it's monday, i'm back.

hard to believe just a week ago i was in south carolina visiting my brother.

hard to believe within a weeks time i drove back from south carolina,

packed my bags monday night and worked a full day on tuesday.

jumped in my car that night with rhyan and my sister emma,

and drove 12 straight hours to michigan.

spent four incredible days with my mom and siblings, nieces and nephews, countless aunts and uncles, cousins and family friends.

said our goodbyes to my amazing grandmother and celebrated the life she lived — we laughed and cried and hugged repeatedly.

said more goodbyes to the family and drove through the night saturday, napped and tried to decompress yesterday.

so here i am … back at work, back to normal.

missing my family so much it hurts.