Readjusting to the Grind

So I seem to be stuck in vacation mode. I keep trying to post, but nothing seems to satisfy me.

I am back in Oakland. After leaving Pittsburgh, I spent about a week in Phoenix catching up with my friends there. I surprised my friend Christi and spent a couple of days with her. Then I caught up with Rich, Justin, and company on Saturday night. We grabbed some food and then headed out to Burn, the newest addition to Phoenix's gay scene. The evening continued to Charlie's and then back to Rich and Justin's house for a sunrise swim. The party never stops around those two. The following day, I headed over to Robert and Katrina's and spent my last few days hanging out with them. All of my friends are terrific and I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. Needless to say, a lot of good food and alcohol was consumed on the Phoenix portion of my trip.

I headed home to the Bay Area late Tuesday and crashed. My friend Kellie had invited me up to Napa for the rest of the week with her and her boyfriend's family. I was still kind of tired from the trip, but how often does one get invited to hang out in Napa at a gorgeous pad? So Hector and I headed north on Wednesday and spent three glorious days in Wine Country. Kellie and I went wine tasting a couple of the days and did not accomplish much of anything. Her boyfriend Steve and his family are very nice and the house he rents each summer is gorgeous.




Friday night, I reluctantly headed home for an early Saturday morning overtime shift at the PD. My vacation was terrific. I packed a lot of stuff into the couple of weeks I was off and it was nice to take a break from work.

So Monday night, my first official day back from vacation. The tech people came in to upgrade our system in the early evening. As of 3 AM, it was still not fixed and we were creating these huge piles of stuff that needed to be entered. Welcome back indeed.

Cuidate.