Summer of 2021 has came and gone. My daughter has come home from college and now she is back. I feel like I didn’t even get to spend a lot of time with her. She was so busy with work and doing extra school stuff, visiting friends and family, we didn’t get a chance to go on a true vacation. We did get to the beach for the day which was good but it just wasn’t enough. I had a lot of plans but we just ran out of time. Hell I think I barely saw her. If she wasn’t at work she was up in her room. We had to take her back to school mid August and although I am a empty nester it doesn’t feel that way.

As a parent of only one child I have to admit I couldn’t wait for my daughter to go to college. Now I can’t wait for her to come home on her breaks. I thought my empty nester life would be different with a lot of traveling, site seeing, girls trips etc. but it has not been that way. Due to Covid everything is still at a stand still with me traveling at least on a plane. I did just recently go to the beach with my husband just to enjoy a different type of scenery which was well needed. I love going away but I hate when I have to come back. It’s something about that ocean breeze that makes you want to stay on vacation forever but now its back to reality.