Back on track.

I'm back. I have officially cleared my head.

Last week, I made one of the best decisions I have made in a really long time. I spontaneously decided to fly down to Myrtle Beach, SC to meet my family and I could not be happier. I didn’t care what I was leaving behind, my job or pretty much everything. I got on a plane and went there without questioning a thing. It was one of the best times I have had in a while. I didn't have to make any plans or worry, and most importantly THINK about anything. I had the beach, my book, baseball, and my running sneakers. And of course I awoke to, “HI KIKI!” every morning from a smiling two year old. It was perfect… even at 6am.

You always look up to your older siblings, it’s a given. Being the youngest of four, we have a really strong support system and I have quite a few people to look up to. Watching my brothers baseball team last week – cheering for the players like I was thirteen again, cheering for my big brother – made me realize how proud I am of him and what he has accomplished. The one sibling in my family who didn’t go to college and the one who is doing what he loves to do. He started his own business teaching baseball because that is something he was always good at. He does it with ease and sometimes frustration but he loves going to work and teaching kids the sport that he has such a talent for. He takes his team to The Ripken Experience at Cal Ripkens baseball facility (some of the nicest fields I have ever seen) in Myrtle Beach. He had quite the crowd cheering his Rebels on and we all had a blast.

Myrtle Beach is such a cool place to visit. We stayed in a condo that was a five-minute drive to the beach, the parking was incredibly easy and the beaches were amazing. Crystal clear water at the perfect temperature, no rocks, waves; it was an overall relaxing and fun time. The nightlife was really fun there as well, piano bars, bars on the ocean, and tons of shops. I am going back next summer and I can’t wait!

I also finished my book One Day – a story about two friends in the span of twenty years, living their separate lives, and the struggles they both endured along their paths while communicating through letters and an occasional visit. Overall it was a really good book. I accomplished my goal of reading a book a month this summer – go me!

Okay time to go. Talk to you soon about something more creative.