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I just spent 12 days in Florida! The first week I was with my mom, sister, and NH siblings to celebrate Becky's graduation from high school. The graduation was at noon in an outdoor stadium...it was HOT!!!! We had her party the next day and my brother flew in just in time for it. Unfortunately, I still had school work to do through the trip, including two papers. Luckily a change in scenery helped me stay motivated to get it done. The only issue were the bugs, particularly the ones that found a home in the bed I was supposed to sleep in.....eeewwww!
The second half of my trip I spent in Ft Myers with Boutchia family. It is always a treat to be with them all for an extended period of time. We went to a water park, beach, pool, shopping, realized my nephew has entered teenagerhood, went to Coldstone, CiCi's.....
I dawned on me a few days before leaving that I was pretty quiet and not much of a conversationalist. That could be attributed to a few things...my better half was not there, anxiety levels heightened...who knows.
I did pretty good this time. Usually I am a basket case the hours or day leading up to my departure. This time there was only a few tears for a brief moment...I must be growing up. But of course, now that I am home I miss it all more than anything. Super happy to be with my man, but not too thrilled with going back to work and looking at the depressing rainy weather.
My flight home was probably the roughest one I have ever been on. The plane rolled back and forth for almost an hour, and the captain even instructed the flight attendants to sit down...that is when you know it is rough. We were already at 30,000ft and the turbulence was so bad that they were waiting for clearance to drop to a lower altitude. My heart raced and pounded pretty hard with each jostle. Finally the seat belt light went off when we were less than hour away from landing. It was good to get on the ground.
So now, reality....Only two weeks of work left, finals this week and new classes in two weeks. Praying for a quick summer.