At home decompressing

Stood in my kitchen at sunset, wearing black Lululemon lounge pants and a black tank top, fresh from the shower having just kicked my ass at the gym. The all black wardrobe is one of the many hazards of the life on the road.

I’ve just shaken myself a pear martini, I’m nibbling on multi-grain sunflower & sesame seed chips - scooping generously out of the roasted red pepper hummus container. Groove salad on iTunes radio keeps me focused to absolutely nothing.

I crunch mindlessly, sip my martini and stare out through the sliding glass doors, across my balcony of green plants into the burnished sun - into the Gulf Of Mexico. I am alone, staring while smiling. Peace permeates my home by the sea. At present, no one calls on the walkie talkie demanding for fat free thousand- island salad dressing. No one ringing me on the mobile, asking where the limo is. No one specific, losing their shit for showing up at the wrong airport for their flight. No one stood in front of me demanding my full attention. I am aimless.

I am afloat. Hidden from the world. Ha!

Except the crunching, I am silent, enjoying peace. Why on earth would I leave again? Oh, that’s right - because it’s my job and I am happy to do it but not as much as I enjoy my kitchen, my chips & hummus and this martini.

Staring into the ocean helps me to realize there’s something larger than me and the ones I work for; I am not sure what to do with this but for now it’s grounding me and it feels like a secret. Life is art in motion and chaos, in which, most of us are hired to keep it all under control. People are gaga crazy and we cope with their unhinged, half-baked neediness or their awkwardly sticky cluelessness of the job they are suppose to do.

I feel like I’ve uncovered the key to solace.

A new place for me to discover and you to find & figure out.

1. Raoul Duke says,

   Enjoy your time at home. I can never get enough time just to sit and relax, and do nothing. We work so hard for these few minutes of peace, so enjoy them my friend, and raise that martini glass once for me. I’ll do the same for you.

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