South Florida Getaway

Took a 5 day weekend last week(Thursday to Monday) for Memorial Day weekend to go down to the house and see my family. Definitely felt more "me" and happier seeing them. 9.5 hour drive was brutal, and doing it in the middle of the night(started drive around 9-10pm, didn't help much, but definitely cut out more heavier traffic during the daytime. 

Family definitely missed me. The house went from quiet to loud and full of life. My brother and BiL also spent more time with the family and downstairs during that time. No one wanted me to leave, because it felt like old times. I drove everyone around. There was "food" at home, things got done and everyone had fun.

We got to see turtles, and fished(well I tried to fish and it was not as easy as my brother made it look). Went swimming in the ocean, and the waves felt like it beat me up. Did see my bestie and her family. Their mom cried when she saw me in their place, and was overjoyed having all her girls under the same roof after 1.5 years again. Thankfully no tears this time around when I left, they all know for sure I'll be back the moment I'm able to. 

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 Honestly, I think I needed to go down earlier. It felt like a reset. Felt like I was able to let go and take a breath for a moment and the weight of the world was floating instead of me carrying it all. Taking that time away from being at the apartment, dealing with work and trying to ground my emotions is tiring work. I am happy to have been able to snuggle into my mom's arms and just relax for a little bit. 

Also gaming group was hilarious, Lin stated the guys were looking for me and I hadn't "informed" them about my absence over the weekend. Makes me happy that I am part of that group and not just a filler for when they need a fourth person. 

Old news, but REPO HAS COSMETICS! Been grinding on that for the past few weeks, loving the new updates they have on the game.