home for the holiday

i used to go away a lot for shabbos and yom tov. after awhile it got old. i realized that i actually like staying home . i like sleeping in my own bed. i revel in the privacy.
i do not stay inside the whole yom tov when i choose to stay local. i go out for some of the meals. i go to shul. its just that when i stay home i feel less like the displaced wanderer.
this year i am especially glad to be staying home for yom tov as we are cheated out of the secular holiday of memorial day. memorial day is the second day of shavuot this year. for some it is fortuitous  that the two fall together because they do not have to use another vacation day for the holiday, but i have a ton of vacation days anyway and miss having another non yom tov day off.
staying in my apartment will help me be less frazzled when i go back to work on tuesday.

i always feel more rested after a yom tov when i don't go away.  when i am home for yom tov i do not have to deal with the post yom tov unpacking. just the post yom tov cleaning.
have a great shavuot wherever you may be.