Thanks everyone

Phydeaux -- I miss you.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left me comments about Phydeaux. Yesterday was very hard -- I basically stayed in my house all day, packing, watching the West Wing, crying a lot, and trying not to think about it. Slept in, went to bed early, and I'm still exhausted. Feel like I haven't slept in days, but I've gotten more sleep than I have in a long time. I think I'm just mentally worn out.

Today was better, though. Went to the early service at my new church (which I am really enjoying), then met some friends for lunch. One of those friends, Josh, I only see every year or two when he pops into town in between working on oil rigs in Utah, or hiking the Appalachian Trail, or living on the beach in Hawaii, or teaching kids to rock climb in Colorado. Sometimes, when I'm having a particularly bad day, I think of doing something similar like taking off and moving to New Mexico to make dream catchers, but then I realize that I really, really like my IRA.

I do wish that this was the three-day weekend as opposed to last weekend. I could use one more day to just relax and not have the weight of a large computer corporation's fine print on my shoulders.

Tomorrow, however, I start my "get out of the house and do something with yourself" plan -- I'm taking tennis lessons. (I just wrote "lesions." I really hope there are no lesions involved tomorrow.) My friend Robert had one of his rackets re-strung for me, which was very nice. I'm quite excited, although last time I played tennis I was sore in places I didn't even know I had. We'll see how I feel when Tuesday rolls around.