was, ahhh, da best. ;) I finished "The Hobbit" on the way there. Then I read "Winds of Autumn" by Janette Oke, "Heaven's Jubilee" by Faith Blum, and started "The Innocent" by Willowy Whisper. ;-)
      Augh. Yes, they are quite horrid. *nod nod*

      Thank you for your sweet comment! :D

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    2. :)
      Amen! I just read a couple short stories "just because" (not required to review!!) and it felt soooo good. ^.^ Nice! I've read "The Hobbit" (a couple years ago), and I want to read "Heaven's Jubilee" (though I have read her cat story in it already, which I loved. :)) Books are so lovely!
      :)

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    3. Yes, it certainly does feel nice to just read to be reading. :-) Heaven's Jubilee was great (my review of it is on my other blog: http://chosenbythepotter.blogspot.com/2016/06/heaven-jubilee-by-faith-blum-book-review.html) and the cat story was really cute. ;)

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    4. Great review! And I'm enjoying catching up on the posts on that blog, too :D
      Hehe ^.^

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  3. WAIT YOU WENT CAMPING. *fanboys* I love camping! We're going in July so that's exciting. :) :) Looking forwards to the blogiversary post! :D
    (also yes totally normal XD)

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    1. *snickers* Fanboy? Nice one. XD Ahhh, yes – camping is AMAZING. Ooo, cool. We're going again in August for my birthday. :-)
      (Eh. Okay. ;))

      Thanks for commenting!

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  4. Mosquitoes. The ONE drawback of summer. Oh, that and bee stings. (I can hardly talk since I'm one of the lucky few who has never been stung by a bee in my life...however.)
    Glad to hear you had a fun time camping DESPITE the mosquitoes. (Ha!) And welcome back. ;)

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    1. Yes. They. Are. So. Horrid. Thankfully, most of my bites weren't/aren't mosquitos (lots of flies and gnats). You've NEVER been bee stung??!? Wow. Consider yourself lucky. Maybe bees aren't as common in WA as they are here. ;P I've been stung 4 or 5 times, none were fun. My dad and brother are both allergic to bee stings (as in, it could and has resulted in an ER visit) so, yeah, we don't like bees. :P

      Thanks Rebekah! And I enjoyed your comment. :-)

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  5. Mosquitoes. Huh. Wait a sec and let me find that quote I used. Oh right, here it is :P The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose...but mosquitoes come close :P

    Oh, the blogiversary! I read it last week...so awesome! I'm heading over there now to comment! :D

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    1. Hahahaha!! That's so funny!! XD I think I remember seeing it on your Quotes tag. ;)

      Glad you enjoyed! Haha, and I'm following you to reply. :P Thanks for commenting!

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