It's TOO Quiet...

We just wrapped up our portion of a massive project. I'm exhausted. I've been on edge and on guard 24x7 for the last month or two. I've had to be in 'attack mode' for much of it, trying to anticipate every little possible issue, circumventing it, yet never seeing the ones that'd come up instead. So now the scrambling chaos turns to sudden silence. I spent yesterday waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it never did. Now I'm standing on the sidelines, having the opportunity for the much needed break from the chaos. But there's a part of me that's feeling out of place, suddenly, and a bit off balance. I spent so much time leaning forward that I don't remember how to stand still. And I suddenly understand, in the most abstract and trivial way, of course, how war veterans struggle with returning home to the 'normal pace' of daily life, away from the front lines, where they'd become accustomed to the adrenaline.