Long before we decided to move to Boston, we had planned a beach vacation with my family. Even after I figured out that school in Boston starts after Labor Day (y'all, those last 2 weeks before school started were looooong), I felt that with the boys in 2nd and 3rd grade, it was fine to skip a week of school for family vacation. Even with hurricanes causing such serious riptides and undertow that we didn't swim in the ocean all week, the trip was well worth it.
Hurricanes Irma and Jose didn't keep us off the beach. We had 2 days of a little rain, but it was still so fun to walk on the beach, visit the pier, the aquarium, and swim in the house's pool.
In an amusing twist, we found TONS of sharks' teeth. Not so surprising, hm?
This trip, I noticed how independent my kids have gotten. The older kids had some space on the bottom floor where they could go play, and they learned to shoot pool. It was also not uncommon to find 3-5 kids scattered about the room reading to themselves. And we taught everyone to play Exploding Kittens.
Flying into NC was an odd experience. It was the same airport we used to fly home into, but we didn't have a house we were going to. Instead of our car in the parking lot, we went to get a rental. I wasn't really sure how to handle visiting everyone, should I plan a night out that people could come to if they wanted? Did anyone even want that? Would anyone be miffed if they found out later I'd been in town for 24 hours and didn't let them know? I wasn't sure, but I was tired, so I decided to just lay low. I need to figure out sometime how to maintain friendships, in whatever way I can.
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