I spent most of Saturday at The Ranch.
Visits have continued to get longer between times and shorter times while there. Part of this is due to the fact that life simply gets busier and it is harder to get away. Part of it is that I am a slave to the airline schedule, which sometimes is with me and sometimes against me - regardless, I scarcely get more than 36 hours total on the ground.
This visit - after giving Uisdean Ruadh a hand with moving the last bits out of his storage locker along with The Director, a lunch with the both of them, checking in with The Cowboy and The Young Cowboy, and dinner with family - was a mere 26 hours from arrival to departure. That left enough for a quick swing of the house and cleaning the toilets (my number one visiting task).
Am I sad that I am not spending as much time there? I am not sure I can even answer that question. On the one hand yes, it is still as beautiful as ever. On the other hand, 30 hours is scarcely enough to think about any one location for any length of time.
The timing is not likely to change, at least not for the foreseeable future: my current job is very much an on site, 5 day a week sort of thing. Occasionally I could probably work remotely - people do - but even then with the ending of InterWeb access there, I could not work from there if I wanted to.
So I do what I can.
It is a little jarring to go from 1 week a month somewhere for the last four years to a day (more or less) every month to two months. But that is reality now.
Life changes. And we do the best we can.
It is sad when we must change our schedules to visit a person or location much less. Almost like a hole is left until the new schedule becomes a routine. I think though it does make our time spent there more precious. I hope that Uisdean Ruadh's stay there helps you keep in touch with any needed maintenance. He would be more likely to share any concerns needing immediate addressing.
ReplyDeleteHaving to adjust to a big change that looks to last for awhile, don't blame you for feeling adrift some. Let's hope those airline schedules don't change too much, thanks for the photos, nice to see something green other than evergreens.
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