I am in Hiding…
I feel like I disappeared off the face of the earth. Literally. This is a good thing…
I sooo needed a vacation, a real vacation, where there isn’t a calendar or agenda, where the days just blend together, where people you care about surround you, and stress is no longer part of your chemical make-up. At least for the week…
I have stayed in touch with a few of the classmates I went through school with, through reunions, many of them I went all the way through parochial school with before attending a public high school. A couple of them I’ve known since Kindergarten. Debbie and her husband retired to Hilton Head, SC, and built a spectacular home nestled in gnarled vegetation, dripping with Spanish Moss, typical of the Carolina coast line. Debbie is still able to work from home, except home is dangerously close to paradise…
Anyway, three of us, and our significant others, descended on Debbie and her husband for a week of, well, stress free wallowing in paradise. It doesn’t get any better than this…
The back of the house faces the lagoon. There are a couple of ponds and waterfalls on the lovely walkway down to the water.
We are looking forward to boating down the lagoon.
It has rained a lot since we’ve been here, but I never mind the rain. Especially a coastal Carolina thunderstorm. It is powerful, and enveloping, and the perfect thing to make you feel insignificant and not at all in charge. And the storms have done a wonderful job of breaking the heat.
We have all helped in the kitchen…
…dressed for dinner…
…had some spectacular meals together…
We enjoyed morning yoga on the deck, (who knew the girl I’ve known since kindergarten just finished her yoga instructor training!)…
And of course, the spectacular beaches of the Carolina’s, where the water is the temperature of bath water…
Pardon me if I don’t blog too regularly while I’m here. I think you can understand why…
Daryl, you so deserved that after the past several weeks! Wish I could be at the house next door…it looks so perfect! Have a wonderful time. We LOVED having you at MLH.
Ooooo…..lovely, and you do SO deserve it.
Ummm, Daryl, isn’t this where they filmed The Big Chill?
You work so hard and are so productive, you certainly deserve this vacation, but I am still very jealous!
Ginnie
Yep, filmed the Big Chill right here in this living room! Doesn’t get any better than this!
Ha! I can just see you boogeying around the kitchen washing up!
you deserve many more times like this. I am so glad that you have the friendships that love all over you regularly. You give so much of yourself, it is wonderful to see you enjoying some time in paradise!
wish I could be there.
Candiss
Candiss! I wish you were there with me as well! Debbie, the hostess spent a lot of time vacationing in Sedona and spent many hours talking about how beautiful it is. I’m up for a trip if you’re around!