Popping off the top of my esophagus

I cant believe it has been two weeks since my last posting. Which means I have spent a solid two weeks dealing with only my own concerns and not those of some poor bedridden individual. I also cant believe that the holiday is winding down.

It was a pretty wonderful, though overly rapid, break. I definitely feel like I needed a few weeks to recuperate mentally from the grind of the summer. Tia and I spent the first week in Florida with my parents and, despite the inhospitable heat and humidity that greeted us, the trip was really great. We spent a good portion of the break poring over the sands of Venice beach on the gulf coast trying to locate the now elusive prehistoric shark teeth that I spent many summers searching for with my family growing up. Unfortunately, they had recently pumped some new sand on the beach and effectively buried most of what you could locate. They were harder to find than Lindsay Lohan's dignity.

The trip to Florida, as busy at it was and as much as I enjoyed seeing my parents, sped by furiously. It still seems as if a week's time could not have transpired between our arrival and departure. The extra 5lbs of girth about my middle section reminds me that it was no mere figment however. If you are reading this, I love you mom and dad and thank you for a wonderful holiday.

The second week has been spent largely reading leisurely, trying to return to routines, and dealing with the vagaries of life that so often try all of our patience. I wont recount any of the details of the mundane aspects of it other than to say that I abhor dealing with car insurance, buying a house/condo FSBO is maddening when you are dealing with the most obtuse seller in the history of realty, and financial aid and associated monetary school concerns remain enigmatic and frustrating.

I would love to attest to my readiness and willingness to return to school, but I am not one opposed in any way to idle time. Sure, there are times where I have yearned for activity and, lacking the money to find many to occupy my time, have bemoaned my financial situation and longed for the days when I will return to school if only to finish and begin accruing money instead of hemorrhaging it, but a few deep breaths and the feeling comfortably passes. I have really tried to enjoy this week something that I think we, as American people, often take for granted.......spending our time off doing little or nothing of import or note and, quite simply, just relaxing.

Speaking of relaxing, I am off to do a little more before school begins anew and I will be afforded almost none until the winter holidays. The next term starts on Tuesday with Psychiatric nursing to begin it all. I am sure there will be plentiful stories then.