We've been back to the Towers for a grand total of 27 hours and it already feels as if we are back in the groove. Wife and I have been working hard on to make these transitions as seamless as possible. It is much more difficult for Wife as she has accounting/financial work that takes more time to do. We are helped tremendously by having some high quality help in the form of a neighbor who is our handyman and watches the house while we're gone and a gardener who comes by and takes care of the yard. So when we got back the house and yard were in pristine condition.
Most important is our transition back to our current time zone. We implemented the changes to the East-West trans-Atlantic system of stopping at the US hub we've been working on the last few trips. So this time when we got to the hotel in Chicago, we took an hour long nap, then we ate dinner, and we stayed up until around 9:30 local time. We didn't wake up too much before the time to get up for our flight to Albuquerque. That second 3 hour flight is so much easier on the body with the break. I took a pretty long nap after we got to the house. There's not tons of stuff to do when we arrive to unpack as we travel pretty darn light. We both went to bed around 10:30.
Today feels pretty good. I took another 40 minute nap and I am starting with appointments tomorrow. My business picked up right where I left off with a new client commitment yesterday when I got back and another one hopefully on Thursday. Wife and I made our standard lunch salad (a concoction of around 9 to 10 fresh vegetables, 3 pickled vegetables, a meat, fresh grated cheese and a home-made vinaigrette) which is a process we have down to a science and remarked on how lovely it is to be working again in a kitchen that is clearly designed for cooking. We've been working in the Tower at our desks most of the day.
I like very much the fact that we can run around the world immersing ourselves in other cultures and come back and be at home in a matter of days.
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That sounds lovely. I've been eating a lot of lunch salads, although mind are a mix of fresh vegetables and thawed frozen from the garden (green brand, corn, tomatoes etc.). What types of picked vegetables do you include? I might have to try that.
That sounds lovely. I've been eating a lot of lunch salads, although mind are a mix of fresh vegetables and thawed frozen from the garden (green brand, corn, tomatoes etc.). What types of picked vegetables do you include? I might have to try that.
We like marinated artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, pickled baby corn, dill pickles, and banana peppers
Thanks, I'll try some of those.
Welcome back! Sorry to say I've missed almost all updates about your trip. Hoping to do some catch-up soon.
Think you've had a lot more important things to do but hopefully based on your last post you really will get some time to yourself.
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