Have you ever heard that ER rooms get especially crazy during the Full Moon?  ER nurses tell me that more babies are born and more violent acts, resulting in a trip to the ER, tend to go on, as well.  So why should it surprise me that my husband and I had some interesting twists in order to be able to arrive back in Steamboat at 5 AM on the Full Moon after our 2nd all-night travel experience in two weeks?  I'm sworn to secrecy on the details, but let it suffice to say that the first step of planning a travel day is to check the date of your flights--twice if you are feeling especially ready to get home.

I thought it would be important to escape some of 'mud season' after the mountain closed, but I'm now seeing the wisdom--in part, thanks to a favorite yoga teacher, Nina Darlington--of using this slower season to do what most people and animals do during the winter; hibernate and rest.  Since most who live here in the 'Boat love the wintertime sports like skiing and snowshoeing, it tends to be a busy time for us with little of that wintertime rejuvination until mud season.

We had snow every day for the first week back from the Virgin Islands and you won't find me complaining.  In fact, I climbed up the mountain part way yesterday on my telemark skis with skins (to allow the climbing) just to check things out and get a good work-out, which it was!  The cool, dry weather feels great to me, though I must admit the island laziness hasn't left me and I really don't mind.  I'm getting the important things done every day, but allowing other little details to hover and wait.  It's nice--and I'm sleeping better, too.  Being in a dry climate where I have the energy I want to be physically active (gotta work out, even during mud season) instead of feeling like a slug due to heat and humidity never felt better.

I'm off to write my newsletter next and I think I'm going to include my thoughts on why self care (which seems like a natural right  before Mother's Day) can help protect us from the latest nasty bug (negative gram bacteria) which most or all antibiotics are powerless to deal with and are almost always picked up in the hospital.  Oh...you don't get my newsletter?  For the slightly-more-serious tips about health care than I offer here, consider signing up so you don't miss out.  It's only going out twice a month and you can unsubscribe at any time--but hey, why would you?