Deep breath reset

You ever have one of those Mondays? One of those Mondays where after spending WAY too much time over the weekend cleaning up both kid and dog puke you're subjected to a day full of useless meetings, including one where you learn your boss has made what you consider to be a boneheaded decision that's going to negatively impact your program?

Yeah I had one of those Mondays today. Luckily, Alex in a move worthy of a spouse of the year award kicked me and max out of the house before the girls bedtime and told me to take a hike. So max and I drove for about 2 miles and found this:

And it was a beautiful hike. Challenging enough to be interesting with out being obviously challenging. Every turn there were wildflowers peaking out from behind the sage brush, and aside from a couple of very friendly mountain bikers we had the place to ourselves. The perfect place to take a breath, reset, and realize things aren't so bad after all :o)