Dazed and Confused...

(titled with apologies to Led Zep)

So. While I may be back home, I’m certainly not “back in the groove,” whatever that means. Do I sound confused? Well, yes, I suppose I do. I’m working through this confusion, albeit slowly, and am trying to figure out just what’s up…

Take yesterday. Normally I “make the rounds” (defined as reading my favorite blogs and several news sources) first thing in the morning while working a pot of coffee. I didn’t read a single blog yesterday, and I didn’t look at the NYT, or the WaPo, or The Times (UK), or any of my other usual (news) reads. And I only had three cups out of that pot, throwing the rest away. Simply put: no desire, or rather what desire may have existed was overcome by other priorities, like paying the bills and catching up on mundane chores. I caught up on the blogs this morning but have yet to wade into the news. No desire.

Vacations are supposed to rejuvenate, restore the spirit, rest the body, yadda, yadda, yadda. And this is certainly the result of my latest excursion, in part. Well, except for the “rest the body” bit…ten hours in the saddle on the last day of the trip might better be described as low-level torture to…ahem… “a man of my age.” I still hurt, but only just a lil bit. But I digress…

There seems to be an unintended, unanticipated consequence(s) to my 17-day sojourn and I can’t quite put my finger on it, as yet. Maybe it’s time for a change? But what sort of change? A change in locale? Button up the RV and move on down the road? To where? Change in lifestyle, as in (for example) seek employment, again? Start looking for a new relationship? Is it a case of my senses and sensibilities being over-stimulated these past two and a half weeks? Am I resentful about returning to what I now perceive to be a rather mundane existence? I don’t know…

Sorry for the oh-so-personal bout of introspection. But I want to get it “on the record,” and that’s one of the reasons I blog, ya know.

I’ll whip through the last of the chores today, the first of which involves a jaunt out to the base for a major re-supply run. I’m looking forward to that, as I haven’t driven the Green Hornet in so long I may have forgotten how. I’m sure it will come right back to me…

And the second? That involves stopping into Yucca Telecom and asking just where the Hell my fiber internet connection is, now that it’s JUNE. I was told back in March or April I’d get connected “in May, June at the latest.” I wanna know what the flippin' story is....

Gonna be warm today…hot, even. The forecast says a high of 91 degrees. We had a few anxious moments last evening around sunset as some spectacular t-storms moved through the area, just to the north and east of us. I took some pictures of the cloud formations I’ll post later in the week. Today’s pic will be more from Arches…

Speaking of which: here are two views of Balanced Rock…which may be one of the most photographed formations in all of Arches. It IS breathtaking, on numerous levels.

Saturday, June 2, 2007.