For the past three years, I have been lucky and blessed enough to be invited on a vacation with my best friends to one of the most beautiful places in the United States, Utah.  Aside from family vacations, this is the most enjoyable thing I've done in my lifetime.

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This year's vacation was in the midst of the busiest time of my life managing the construction project in Ohio.  Leaving the job-site for a full week is extremely difficult.  In addition to these facts, I met a female on our vacation who I felt a completely unique attraction to.  

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Typically, I get very sad after vacations.  This particular Utah vacation seems to invoke the most post-vacation emotions and this specific year has surpassed all others in terms of emotional intensity.  It was such a great time during such an uncomfortable time in my life.  The environment I currently live in is extremely high stress, and a world away from friends and family.  On top of that, experiencing an almost supernatural attraction to a female I have never felt before only to leave a few days later is very difficult to say the least.

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I have done a great deal of reading on post-vacation blues and it seems to be a common withdrawal symptom after a joyous vacation, but it's still no fun regardless.

 

This blog entry may seem like a complaint, but I used it as a coping mechanism since I didn't want to bother anyone with my sadness.  Maybe I'll elaborate when I have more time - I only had a little after my flight landed in Columbus.