Canyoneering

 

Last week John and his brother and some friends went Canyoneering down in Zion National Park.  I'd never heard of canyoneering before last week.  I guess it's just super intense technical hiking.  He came home with gashes all over his legs from banging them on the wet rocks, rope burns on his hands from rappelling down these waterfalls and he couldn't get warm for a good 2 days afterward because he was submerged in that ice cold water for 2 days.  

He LOVED it.  

 He says he wants to go back down there sometime with me.  Hummm - I don't think so.

He was only gone for 2 days but it was seriously hard for me.  It was a real reality check of how out of practice I've become at being a full time single mom.  Not too long ago he used to go on business trips pretty regularly - for 2 to 3 weeks at a time. Or even if he was in town he worked 10 -12 hours a day so we barely saw him anyway.  I didn't love it but I could handle it.  Now, although he works a lot he's kind of around and I know I can call him anytime.  It's very comforting.  It was a real wake up call to how much help I get on a daily basis.  Thank you help!