Just One of Those Days (+ Taking A Little Break)

I fully intended on having a fantastic post prepared for you guys today, but instead I'm just going to get real and admit that after all of the traveling we've done the last few weeks, a trip we're leaving for today (which you might have read about here; ya know, the one that I, for months, thought was next week), a pretty big work load for me with partnerships for here and on Instagram and my freelance stuff, the zillion activities the kids are in right now, and just life in general, I can't seem to get my sh*t together today. I have some really great posts coming up in the next couple of weeks, but today just felt so overwhelming that I didn't feel like "wasting" them. That sounds really negative, and I'm honestly not feeling negative at all. I mean really, I'm pretty lucky that I have the option of saying "I don't feel like doing my job today." And I'm really looking forward to our trip (which we're taking with my late stepdad's big, wonderful family, in his honor), despite the fact that I got the weeks mixed up and have been frantic. And right before we leave today, Emmet has his annual developmental therapy assessment for his epilepsy and I just have a great feeling he's going to be assessed as even better than great. I am grateful everyday for my life and my family and my work. But yeah, today I just needed to write an old-school-blog style post where I'm just talking to you all like we're having coffee (or better yet, a margarita) at some really great outdoor cafe, and not sugar coating how I'm feeling. Ya know?

I'll leave you with that, and the grainy but beloved photo above, which is from when we went to Door County with my stepdad and his family back in 2015. (Emmett is the age now that Essley was then. Weird.) I'm going to take a few day break from the blog, but we'll be back here next Tuesday, with a much more inspired post. And you can always follow along with our trip (which includes a 6+ hour car ride with my children) here. Happy early weekend, friends. May you get a little break too.

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