Something like that

As I sit here looking out the window at the mounds of snow that lay in wait for me and the 6 degree temperature mark as well as the below zero windchills, I can’t help but long to be in the sand at the beach. Not right now course, seeing as how the beach and sand itself is covered in ice and snow all the way to the shoreline. I day dream of the nights we’ll spend on the balcony, my husband and I as we look off into the vastness of the ocean. I long for the squeals and giggles of our children as they splash in the waves and go up and down the slide on the playground by King Neptune. The long walks we’ll take on the boardwalk and all the little shops we go into every year. It will be so great

Time stands still

But for a moment, time will stand still for us as a family. It took me a little while to get used to that because in reality at home, there’s schedules and routines and this has be done and this has to be ready in time and home school etc. But there, there isn’t any time schedules, there isn’t any of the normal routines. There we can take our watches off and not worry about being late. There…it’s just us,spending time with each other. Daddy works at night and mommy during the day…at home. Two separate schedules finally meet but once a year and we can just…be together.

Almost Here

We’re set to leave mid May this year. The room has been reserved since December and I’m already making sure we have everything we need. Outside of a few minor details…shorts, socks and flip-flops, we’re set to go. But now we wait for the beach to thaw and the water to warm to a brisk 65 degrees. I am already anticipating the feeling of freedom as we start our adventure to the beach. Hubby and I always sing along to the music in the van, searching different radio stations as we enter a new little town. The view is beautiful and just being with him as he drives down the road is everything to me. More than he probably realizes or will know.