The Final Hours

Right outside our hotel room, a family of ducks come daily, take a drink, take a bath, and relax - LOVE!

We are in our hotel room preparing for our trip home.  I am ready to jump back into my life full on.  I had a chance to talk to the kids, my mom, and my wonderful friends who were with them.  Heard some of the "fun" that went on, not such an easy time, but everything was handled with love and care.  Overall my older kids did great, but I think deep down they miss us so much and wonder why we have been gone so long.  My baby was looking at the Skype connection thinking, "hmmm that lady looks familiar" LOL

I am so appreciative of this opportunity, how it all came together, all the wonderful people that we met, and my family and friends that loved and cared for my kids.

Yesterday I tried to squeeze too many things in, to jump in and out of my wonderful friends ongoing lives.  So grateful to hang out with my first roommate from when I first started working on cruise ships.  Totally relaxed, catching up, felt like home, I am so excited for our kids to play again soon :)

Missed the opportunity to hang out with my girlfriend that lived in the house next door to me practically almost the whole 15 years I lived in Miami, FL.  Even when she was in college, or I was on cruise ships, in our hearts we are always next door sisters.  She had told me that she was going to a birthday party for her son's friend, so I thought max 2 hours.  There is a system to kids birthday parties, and eventually the parents are ready to go.  What I didn't realize is she was going to a Latin kids/parents party-athon.  Where she text me "the capri-sun and the beers are flowing."  I am sure if I was there, I would want to enjoy the whole day with the adults while the kids were occupied!

I had a whole plan in my head, and I think we really thought we were somehow going to make it happen.  I also had another plan in my head that another girlfriend from my party past was going to give us a ride from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale to meet up with a mutual friend that we have, and we would comfortably end up in our hotel with a shuttle to the airport the next day.  Nope, we could only control our own decisions and choices, and she chose to have other things on her plate, so my wonderful friend with that cool car I posted yesterday came down from Ft. Lauderdale, picked us up, we went to an amazing sushi dinner, and brought us to our hotel.

I feel it is so important to appreciate how it all just came together, the whole trip has been a dream, and I am going to keep dreaming.  I also love reality, I am excited to see my kids, my mom, and my friends and jump back into my life in Los Angeles.

See you soon my friends,
Coach Yulia