Vacation was ten different kinds of awesome actually. My partner and I convinced the sound crew to announce the ISS passing overhead right before they started the memorial day fireworks show. It was completely spontaneous, but everything fell into place so neatly. The timing and conditions couldn't have been more perfect. You could see the bright light that is the ISS descend towards the horizon as they shot up fireworks.

Despite the magic of the moment, reality came kicking and screaming back into the forefront the moment I returned to civilization. Work and home are both chaotic environments by default--work especially is more demanding than it realistically should be--so I can sympathize with you there. Your hell is essays; mine is doing payroll (Ugh... If anything is out of place, you have 10-20 different people to berate you for your mistake, no matter how minor. I call the HR lady Damocles. =P)

But yes! It's good to finally have you back~

Escapism hooooooo~!