Back From Vacation

Its November and I have just returned from my vacation (one whole week of it). Feels nice. Before the vacation started, there were several things on my to-do list. Post vacation, those things still remain. Without being struck off. To be honest, it was a deliberate attempt on my part to postpone these 'to-dos' so that I could catch up on the things leftover from my last vacation (which was around a year back, though it feels like ages now). Thus, I was finally able to finish a book which I left half-read from my last vacation. It took me a while to remember the plot and the characters (figuring out the good guys from the bad ones and so on) and by the time it all started to come back to me, the book was finished. Nevertheless, it felt satisfying to complete the book. Then it was the turn of tackling cryptic crosswords. I had been pushing myself to invest some time on cryptics for some time now. Now I am quite glad that I did. Cryptics are really great food for thought. In my opinion, its like having a good Mediterranean dish sitting in a small hotel by the seaside in a Greek resort town on a sunny day, if you know what I mean. The icing on the cake was that I stayed off my laptop during all this time. I might have just clocked 5-6 hours online for an entire week, which by my standards is not being online at all. Taking a break, going offline, catching up on my paperbacks and just doing nothing in general. Now I know how it feels getting away from it all. A feeling that can only be experienced when you can put off your regular 'to-dos' list away and bring out the vacation to-do list. Did I say that it feels nice? I am looking forward to my next one. Seems to be a long way off.