Diary of a Mad Art Teacher... and photographer...: Recovery time

Those of you who follow me on Facebook know that I had a glorious time in Denver. I loved flying, I took lots of pictures, I met up with a good friend and met a virtual friend, I climbed every mountain..... oh wait, maybe not. But I climbed on a couple of them, and hit up a museum and generally had the best time. We CRAMMED every minute full!! I would not have it any other way!

I have not even opened my cameras yet. I have a bunch of pictures in there that need some editing, but I do have my phone photos. They are pretty good, so for this post those are the ones that will do for an overview.

The last couple days have been recovery days. On Friday, we put in a full day of stuff, from hiking and doing stairs at Red Rocks (oh my goodness my legs were tired by then) to walking downtown Denver to walking and sitting at the airport. Our flight was delayed about 50 min. so we got into Minneapolis about 8:30 and home about 1. Naturally falling asleep was an issue after all that, and I was up until after 2:30. So, I was sort of a happy zombie all day on Saturday.

Clouds during the flight back, I think over South Dakota

I really was happy in spite of being sore and tired and groggy. I was awash in the glow of a fantastic trip that had almost no down side to it, but I barely knew what to do with myself. Of course the MA was very happy to see me and I made him sit down and look at all my FaceBook pictures. Between mowing and fixing his mother's garage and attempting to get into the garden with all the rain, he wasn't home much apparently. Well, I suppose he was working all week as well! I did manage to get all my things put away, and some laundry done..... sheets changed, towels and table cloth all replaced.... dishes..... all low stress chores. I was incapable as a rule of even finishing a sentence.

Red Rocks hiking trail

Sunday morning I slept in to almost 8!! Hold the phone and tell Grandma to sit DOWN! That doesn't happen very often. I slept so hard my neck hurt from not moving more than twice during the night. Today I feel much more rested and normal. I realized ON VACATION that I forgot to do my requisitions (aka: ordering supplies and paint, lots of paint) for work, so guess what I did yesterday!?! Bleh. And I got my elementary orders virtually done when I realized that I had used a 2013 catalogue!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH. Oh well, so I had to redo mostly the prices for the entire order, and actually had to change a few catalogue numbers. Major suckage there. So 5 hours later I was done with that.

Falls at Berthaud Pass

So, today I am sort of a girl without a plan. And that is just fine. I will do a little cleaning upstairs for my company coming next week and I will do some weeding as well. Beyond that I have photo editing to do. And in light of the fantastic meal I had at Ali Baba, I want to make some tabuleh today, if I get the energy to drive to the store to get parsley.

Panorama Point, near Reverend's Ridge

Enjoy these few photos and know that there are more to come. I will also be sending one or two to Channel 9 if you are one of those folks who watch for my pictures on tv. :) That is such a weird thing to say, but its true.