Crazy to think that we've been on Sanibel Island for an entire month now. We pack up and leave tomorrow so today we are going to fill the day with our favorite things: sleeping-in (yes, even the toddler is starting to sleep until 8am!), going to the beach to find great shells, drinking copious amounts of coffee, grilling up a good steak or some fish, maybe a couple jumps in the pool, sneak some key lime pie once the little one is asleep. What a great way to celebrate our time away as a family!
This was not just a vacation for us, it was a place for our family to get away for a while to gain some clarity and clear some cobwebs. We are enroute to make some life changes, but needed to put some priorities in check first. On our trip down to Florida we saw a lot of family that we haven't seen in way too long and it was great to reconnect! And down here we were away from (let's just call it) "New England influences" to decide what our next Chamberlain adventure will be. Well don't get too excited because I don't have a big reveal, sorry! I'm not sure a month was long enough to make definitive decisions, but we were definitely inspired to make some changes. Funny how most people go on vacations to refresh and go back to their typical lives, but I feel more like we've recharged our family to start pulling away from what weighs us down. I like how most say that we will be "getting back to reality" when we go back home but if you don't like that reality, then it's time to change it... and that's pretty much an adventure in itself!
On a separate note, I think we need to figure out how we're getting home. We are leaving in about 24hours and all we have planned is to fill the car back up with our stuff and head north. At this very moment, we have no idea what roads we will take, what states we will visit, or what day we get back home, or how to avoid this huge hurricane that is hitting the east coast. That scares most people - I think it's exciting!
