Vacation in the Head
October 31st, 2006 by Editor BStarting today, I’m on vacation. But I’m not going anywhere. Or perhaps I should say that any trips I take will be inside my own head. The point is I won’t be going to the office for a couple weeks or so. I haven’t had a vacation since campus reopened in January, and frankly I could use one. I need to get my head together. As I remarked to Michael at last night’s planning meeting, my whole life seems to revolve around establishing and breaking routines. I crave the structure of a routine but I also crave the freedom of breaking out when it gets stale. And I’m in a bit of a rut now. So I am taking a long trip to nowhere, going on an extended tour of my own personal headspace. If you don’t hear from me after two weeks, send out a search party.
November 1st, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Have a good break. Visit Mississippi, if you have the chance!
November 1st, 2006 at 8:42 pm
me too! but we’re going to Playa Del Carmen…it’s our first “true vacation” since Katrina…the others have all been related to work and no more than 3 nights in one place…not this time 7 nights in the Riveria Maya! We’re going to sort our lives as well…a lot has changed since then…including our ‘future in Louisiana’ which once included buying a home in New Orleans…oh, how life is full of curve balls…happy vacation. Go get a roast beef from Parkway…
November 1st, 2006 at 8:43 pm
“Riviera Maya”…oops.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:43 am
I like your style, B!
BRIEF HABITS.
November 2nd, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Are you guys getting snail mail on any sort of regular basis these days?
FedEx?
UPS?
Just curious…
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:48 am
bon voyage!
November 6th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
I heard some very nice things about you this weekend (from one of Jeremy’s old roommates). It’s makes me more hopeful that we’ll get to come visit.
November 7th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
You are the joy of Christmas morning, and flying reindeer. You are a Carl Sagan speech wrapped up in a card trick. Wonder is only beatiful because it’s real - you better remember that on your vacation fool!
November 8th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Given the amount of time I spend on the road, my favorite vacations are where I stay home and learn my cable channels.
November 13th, 2006 at 1:12 am
i need my nola fix. your posts are missed! (i hope you are enjoying your vacation though!)
November 15th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Hey, B
That two weeks is up, some of us are jonesin’ out here! Ha Ha
Thankfully, I have many hours of old J&B on the Rox episodes I recorded in the mid-nineties to get me through this little dry spell.
Really, I hope you are enjoying your break from a few of life’s many demands
Roxfan
November 15th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Someone sent us.
Hope all is well, B!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Aye. Same here. Missed your posts, but I too am willing to break out of my rut as well. Taking a cruise. Sounds utterly conventional I know giving in to this consumerist escape where portly tourists offload onto well-trodden resorts after having stuffed their faces full of buffet food. Hmmm the more I write this the less eager I am to go now. Well, need a break from the toil and grind anyway. Hope the boat stays afloat.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
What message are we sending? is NOLA open for business or not?
November 16th, 2006 at 9:39 am
Two weeks and two days now B, where y’at?