I remember sort of shrugging my shoulders and chuckling as I watched people’s reactions to our itinerary: Pre-dawn Friday – NY to Western WA by plane with a layover in ChicagoFriday afternoon – Western WA to Eastern WA by carMonday afternoon – Eastern WA to Western WA by carDawn Thursday – WA to CA by planeSaturday night – CA to WA by planePre-dawn Sunday – WA to NY by plane with another layover in ChicagoMonday am – Back to work “It’ll be fun” we said. And it was. But Monday, ya Monday was everything you can imagine and more. Total intellectual arrest. No ability to coordinate thought with action or reaction, just achey, slow ineptitude. All day. Back to the trip, Briar was a…