Today, after work, I picked up Lucas from school and went home. John was working from home today so he was already there... in front of the computer... when we got home. Ian arrived a couple of hours later from his summer job.
The end of the day is usually time for, as John calls it, decompression. He was the first person I ever met to use that term and I thought he was being overly dramatic about needing to be left alone after coming home from work. Decompression, to me, sounds like the thing you do after fighting a battle or training a tiger or a really deep sea diving experience... really scary and difficult stuff!
The definition of decompress: to relieve of pressure (ok, that sounds like something you probably need to do after work)
Another definition: to return to a condition of normal pressure (yup, definitely necessary after a long work day)
So how do th
e stags in this household return to normal pressure? Tonight was a perfect example. John was already decompressing when Lucas and I walked in the door. John's typical decompression activities involve killing monsters on the computer, looking for bargains on slickdeals.com, or chuckling at random posts on reddit.com.
Lucas, upon walking in the door, kicked off his shoes, took off his jacket, sat at the computer and logged onto youtube.com to watch cartoons of Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Lego Batman. I really have to keep an eye on that boy. Some youtube stuff is just inappropriate!
Ian's routine involves checking on the dailybunny.com. No, no, this is not a website with beautiful scantily-clad women of the Playboy magazines (you have a dirty mind!) It is a website dedicated to bunnies of the animal kind...one cute and fuzzy photo after another. Sometimes he video-conferences with other students from his Computer Science department at school.
Me?
Well, if you are reading this, then you know that there is a 4th computer (yes, we have at least 4) being occupied by me. If I'm not typing something on stagnation, I am surfing QVC.com for jewelry, shoes, or handbags. Or I am reading other blogs by minimalists like Leo Babauta (mnmlist.com) or Jeff Yeager (UltimateCheapskate.com). Oh, oh, and don't forget the fabulous episodes of The Rachel Maddow Show on msnbc.com.
So after all this decompressing, the 4 of us should be relaxed and rejuvenated! Right? I'll get back to you on that one!
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