No Roundup
I mentally checked out this week. Josh gave me a re-do on the Chincoteague trip, and we headed back to the island for a few days. Yes, I came home, essentially grabbed a new pair of glasses, and went back, this time with Josh. The turn around was so quick that everyone we encountered said, “Oh! I like the new glasses.” And then I’d have to say, “No, these are actually my old glasses from home. It’s a long story. Nevermind.”
All I did was read and eat junk food. We saw Ant-Man and rode bikes around the nature reserve and got ice cream every night and went to bed late.
I mentally checked out. Completely. I fell asleep on the beach listening to the waves. I tried not to listen to the news but I felt very quiet when I heard about the shooting on the other side of the state.
We listened to the local radio station. I told the twins my favourite joke ghost story from childhood. We fed the ponies and stroked their velvety faces. We collected shells. We played pinball in the arcade.
And now I have to return to normal life.
I have to buckle down and find my groove and return to day-to-day life. And not eat junk food. Which is sad because junk food tastes so good.
So the Roundup will return next week.
21 comments
Returning back to normal life is great. Isn’t it? Loved your pictures Mel 🙂
This looks like the antidote to your last trip – good! I’m glad you just relaxed.
Oh, how fabulous! Falling asleep to the sounds of eaves its ones of my favourite things. So glad you and the twins had a do-over at the beach.
Good for you! We all need a week like that here and there 🙂
Everyone deserves a re-do on a vacation gone wrong. 🙂 Glad you had a good time!
I want to go there with you.
If you were doing Second Helpings, this is one I’d picked and saved, from Justine: http://ahalfbakedlife.blogspot.com/2015/08/its-not-about-costume.html. Love how she always makes me think and feel.
You needed & deserved the break. Glad you allowed yourself that check out.
oh wow, that is a really vacation. happy you got the break you needed. good luck with re-entry.
Gorgeous pictures! Glad you got the relaxing break you needed.
I am happy for you.
Well done! Good for you! So envious! It looks like a magical world.
I am so glad you went back and had a great time. Love the pictures. (I am so jealous you are close to Chincoteague, being a giant Marguerite Henry fan as a child.)
I am so glad you got a do-over. I felt really bad for you after reading your last post.
Worth our giving up the weekly Friday round-up for! LOL
so glad you got the redo…love the pictures. It looks and sounds like a great time had by all.
Your do-over trip sounded fabulous. It was definitely just what you needed. And I second the motion that your photos were like a little vacation for the rest of us! As always, thanks for sharing.
Ohhhh, the Eastern Shore! That explains all the bad service you experienced on the mainland in your first trip! I lived on Chincoteague during my teens and the nearest Wal-Mart in Pocomoke is rumored to be one of the worst EVER. I’m so glad your do-over was better!
We all need this – it should be required by law that we all mentally check out for a week, once a year. Sounds like a wonderful trip this time around!
This looks AWESOME. Yay, Josh for providing antidote to the Trip From Hell …
And thanks, Lori! 🙂
Oh, what an amazing vacation! (Minus the glasses thing of course.) I love the photos. It just looks so beautiful, so restorative… I hope it gives you lots of great memories to visualize and return to in your mind when you return to real life, for those moments that are just a tad too real. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous photographs!
That looks heavenly….Am glad you got such a nice break!
Looks amazing! I am so glad you got to check out, and in such a gorgeous place!