We’re settled in back at home from our trip to North Carolina. It was hard leaving the beach and my parents after having over a week of time together to relax. At the same time, we missed our pets and Jimmy and I both had work obligations to get back to (lots of baking orders for me and a training for a new machine for Jimmy).

We left the Outer Banks at 9:00 pm on Thursday night and arrived in the ‘Burgh at 5:00 am on Friday. Jimmy was a trooper again and drove the whole way. The kids slept the entire drive and I was on and off sleeping, so I wasn’t toooo tired once we were home.

We came home in the middle of a massive heat wave for Pittsburgh. It was odd being at the beach where it was 80 degrees and sunny, with a cool ocean breeze to coming straight into a wall of humidity and 95 degree temperatures in Pittsburgh.

Our neighborhood had a family fun night on Friday, so we dressed as cool as possible and had a couple of hours of outdoor play with all the families in our neighborhood. It was the perfect way to kick off being back at home!

Saturday kicked off a few days of baking for me, starting with chocolate covered oreos. As soon as I finished those, I prepped sugar cookie dough for cutouts for the same order.

Jimmy also worked on Saturday and I picked up Niva from boarding. She literally hugged me when we were reunited. It was so cute! The $500+ bill for like 10 days of boarding was not as cute 😆 but I know she was in good hands, so it was worth it.

It was still in the 90s on Saturday, so in the evening we set up a slip ‘n slide for the kids. They both played on it for quite a while, which allowed me to fold laundry and do some real estate work. It was a busy day!

Do you have a love/hate relationship with coming home from a trip?