While I had every intention to start my blog again last week during the first week of September, sometimes life can get in the way and things don’t always go as planned. So here I am writing to you as we roll into the second week of September. While summer went very fast (as it always tends to do), it is good to get back into structured weekly blogging again. Before I begin to delve into any real serious topics, I thought it would be good to quickly share how my summer was.

The start of the summer for me included a family wedding in Connecticut which was a lot of fun as it is always nice to bring family together for a happy occasion. My social life is always a top priority during the summer months while I have more free time to actually have one. I got to see many friends including certain friends I had not seen for years.

Aside from an active social life, I also like to make travel a priority in my life because that is something that I have always intrinsically enjoyed and if I have the availability to travel, then I just make it happen! At the end of July, I got an opportunity to go to Portugal with my mom. In recent years, we have tried to make time for mother daughter vacations and decided upon Portugal as this was a country that neither of us had ever been to and had heard is a very beautiful place. It indeed was and I am so happy we got a chance to experience this!

Shortly after getting back from Portugal, my husband and I went on our first cruise together to Bermuda through Royal Caribbean. I hadn’t been on a cruise since I was a kid so I didn’t know what to expect as I know cruises had probably changed a lot since I last went. It was a short cruise, only 4 nights so we were only in Bermuda for a few hours. While it was a cool experience, my husband and I agreed that the ship was way too crowded and if we were to book another cruise again, we would look into booking one on a smaller ship. The ship itself also seemed a little dated to us so after it ended, it actually felt good to be back home again sleeping in our own bed!

I think that pretty much covers all the highlights of my summer! Thanks for reading!