On Day 19, I left. I left good friends and great times. Like all good things, this too came to an end.

I’m glad I had Monday afternoon to relax and reflect. This helped me get my head on straight for being back in Phoenix and jumping into a packed schedule for March. Just over 24 hours gone from Vancouver, it almost seems like a dream. This morning, I asked myself, “did that really happen?” The details are already getting fuzzy and it almost feels like I never left. I’m amazing at how quickly I adapted to my new normal of being in Vancouver and how quickly it went away when I returned home. I’m going to spend the next week journaling as much as possible to try to capture my experience in greater detail. I’ve gained an enormous amount of perspective on my life and I’ve returned with a sense of calm. Looking back, it was an amazing trip on many levels.

Maybe all worked out the way it did because I had Batman protecting me at night. This was were I slept for 19 nights. A Batman comforter and sheets on a a futon in the living room of some truly awesome people.