May 31, 2021 - Monday (238/365)


Day 238 of my 365 Photo Journal

Today is our last day at the beach. I'm feeling conflicted, as I always do at the end of vacations. I want to go home, sleep in my own bed, get back to my normal routine, but I also don't want the trip to end. This has been a good one. Lots of active, fun time at the beach and in the pool. The kids have been really happy, pretty much the whole time. Ben and I have been really happy and it's just been great. I  feel healthier than I have in the last couple of years. I just love to be by the ocean and feel that breeze, hear those waves crashing. It makes me feel nostalgic and homesick, like this is where I'm supposed to be. Of course, every time I think about giving up my awesome life in Ohio, I realize that I am already exactly where I'm meant to be, but the pull I feel towards the coast is strong! 

I'm not looking forward to tomorrow's frantic rush to get out of the house early in the morning OR to the incredibly long drive ahead of us, but I am looking forward to having reception on my phone again and catching up with the people I haven't been able to text or talk to all week! How has everyone managed to go on living having barely any contact with me? How is Facebook still surviving??? Haha seriously though, it's been good to be off of my phone. I hope I can keep on putting that phone down and being present with my kids after I get home. 

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