This has been quite a month, what with the conference flanked by family visits. I expected to be tired, and I am. The take-away is I need more than 5 days to recover from things, but sometimes the ideal isn’t what’s real.

This week our houseguests are family by choice who have been to see us many times. Usually we run around seeing the sights, and then coming home to crash and watch movies. This time, we’ve been out and about a little bit, mostly to run errands. It’s been a days-long introvert party, spending hours at a time doing our own things together, and broken by conversation, debate, and laughter. We always have fun together, but since we’ve all seen a lot of what St. Louis has to offer, and since the dreaded Covid has spiked in this area, we’re all content to stay in this time.

Next week we’re back to business as usual. I’m having fun now while looking forward to that.