Retreat

When I was in Mt. Shasta I had hoped to go to see my daughters in Portland, Oregon. However, then I realized it was the weekend before Halloween and realized I really didn't want to be in Portland the weekend before Halloween. So, likely I will see both my younger daughters in December for their Christmas Break from college. So, instead of going north after 5 days in Mt. Shasta which appears for me to be an optimum time there in one visit if I'm traveling alone, I headed south not really knowing what to expect. But then thought about visiting my cousin in Orage County and going sailing with him and his wife. However, I found out that his daughters birthday who is a lawyer was Sunday so it really wasn't convenient to visit them either because he has to go to work Monday and only visiting for going out to dinner and driving 6 or 7 hours to get there (or longer with traffic) didn't make any sense at all to me.

So, instead I have been in retreat at my home on the coast. The weather was perfect here on Thursday night and Friday so I got into the Hot tub in my back yard and blogged and enjoyed the nice weather. However, as I blogged from the hot tub outside in the nice weather, 75 to 80 degrees, along about 5 to 6 pm (sundown) the heavy fog came in and Saturday here didn't get above 58 degrees with fog along the coast of northern California.

So, this has been a retreat for me which is something likely I have needed for some time but not realizing it. My wife is in San Diego so I don't have to worry about taking care of her because our God Daughter and she and my God Daughter's husband are all taking care of each other during this week. The dogs are being sat so I'm not worried about them so all I have to do is to take care of myself.

It's sort of nice to do in our large house whatever I want to 24 hours a day without being a husband or father so it is sort of a new experience for me as I'm usually not alone like this and prefer to have other people around me and so I usually do.

However, being in retreat one starts to "Get Straight" with oneself about a lot of things and since I don't drink or use drugs and I eat organic food and take pretty good care of myself I'm having to face myself in all sorts of ways I usually don't very much which likely is just lengthening my life even more than before.