I'm Back!

We are home.

I could have enjoyed another day on our getaway.  Another night in the hotel.  Another afternoon in the pool. 

I didn't take as many pictures as I thought I would.  I took enough.  But I also put my camera down and just enjoyed myself, my kids, my husband. 

I could tell you all the places we went and foods we ate and laughs we shared. 

But as the trip got started, I realized that I wanted my focus to be only on my family, my relaxation, the true idea of a getaway.

The first thing I did was disconnect from my job.  The recent increased work load and hours and stress.  The endless e-mails and voice mails and meetings and phone calls. 

I soon realized that I was still in a mindset that wasn't letting me be fully present.  I was still thinking about the things we were doing that I was going to share.  If we had great service somewhere, I thought about tweeting or psoting on Facebook.  If something was a disppointment, I thought about how I was going to post...

And then I stopped.  I had to disconnect from thinking like a blogger.  It was strange, for sure.  I'm always thinking about how I can share something, I'm always forming words in my head that I will type out later. 

I love it.  I really like sharing things and writing things.  I enjoy the perspective that blogging has brought.

Disconnecting from it was difficult.  It was necessary.  It was refreshing.

Blogging had started to become more of a chore.  Something on my list that I had to get done. 

I needed our getaway to disconnect from work.  That was the driving force. 

Turns out, it wasn't a getaway that I needed. 

It was a Get-Back-To.

I needed to get back to enjoying my kids.  I needed to get back to connecting with my husband.  I needed to get back to enjoying writing.

I'm back. I'm back to feeling like myself again.  And that's a great feeling!