We are back from a relaxing and tranquil vacation without breaking our savings accounts.  The flight home last night was a little bumpy from all the Midwest storms we’ve had lately but our vacation was terrific.  I think I found the quietest place on earth on a lake in Minnesota.  Absolute quiet.  Except for the birds chirping and the sound of us catching various species of fish including large mouth bass, crappie, blue gill, and walleye.  It made me realize that there is almost no part of my everyday life that is this quiet.  There is always NOISE around me.  Noise that you tune out until you go to a place like a quiet lake in Minnesota only to realize just how noisy your life really is.   I’ve gotten used to that noise around me and I don’t think its a good thing.