System Reboot

[darkemeralds]

On the advice of my good friend Gayle, who cares about me and sometimes knows better than I do when I'm stressed out, I took a day off work today. The bastards, you see, were really starting to grind me down.

So I decided to drive down to the beach. Walking by the ocean always has a reconstructive effect on my spirits.

My phone went dead, so any idea of chatting the long drive away was out. My lost-wallet credit and debit card haven't been replaced yet (grrr) so I just had to hope nothing went wrong with me, my six dollars in cash and my signal-free phone.



I stopped at a convenience store on Highway 26 to check my phone again (still no go--everything worked except the cellular signal) and buy some Cheetos--a rare and always-regrettable indulgence, but a terrific stress reliever.

Then I went to Cannon Beach.

It had been stormy.

(One of dozens of whole trees washed up on the beach. This one was very red--western red cedar, maybe?)

It was windy.

(seriously? I need to start wearing some color)

I had the place pretty much to myself.

(that never happens at Cannon Beach!)

And it was, as always, beautiful.

(*points at magical big black monolith*)
(*is actually pretty impressed with this photo*)

Just as I approached Haystack Rock, like magic, my phone came back on, as if my little mini-vacation had rebooted my day and things were starting up again.

I spotted a rental house on my way back to my car that made me want to stay.


(Maybe one of these days...)



Then I came home and availed myself of the Bathtub of Resuscitation, and all in all, I'm almost beginning to have the feeling of starting to be de-stressed!

Comments

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

*big de-stressing hugs* These are gorgeous pictures.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Not too bad for phone-cam pix, I thought. Silly of me to leave town without my real camera, but the phone-cam with its overexposed skies and blur really lends a certain feeling to the beach. Who knew?

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

I really love that black rock image. Any plans to make it into an icon?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

Yay! Awesome work! *admires*

[finitejester37.livejournal.com]

sounds like a great decision and a great day!

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

It really was.

[llaras.livejournal.com]

Very pretty and I'm very jealous. I've been wanting to go to the beach for months. I keep waiting for someoneto be available to go with me. Maybe I should just do what you did?

I also want some Tillamook white licorice ice cream.

*drool*

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

My parents lived for many years in Gearhart, so the Sunset Highway became a well-traveled route for me when I finally got a car. It's a luxury I'm extremely grateful for that I can still roll down to the coast for a walk on the sand (and maybe breakfast at the Pig & Pancake) two or three times a year. I almost always go alone--that seems to be part of its purpose.

I recommend it. White licorice ice cream doesn't sound like my cup of tea--can I have coffee-flavor instead?

[llaras.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmcoffeeicecream. Yes.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Pretty places.

Glad to hear you're taking care of yourself. Now if only someone would take care of the bastards, eh?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

If only.

That rental cottage? That's the one where I think N/S should stay when they sneak off together.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

I so very nearly said that my own self!

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

GMTA

[silk-knickers.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures! Also, three day weekend! Yay!

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Beautifully enough, it's actually a four day weekend. I'm takin' Monday off too. The illegitimi were really getting carborundumish.

[silk-knickers.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad that you're nolite-ing them, then.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

*Bows* Touché.

[maitheas.livejournal.com]

*flail!* I've been there! And walked on that beach! And now I can't find my pictures from that trip anywhere, and lo, I am sad about that.

Looks like a lovely day. Huzzah for you, knowing when to take a time out and recharge your batteries. ♥

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

You've been to Cannon Beach? Cool! It's nice, innit? I like it at all times of year.

Your icon is pretty. Greece? Itally? San Francisco?

[maitheas.livejournal.com]

My very first trip out there, I went to Cannon Beach. It's lovely! I have only been in the spring, though.

I have no idea where that is, although I've always assumed it was Italy or Greece. It was made my ladymargaret and I think I snagged it out of the minimalist_icons community.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

That's the perfect way to de-stress.
Lovely pictures. That tree on the beach looks like an alien landscape.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

The tree seemed very sad to me--and the redness of it looked like spraypaint at a distance, and wounds up close. The strangeness of the light is entirely owing to the dinky little camera in my phone, which apparently doesn't care for sky.