Perhaps the one and only danger of having gone for a trip so early during this vacation is that every day following that is not filled with activity is conspicuously uninspiring. Being around people constantly also means any dirth of company accentuates the hours that pass. While talking to Guo Nian in church today, we both realize that it hasn't even been that long since school ended (it's the tenth day since the 20th), and already it seems life has moved on indefinitely. That's not a bad thing, but it means that, as we finish doing stuff we want to, it leaves us with less things to fill our days with.

That wasn't the case today though. Something must be said about the joys of simply having lunch at a familiar restaurant, followed by drinks at a familiar cafe that is reassuringly, for a lack of a more accurate word, familiar. There really isn't any need for expensive trips to a club, bar or some other watering hole for DRINKS drinks, or any other fancy arrangement to have a wonderfully leisurely time. That was what I thought about having lunch at the Manhattan Fish Market this afternoon, followed by frappes at Starbucks. I think what makes this 2-step routine something I really enjoy is that it is something I can expect, and expect to have a good time chatting at as well. A positively relaxing Sunday afternoon out, and the 2 and a half hours were the most leisurely ones I've had in a long time, and no less enjoyable than the exhiliration and excitement of constant activity over the past 10 days.