During this time of waiting, we tried to make the most of our summer as possible.
We went to a Rolling Stones concert.
We had amazing club seats for a Sox game behind home plate.
We went a little overboard on wine tasting with friends.
At some point around Thursday July 18th, Jeff learned that he had to be in LA for a work meeting on Tuesday. Since he would be flying out for free, I have the companion pass (which means i fly with him for free), and Southwest now flies to Hawaii, we came up with the genius idea to go to Hawaii for 5 nights! We did not have much time to plan, but we were able to secure flights and book the same hotel as our honeymoon! This was an incredibly crazy idea but we thought, “Why not?! When will we get this chance again?!” We spent 2 two nights in Saratoga with some friends at the race track, and tubing during the hottest days of the summer
We returned home on Sunday just in time to wash laundry and pack for LA (then Hawaii) the following morning!
This was truly the most amazing vacation, and it felt like the chance to relive the honeymoon (without coming home to a miscarraige that would crush our spirits). We embraced this trip with our new outlook on life of trying our best to live in the moment, and enjoy the breathtaking views even more the second time around.
“So we live out in our old van
travel all across this land
me and you
and we’ll end up hand in hand somewhere on the sand
just me and you
just as free
free as we’ll ever be
just as free“
Free by Zac Brown Band
breakdown and rally 