This was not an intentional act! That's for sure. I had a vacation scheduled for fall break with my wife and kids. We headed to Rocky Mountain National Park and stayed at Saint Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark. I have taken a number of reprieves before, but have rarely been able to completely detach myself completely from my business.
The night after we checked in, I went on my laptop to check my corporate e-mails. I could get on the
internet, but I couldn't get anything from my corporate servers. That was so brutal. I was stressed and freaking out. I tried about 30 times to send e-mails to folks who were covering my business, but my exchange server wasn't transmitting. Additionally, I couldn't get any cell phone reception in the mountians. I knew that would be the case going into the vacation, but never anticipated being cut off from all e-mail.
I secretly freaked for about 1 day. Every day that we went into town I was able to connect on my cell
phone, and I'd reach out to the few phone calls that I got over the course of the half hour or so that I was in town.
I finally surrendered to God.... I just knew. No work, no Active Rain and nothing other than family, God and Family. How blessed I was. I can't believe that I actually stressed about not having a connection to technology. I must say, we drew close together and really became a family.
Since, I've returned, I've been reinvigorated, focused and dialed down on all of my work and duties. It feels great to be back. It felt better to be awy, but given the fact that I did get a true getaway, it's really OK being back
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