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We’re home from the cabin.  5 days of quiet.  No internet.  No phones.  No client work.  No computers.  No pets.  No obligations.  In a word?  Bliss.

My parents own a cabin about an hour and a half northeast of here, up in the Sierras.  We’ve gone up before for a day here and there but we’d never gone up on our own before.  It was so nice to be there alone.  I’ve always had mixed feelings about the cabin.  My parents and 3 other couples bought it in 1995 and we’ve had some nice times there.  We’ve had some horrible times there too.  The Donner Party Christmas of 1996.  Dragging my ex-boyfriend up there to meet my parents, just to torture him after he’d broken up with me the previous morning.  More boring weekends than I care to count.

But this was different.  May was a busy month but we were broke.  We didn’t know how we were going to afford time away for our anniversary but my mom suggested we take the cabin.  It was free and available.  So, we decided to go for it.  We had to board the animals and bring food but that was it.  What a relaxing weekend!

We arrived Friday afternoon and had dinner at a local Italian restaurant in town.  The weather was perfect, warm during the day and cool at night.  We didn’t need our sweaters at all and most nights, we slept with the windows open.  On  Saturday, we drove up Ebbetts Pass and enjoyed a gorgeous picnic along Silver Creek.

Sunday was more relaxed, a bit of shopping in Murphys and Arnold, and we started the second jigsaw puzzle of the weekend.  Monday we drove over to Spicer Reservoir, Union and Utica Reservoirs and had a leisurely afternoon.  We came home Tuesday afternoon to pets who were upset we’d left them in the kennel for 4 nights but we definitely needed the break.

Note from Rob: Special thanks to the Cooleys for giving us their weekend. I know you guys weren’t planning to be there for the holiday anyway, but we still appreciate it. A few days completely away and unplugged made a huge difference.