Upon return to work after vacation
Take a long, long soak in an outdoor hot tub in a cold, cold place like Boston on a snowy winter day. So cold that bits of ice form up on the tips of wet curls. So cold that as you enjoy the soak, you observe the curls of "steam" as vapor rises off the surface into the icy winter gray.
After five or ten minutes of soaking, you know that when you emerge, you will have a few fleeting minutes in which you won't even feel the cold - in fact, a few minutes in which the cold will feel good before it feels cold - because you have stored up all that delicious warmth inside. And you know that you will feel the cold chill on the dash back to the house. That the dash and the work of pure will that it takes to emerge and dash is soon to be rewarded with a warn towel and a warm fireplace. Maybe even a warm hug.
That's what it felt like today going back to work after a good vacation.
After five or ten minutes of soaking, you know that when you emerge, you will have a few fleeting minutes in which you won't even feel the cold - in fact, a few minutes in which the cold will feel good before it feels cold - because you have stored up all that delicious warmth inside. And you know that you will feel the cold chill on the dash back to the house. That the dash and the work of pure will that it takes to emerge and dash is soon to be rewarded with a warn towel and a warm fireplace. Maybe even a warm hug.
That's what it felt like today going back to work after a good vacation.
posted by Robin Palley | 1:09 AM
3 Comments:
No, no, Robin!! The hot tub is in Bellingham, Washington!!! Not Boston!! And you get in it *every* morning and every evening, all year round. And it's only about three feet from the bedroom door, so you can tempt the cold to make you feel the frigid air before you get back into the house.
As you enjoy the soak, you observe the curls of steam vapor rise up to the stars on a clear night and wonder whether those whispy vapors are from the hot tub or from Northern Lights. ... Ahhhhhh.
Robin! Don't you know that it is a balmy 70 degrees in Atlanta today and you should be down here throwing down with the rest of us?
Great to know that I have places to flee the cold! And friends I love who are far away....
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