Back, officially

Well, we're back.  Technically we were back at 12:30am on Sunday morning, but today we are back to real life: the grind, if you will.  Our Sunday-Monday Vacation Recovery Pseudo Weekend was spent staying up all night with jet-lag insomnia, plundering the Tivo cache, doing 179 loads of laundry, and trying to win back the affection of the cats, who took a vote and decided unanimously that they like the petsitter, who played with them every day, fed them treats, and sent me cute email updates (with photos!), better than us.  I can't really say that I blame them, but it would be nice if Max would stop sleeping with her picture under his pillow.

Lake Tahoe was fabulous.  Beyond fantastically gorgeous.  I knew it was going to be pretty, since I assumed all those hundreds of thousands of visitors they claim visit every year weren't coming just for the slots.  But I couldn't fathom just how beautiful it actually was.  Our first view of Lake Tahoe took my breath away (literally, hello elevation gain!), and I found myself saying "This is the most beautiful place I've ever been" pretty much every day.

As expected, I have a mountain of work to catch up on and a mile-long list of chores to do at home, but I'll post some pictures and a recap of our highlights during the week.  And after that I'll stop babbling about vaaaaycahsun and get back to being a bitter hag. 

Comments

[Abbie]

Welcome back...been stalking your blog for a while now, can't wait to see your pictures.

[Laurel]

Welcome back to the Eastern Time Zone!!!! I can't wait to hear more about Lake Tahoe.

[Isabel]

Welcome back. I'm glad you had a good time.

Now go and get caught up on your work. (And your TiVo watching.)

[alyndabear]

Oh, looks beautiful! I've always wanted to visit Lake Tahoe, especially after City of Angels (only my favourite EVER movie) :)

[Angela]

Well, Lake Tahoe looked pretty fabulous from what I saw on The Bachelor last season ;) Glad you had a good time and welcome back to "real life"!

[janet]

welllllllllcome back!!!! I am headed out west tomorrow to see some lovely mountains myself and couldn't be happier.

also, ditto on the cats loving the catsitter more. Except that makes my cats gay. double whammy. Damn.

[angela]

Yes, please come be a bitter hag with the rest of us.

[heidikins]

Love Tahoe - it is just so beautiful! Hope the time change and elevation drop recovery will be quick. Can't wait for more photos!

xox

[Jemima]

Post more photos!

Can't believe you were so close by. I knew there was something in the air...