I'm on holiday this week. While my housemates and co-workers have to drag themselves into the lab this morning, I get to laze around in bed, write a blog post and relax. It's been a while since I've had solo relax time, and it feels great.
When you live with a bunch of guys in a house, much of life becomes defined by their existence... your coexistence. I liken it to family living... As much as I love and adore my family, it's nice to fly off into the distance from time to time, only to come back and appreciate them more upon return. This holiday feels much like that.
For the last 10 weeks, I have spent 90% of my non-work time with Adam, Kendall, and Janek (together, or in miscellaneous recombinations). We have a BLAST in our house! A REAL bachelor pad. Our unique perspectives of life unite in really dynamic and exciting ways. Our crazy arguments about the most insignificant stuff, slaving away in the kitchen creating delicious feasts, playing video games, or just plain ol' musing about the way things are...these fragments of our coexistence characterize large parts of where we all "are" mentally, emotionally, etc..all because so much of our time is "common".
Well, this week, I have flown the coup! I have returned home for the week to spend time with my family, catch up with old friends, and help out at the summer camp where I spent my last 8 summers (I might also manage to squeeze in a trip to North Conway to hike and shop!). Janek has also lifted off (literally) to visit family in Poland for 2 weeks. All of this deviates from our standard existence...it shakes things up a little!
These breaks are great! I will enjoy "me" time, as well as the time that I will spend with people that I care about from this area of the world. I know this week will fly by, and before I know it, I'll be back in Markham, working 9 to 5, chilling 5 to whenever, and rejoining the regularly scheduled program already in progress. Upon recombination of our singularities, new stories and topics for discussion will infuse our social lives with material. Well, time for me to go have more "me" time! Maybe I'll have a nap! :)
1 comment:
I think a little "you" time is in order. I just hope that's what it ends up being. You're too nice for your own good and I'm sure your "you" time is going to end up being "everyone I can help while I'm here" time. All the same, be sure to maximise your Robbie moments. That North Conway trip sounds like fun. Stay healthy and have fun! Plants need water man.
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