Well, we are at that point folks. After a year and a half
of wedding planning, apartment hunting, saving, spending, listing, delegating,
searching, living, and many of the other things life has thrown this way, yours
truly and my tag team partner are going on vacation. A twenty-second timeout in
life as my tag team partner would say. It has been awhile since our last
excursion, two and half years to be exact, and it is amazing to see how much
our lives have changed since then. We have our new home, a new life together,
and for her, a new last name.
After such changes, which of course has seen us go down a
Unity Road, we are in dire need of this twenty-second timeout, or as in this
case, a complete full timeout. With 9.24 getting smaller and smaller in our
rear view mirror, the time is upon us to head down to St. Lucia for seven days
of relaxation and fun in the sun for our honeymoon.
And while we plan on bringing our laptops, the tag team
partner and I have already promised ourselves and each other that the e-mails,
the text messages, the Google searches, the blackberry alerts, and yes, even
the Dome Ponderings will be on break as well. What!? Yup, I’m throwing the keys
on the table for seven days.
Although punching the keys on vacation has brought about
some awesome posts, my favorite being the California Chronicles of 2009, this
vacation is different. It’s about not only spending (finally) some time with my
wife, but rejuvenating myself – mind, body, and soul.
I’m going cold
turkey.
No punching of the keys.
I ‘m sure many thoughts will turn and spurn (Hello Clyde Frazier writing!) in my head, as it is impossible to shut that section off in my brain. There is always that great urge to begin slamming away on my laptop (more so waiting at the
airport). However, in order for me to maintain sharpness and not have my ponderings
dribble into useless fodder (almost like this post), I need to step away.
So yes, once again, I’m throwing down the keys to the small
machine that is Dome Pondering. I urge all DP devotees, casual
readers, and first time visitors to send feedback on future topics, genres, past
posts, or general thoughts upon the return from our timeout.
The whistle has blown…
Timeout, home team.
See you all in seven days.