The last few days of my sabbatical have been interesting. Our trip to Houston ended earlier than expected due to Hurricane Harvey, the wedding was moved to Friday and plans quickly changed to accommodate the day early wedding. Even though it was rushed and there weren’t as many guests as originally expected, you would hardly notice as the ceremony was beautiful and captured their love greatly. The rehearsal dinner served as the reception to the wedding, which worked out great. A few friends left that night, but we decided to stay and get some rest to leave in the morning, that didn’t work out as well as planned; turns out its a bit difficult to get good sleep when you’re worried about getting stuck. So we ended up leaving about 5:30 in the morning to make it home in time for my nephews first birthday party. After the party I tackled the task of getting my house put back together since we got the new carpet in. With the house all back together I was able to relax again.
I am very thankful for this experience, it really helps put things into perspective allowing me to focus on parts of my life that I may neglect while working. I really enjoyed being able to spend all this time with my family and grow relationships with them. I go back to work tomorrow refreshed and ready to start again.