Holiday Hang-over

Friday, May 14, 2010

Holiday Hang-over

I know what you are thinking... but it is a different kind of hangover than the standard over-enjoyed the alcohol type one..

I just returned from a holiday, I was in New York City for 10 glorious days (but that is a post for another day) Now I am rudely faced with having to return to work.... sad I know I can hear all your hearts breaking for me. It isn't usually this bad, I feel so happy to be home to see my family and friends once again but at the same time I miss being there, the little routine you adopt when on holidays living out of a hotel room.... coffee in the morning at the starbucks across the street, seeing the same barristas each day makes it feel a little closer to home..... the routine of heading out for the day with a whole day worth of adventure ahead of you discovering something else you have to tell folks back home about.
The lure of what is down that little street and where is that place from here. Living from a map, loving the freedom of a packed day of trekking to and fro...

The feeling after a long day walking tired yet satisfied. A whole day worth of architecture, museums, priceless work of art all swimming in your head as you try to capture the essence of the day in your journal trying to recap the personal interactions as well... all the crazy and interesting people you meet... those of us who attract the crazy and unusual... makes for a fun adventure.... to go from that returning to the stress of the unpredictable patient switching gears and going in a whole nother direction I think it is so very different I am sad and sick about having to switch back to reality...

yes for those who are crying great tears for me and playing the worlds smallest violins for me I know it sounds like I am whining (again) and not appreciative at all-- don't get me wrong I love my job and that it allows me the chance to take great trips like this one but it still sucks coming home from a holiday whether it is a weekend trip camping or a month long trip to Europe it is hard to return to the day in day out after having the time away...

I think this is why we have holidays to motivate us to work harder in order to provide for another holiday... I swear it is all a ploy! and I have bought in with all I have! Sign me up for the overtime shifts now that I am home in order to pay for the next fun adventure I can plan... as I have already started the next trip away :) pretty sure I have already planned the next one on the flight home from this one!

So whether it is one day one week or one month away I think all of us feel the same sadness to see it come to an end... so until absolutely necessary
I am here lingering in my New York state of mind...