Hey team! I'm back from a blissed-out, truly awesome week at the beach, and I'm kind of sad that it's already back to reality.



Why is it that vacation weeks seem to fly by so fast?

I swear this past week I got some of the best sleep I have in ages. I only had one stress nightmare about work, otherwise, I was waking up by 7 a.m. each morning without the need for my alarm. (I'd love to know why I can't do that when I'm at home. At home it seems like torture to drag myself out of bed when my alarm blares.)

I came back feeling refreshed and relaxed...exactly the way vacation is supposed to leave you feeling.



We were graced with some pretty awesome beach weather all week. Sure we had a few brutally hot days, but those days just made the ocean water feel so much better.

I spent almost every day on the beach, sitting with my toes in the sand reading a ton of books. Of the 11 books I took on vacation, I got through six of them. That's about a book per day. Not too shabby if you ask me.



I also learned way more about the Royal Baby and Anthony Weiner than I ever wanted to in my life. I swear CNN had those two stories on a continuous loop. Was there nothing else important happening in the world?

When we weren't lounging on the beach, I was doing all my other favorite Rehoboth things.

Like eating oysters at the Henlopen City Oyster House.



We went to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday, and my dad and I split the sampler. I don't know why we get the sampler, I have a clear favorite (the New Brunswick oysters). We should just order a platter of those next time.


Family at the oyster house

And eating lots of Kohr's Brothers custard.


Chocolate peanut butter is my favorite.

And strolling the boardwalk in the evening. We got to see a gorgeous full moon out over the ocean one night.



We also had a few visitors come to spend a couple of days with us this year.


Me and my brother in our matching white shades

My brother was in town for the first weekend, and then my friend Emily and my Aunt Marybeth came down for a few days.


Me, my parents and my Aunt Marybeth


Me and Emily

It was fun having guests pop in and out through the week.

My mom and I also tried something new this year. We rented ocean kayaks and spent Wednesday morning trying them out.



It was a great workout and a lot of fun. I was glad to be able to do something active while on vacation.

Normally I run the boardwalk most mornings when I'm at the beach, but this year with my foot still acting up that wasn't really an option. So half way through the week, I was feeling extremely lazy, and kayaking was just the thing I needed.

My mom and I certainly worked up a sweat fighting through some of the stronger currents, but it was a great way to start the morning, and of course we recovered by spending the rest of the day at the beach reading.

All in all it was a pretty fantastic week at the beach. Now I just need to pull myself out of this post-vacation haze and get back to reality.