Awake

Sleepy Head

I'm back in Portland and at work today in a surprisingly relaxed state. My boss has been feeding me tea all day to help take the edge off my jet lag. Touched down at PDX last night around 9:30 pm. Woke up this morning at 3:30 am thinking, whew! that was a nice nap! Then I remembered that this was "sleeping time" not "nap time" and went back to sleep. (The pitch black darkness was my first clue. Clever how that day=>light; night=>dark thing works.)

After nearly three weeks on the sub-continent, I feel rejuvenated and happy. What a contrast from my first visit last year. Took me months to recover from burnout and culture stress.

More soon. Friday I'm off to Olympia for my brother Seth's birthday. I'm so excited to see Seth and his family. Plus Brant 'n' Jackie will be there too; it'll be a regular family reunion! Then on Sunday I'll be heading down to Corvallis. My crazy (but dearly loved) cousin Erin is getting married on Tuesday (Tuesday!) in Bellingham. Long story. But there's an "engagement party" on Sunday for those of us who can't make it. Deborah (Erin's sister) is even flying in from Thailand. It's kinda funny, actually, since Erin has been in Japan since Christmas, that all three of us have been in Asia and have returned from there in the same week.

Monday, thankfully, is a holiday, and will go something like this: sleep in, watch Perry Mason, take a nap, do laundry, clear a path through my living room/office/dining room (major packing/unpacking fallout), go to bed.