The most difficult thing, and I realize how much of a champagne problem this is, for me when coming back from vacation is the adjustment to real life again.

We got back from a four day trip on Saturday evening and, almost two full days later, I'm still kind of in a rut. I cannot seem to get myself out of it. I am slowly getting back into my routine, but with the kids off camp for a week, with the fourth being one day away and with my wife juggling her work schedule, I am feeling like I'm in a slog. I have been sleeping past eight everyday, and that is not normal for me. I'm usually up and ready to go at 7, maybe 7:30 at the latest. I have been slow on making breakfast. My son has stepped up, he's gotten into cooking since the last semester of school. That has been great, but it is my duty to have breakfast ready. I have also been slower on chore catch up. I just continue to put little stuff off for longer than normal. I haven't had to water my garden since we got home, we have gotten a good chunk of rain finally, but I bet I would have been late on watering if I had to do it.

I can't figure out what goes on in your brain when you return home from vacation. I mean, at the Air Bnb I still did the dishes, took out the trash and made the beds. I cooked one night while we were there. I ran every day except the day we arrived. My wife and I got the kids out the door for activities by 11 each morning. But I think, because there is no true schedule, vacation time is much easier to follow. We kind of did what we wanted on this trip. We had no real schedule, except to start the day and be out the door by 11. We went about our own business, and it was nice. But when you get back home it feels like you have to snap back into reality. I put our stuff away as soon as we got home, but then I just felt run down. I don't have COVID. We all tested negative when we got home. I don't have my full energy back just yet. I know it is coming.

This afternoon I ran a sub 30 minute 5k, which is good for me. I was able to successfully run the errands, with the kids, in the regular amount of time. I did a ton of veggie prep today, which felt like a true accomplishment. But I'll be damned if I'm not wiped out now, and I still have to take my daughter to her karate class. The kids are already back to normal. My daughter is ready, my son is currently playing basketball with his friends. But me, and my wife for that matter, are just tired. We stayed up last night watching "The Righteous Gemstones" so we could be caught up. We kept remarking how tired we were while watching, and during what seemed like my fifth complaint I looked up at our clock and it read 9:30pm.

I'm so old and so uncool now. And I have vacation brain. I would love to see scientific proof that vacation brain is a real thing, because it feels very real. But the good news is, I'm getting back to normal. It has just taken longer this time, and I'm sure this will be the case going forward. Oh well, at least the vacation was dope. We had a great time. I just want to not be tired anymore. 

Ty

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