What is it about vacation that makes you feel like you need a vacation?

I had last week off work, and I spent most of it hanging around my house, sleeping, knitting, and visiting friends. (I also got a new timing belt for my car, but that’s not really something I’d class in the “fun” portion of vacation.) But, over the weekend I got to go to Yosemite! I’ve never been before, and it was super exciting.

A couple of my friends rented some condos at Bass Lake, and invited a bunch of us to go over. It was fanatastic–the best part was having so many of my friends close together and being able to just wander back and forth between the condos, cook meals together, have a cup of coffee with someone just because…it’s real community, and I so wish that it could be like that all the time.

I actually spent a good chunk of the time hanging out at Bass Lake; I got to wander some, see my friends,  and even coax a couple of them into helping me take some better pictures of new finished objects. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of mine yet since I went old school and took my good camera (SLR) which takes film. So I have to get that developed. Yeah, I know, crazy talk, right? But I also got to see Yosemite and it was gorgeous–totally awe-inspiring, to see all of that. And there was snow! I haven’t seen snow in three years! So. Awesome.

Unfortunately, I have to go back to work now and I’m completely exhausted. Oh well…time to break out the caffeine and force myself awake.