26 days left in my countdown

20 work days with three weekends in between.  I am not looking forward to going to work tomorrow. On the other hand, I'm really glad the time is going by so fast and certainly don't want to slow down the progression.  I'll wish for slower time when I'm finally retired.  I've started making small changes, or it feels like I have.  It seems I have a bit more energy at home.  I'm getting more done, although I can't really say what I've accomplished.  It's more of a feeling.  I think I've slowed down a bit and am enjoying relaxing.

This weekend was wonderful.  We didn't do much, but spent time just being together.  I enjoyed it very much.  Today we went for a drive in the woods, took a little hike, partly in the rain and saw some moose.  I had never seen moose on the eastern slope before.  Indeed, I'm not sure I have ever seen a male moose, or certainly not like these.  They were huge animals and had huge racks and I could't have been more than 20 feet from the closest one.  They were eating like they would never eat again.  The bushes were tall and the moose were deep in it, but I was able to catch this shot with one of them looking up.