Well my normal busy life got ever busier. I spent a lovely week in the Carolinas (South and then North) for work. The bonus, beside going to Charleston and Charlotte, was spending the weekend with my Grandparents. We had the best time. I loved sitting at the kitchen table with my Grandmother having coffee and watching the birds in her backyard. The fleeting glimpse of the bluebird in her yard was amazing. The mockingbirds apparently do not like the bluebird and chase it out.
The weather was so nice. It was like instant summer. I did actually get to enjoy a day outside as part of team building at the US National Whitewater Center. The ropes course (actually wires not ropes) 35 feet in the air was great fun and very challenging. It was instant bonding and I did end up with two sweaty hand prints on my shoulders. (Nothing like adrenaline to give you sweaty palms.) The rafting was fun but just a bit monotonous given that it's man made. The rapids were fun, but there were only two loops to go in. And the weirdest part was the conveyor belt (think like the grocery checkout line but instead of apples the entire raft and all its contents paddle up and get on.)
This was no vacation. My boss apparently didn't realize I was actually working while I was away and presenting. She kept sending me emails with deadlines that were so unrealistic given the fact that I was actually traveling, on a raft or on a plane.
I will admit that as much as I do love traveling,it was so very nice to come home. There is nothing like sleeping in your own bed :-)
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