Galveston

Let me just start by saying that I do not do well with stress or change. You've been warned...

My sister got engaged! Unexpected but also not, I wasn't there to celebrate but I am all in for the planning and the actual day and it is already a constant thought on my mind. I work like all the time. So, I am tired, which has led to stress. When I am not working, I am most likely sleeping and not able to move my body from my bed because I am just that exhausted. Being in bed when I am not working leads to me not getting anything done around the house or whatever else I need to be doing just is not getting done. Also, I am not around my sorority sisters (obviously) but it has really hit me lately that I am not just able to pop into the Sigma Kappa house at UCO when I am bored and want to be around a friend or two, that just isn't how adult life works.

Adult life. So stinking stressful and lonely.

In a way, college did train me for stressful situations, but not being so exhausted that I couldn't do anything. I forced myself to do things in college because they were fun or my grade depended on it but now I just do not have the motivation or cares.

Anyway... I decided to get over all my stresses and cares and go to the beach with my mom. I am not able to make as many trips as I would like now that I am working and hibernating every other second so this was the perfect way to fulfill my traveling bug.

Galveston just has never been my number one place in Texas to go but for some reason I have been craving it. We walked around the windy and cold beach just talking about life and then not talking at all. It was absolutely wonderful. We ended up driving over to the strand or what is called Old Galveston and hopped in and out of different shops all night long until our bellies started to rumble. We ended up at this restaurant called Olympia, where they served a little bit of everything, mostly seafood, and lots of greek food (um so good). There was a belly dancer with fire on her head. WHAT. I did not get photos of this because I just did not want to whip out my camera and ruin the laughter my mom and I were having, also this was the part of dinner where we were not even functioning from the food we ate.

All in all, I learned that the beach is a place where I can go to kind of forget about my stresses and cares and mind feels completely free of sad thoughts or worries. It was so nice. I have a feeling with my busy 2016 schedule, I am going to end up at the beach a few more times... So friends, remind me of this, heck even go with me.