I’m so ready to leave for vacation on Thursday! I’m going on a girls trip with one of my best friends and then a few of her friends down to North Carolina! We are going to be spending time on the beach, hanging out at the condo, and really just relaxing!

I’m excited to escape work for a bit and just enjoy life and the beach; I always feel so at peace when I am listening to the ocean waves. I would absolutely love to live by the ocean one day, and for just a long weekend I will be, so I’m going to live it up!

Until then I’m just trying to get ahead at work so it’s easy for the rest of my team when I leave. Since I have a higher workload than some of the other coworkers, luckily my boss understands if I can’t get super far ahead and she will work on my stuff while I’m gone! I don’t plan to think about work at all while I’m gone, but I definitely will be missing my boyfriend who will be at home with the cats!

I used to have a real hard time being away from my boyfriend for even a couple days, but after taking a few short vacations without him, it luckily isn’t as unbearable. I usually send him photos that I take on vacation and we will try to call/FaceTime every night or every other night; but overall I get to enjoy my time with my friends and he gets to enjoy his video games and coding without me bothering him (LOL).

I’m just praying for a safe flight without any delays, because this is my first time flying solo with layovers, and it’s not in my plans to miss any connecting flights! I keep reminding myself that things will happen as they should, and everything will be okay. I’m planning to read and listen to podcasts while on flights/waiting in the airport, which should help make the time go by fast! Overall I’m excited and can’t wait to see my bff!