Back to the grind

I'm back from vacation and find myself having to adjust to getting back into the swing of things. Having just had the last ten days off from work has been nice. Spending seven of them in 95+ degree weather was just the icing on the cake.

Cabo was amazing. Since it was considered "off-season" while we were down there, we practically had our resort to ourselves (seriously, I think the resort was only ten to fifteen percent occupied!) All the trepidation that I had before our trip was definitely unwarranted: I had a great time with my mom. Even though we didn't get to talk about all the stuff that I wanted to, it was nice to just spend some nice, quality time with her while we were both enjoying ourselves.

We met a couple on the plane that was spending their 30th anniversary in the sun. It was really coincidental. They were sitting in front of us on the plane ride down, and during some friendly conversation with them, I discovered that this was their first time down in Cabo. Upon further investigation, we realized that they booked through the same company and were staying at our same resort, had the same airport transfer company, etc. Mark and Susan were Cabo "virgins" so I made sure that they knew about the necessities (red light/green light with customs, time-share presentation representatives trying to fool those people waiting for their transportation at the airport, tipping, bargaining, etc.) They made for some great vacation buddies. We had dinner with them a few times and went on a land/sea tour expedition with them. They were such a great couple; I could definitely see spending more time with them in the future.

It was nice to come home to some 80 degree weather, which slowly dropped over the next three days, transitioning me back into the daily grind. While there is still plenty for me to do at home, I'm saving the un-packing, cleaning, and organization until later in the week. It sounds like shit hit the fan at the office while I'm gone, so I may as well enjoy the time to myself now, while I can. I'm going to try and stay in vacation mode as long as possible.