Short and sweet…

We had a whirlwind visit to NJ to visit my family. We had a great time! I had my first real biological family dinner on Sunday night.

It was a lot of fun and we had many laughs. I felt like I was part of the family and not an outsider anymore which meant a lot.

I was thrilled to finally be in a cousins photo! I am not posting the photo we took because I am keeping my promise of respecting J’s privacy.

The next day, we spent some wonderful time with J. She took us to Costco at our request where we opened an account.

A Costco is coming to Albany, NY in June. We really know our prices and there were a lot of very good deals we took advantage of.

We also went to the beach. No alcohol or drugs could ever make me feel the way the ocean does.

The second I see and smell the ocean and walk on the beach I am in my happy place. I can feel my love of the ocean in deep my soul.

We touched the ocean with our hands and it didn’t seem as cold as I thought it would be.

We went to a real Jersey diner for breakfast and I ate one of my favorite things, a pork roll, egg, & cheese sandwich

My breakfast cost only $7.45 which included home fries. I’ve been living in an expensive touristy state and was giddy when I saw the prices on the menu.

For lunch we ate at a restaurant one block from the beach that has a large gluten-free menu.

I had a steaming hot bowl of award winning New England Clam Chowder and half a turkey club sandwich.

I love that I can get soup and half a sandwich! Again, the prices on their lunch specials menu were reasonable.

We got on the road earlier than planned but we lucked out and didn’t hit that much traffic even though we were going thru the busiest part of the state at rush hour

We stopped to see my sister Jennifer on the way down. I got to see my niece Sofia and my nephew Julian too! Yay!

We were home before 8:30 pm and were so happy to see our girls. Tiredness hit hard and I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow.

The trip was great and my heart was happy. I do have to say, it was way too “peopley” for us in Jersey and we were to glad to get back to Vermont.

Have a great evening everyone. 🙂