Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Lost and Found

I wrote a lovely long post describing our trip to Myrtle Beach last week. As I was going back through editing it, Blogger ate it. ATE. IT. Hundreds of perfectly ordered words. Gone. I clicked Control "Z", I clicked on the back button, I tried everything I could think of to recover it. To no avail. Gone, gone, gone. There were words used. Words that rhyme with duck and fit. Not that they did a lick of good, but they made me feel better.

I'll get back to it. When I'm not so angry at Blogger.

I still feel out of the loop. Still recovering from our vacation. It's funny how a few hundred miles can change so much. Having Neil there all the time was more than nice, not just for the help with Sophie, but to spend so much time with the man I married. Time away from our usual obligations.

We had wi-fi, in fact we both brought our laptops, and we had our iPhones, but we disconnected for the most part. We watched almost no tv and we spent the evenings just chilling out together; reading, talking. It wasn't exactly a second honeymoon, because there was, after all, a toddler along for the ride. A toddler who thought that 5:30am was when the day began. But we spent quality time together, cliched though that sounds. And I truly do think we rediscovered each other a little.

I don't want to let that go. How do you hold on to the vacation intimacy in the face of dirty floors and yards that need mowing and bills that need paying and meal planning and sleep deprivation? I wish I could compress that feeling into a pill and whenever we're feeling cross with each other or frustrated with Sophie, we could take the pill and find our way back to that place.

So I'll get back to my vacation recap, if for no other reason than to relive it. Soon.

15 comments:

  1. OH sweetie! That sucks so bad that Blogger ate your blog post! I can't believe that, man I'd be soooo freaking mad, too!
    I'm so glad you guys all had so much fun, and re-connected as a family. That is so important. Yay. It's hard to hold on to that vacation intimacy when you're back home - if you find out how to make it last, let me know! ;) Missed you! See you in a few weeks! Yay!

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  2. Sounds wonderful! Can't wait for your post so I can vacation vicariously. =>

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  3. I am so glad that you had a wonderful time. :)

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  4. I am so glad this vacation was so good for your soul...that's what it's all about.

    Sometimes Blogger really sucks. I need to make a backup disc of my blog posts before Bloggers eats my whole blog someday. Have you done that? I have so many posts about the kids that I don't want to lose...

    A vacation pill? Now that's a great idea!

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  5. I have had some posts eaten by Blogger...it is maddening!!!

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  6. "I wish I could compress that feeling into a pill and whenever we're feeling cross with each other or frustrated with Sophie, we could take the pill and find our way back to that place." Ah, I know this feeling. Every time we go away and come home to a pile of laundry and the reality of schedules. How to live like you're on vacation, hmm.... Dreamy.

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  7. Had a good vacation - GOOD

    Blogger Ate post - bad

    Stayed unplugged during vacation - GOOD

    Have to come home to reality - bad

    Still have same guy in your house you went on vacation with - DARN GOOD

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  8. Oh, reading this made me wistful for my vacation, too. Isn't it sad how the trips end and you mope about the house for a while, wishing to slow down time a little? I understand what you mean about having your spouse around to just BE with, and treasuring that sense of being. Yes, those things are so important. They help us stay married.

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  9. No real vacations in my future this summer, too bad because hubby and I could really use a few moments to talk to each other in a more relaxing setting than in the house we desperately want to sell but haven't yet.

    Glad you had such a wonderful trip. You and Neil should each choose a photo of the vacation to frame and display as a reminder and symbol.

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  10. I totally get this. Haven't written my real vacation post either, largely because I can't really admit that real vacations are OVER for quite some time. Been having difficulty reintegrating to regular life, because being so close with your family for a block of time is hard to break away from.

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  11. sounded wonderful wishing to go on vacation soon some time.. hope you can conjer up those words again about your vacation. love to hear about it!

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  12. Oh, that sounds WONDERFUL! I can honestly say my most recent vacation was not that wonderful, lol. But yours sounds DELIGHTFUL!

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  13. Blogger ate it huh? Wench. I hate blogger sometimes. Wordpress isn't a better mistress either. Sigh. Hope you find your lost words and glad you enjoyed yourself!

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  14. sooo true!!! i wish I could bottle it up...

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  15. If you can figure out how to make that pill, you would make not millions, but billions!

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