Time to Unplug

At this point, all I can say/scream is AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I vacillate between sheer excitement for the adventure of the move and the tortuous task of determining what stays and what goes. This has been a month long purge that finally sent me over the edge. The evenings of sorting, trashing, Craig's List ad-ing have taken their toll not to mention that while theoretically I should be slowing down at work I seem to be busier than ever!

Larry has not escaped either. He is working 12+ hour days to finish work on his project. He barely sleeps while he is gone and then every weekend is jam packed with projects! There is virtually no down time!

We needed a break, so Larry and I packed the car and with many thanks to his parents, Frank and Jan, enjoyed a fabulous weekend in Cedar Key, Florida, a drinking village with a fishing problem (on several t-shirts and signs).



Before we left, being the quintessential foodie, I researched restaurants and chose two for our dinners. The first night was at Tony's where they make the world's best clam chowder - no really, they won a big chowder contest and it was the best chowder I have ever had!



I followed that up with a low country boil...



Can you tell I would love to be a food writer?

So after all of the food the night before, Saturday morning we decided to do a bit of kayaking. We rented a tandem and off we went to paddle around the islands that make up Cedar Key.



Here is an action shot of Larry paddling me around so I can take some pictures...



And the kayak Diva in her Jackie Onassis sunglasses...



That night we enjoyed another great dinner at the Island Room and got to see a ridiculously beautiful sunset



It made for great photographic light as evidenced of this picture of my handsome husband



When we planned the trip, I wanted to use the weekend to forget about the fact that we were moving half way around the world. I wanted to make a rule that we were not to mention Perth or talk about the move at all, but that ended up being unnatural. Instead of avoiding the topic, we were able to integrate it into a completely free form weekend free of tasks and to-do lists. We simply enjoyed being: being together, being with nature and being at peace. It was rejuvenating, and God knows I needed it (Buddha, too, Larry, and Mohamed for good measure).