Santa Barbara

This year, Josh's Activision Summit was held at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara again. I jumped at the chance to tag along, get to stay in a fancy hotel and enjoy some me time.

It. Was. Amazing...Amazing.

Oma and Opa kindly came down from Revelstoke and stayed with the kids. Such FREEDOM. Even the taxi ride to the airport was relaxing and carefree. On the plane, I got to watch a movie. Uninterrupted. We drove to Santa Monica to some shopping before heading to Santa Barbara in the evening. I was able to shop for a swimsuit AND underwear. Uninterrupted. I even took a soak in the tub (Uninterrupted) before crawling into bed.

You get the point. The second day, I woke and headed to the gym and then sat at the beach for a bit. Josh was going to be busy for the whole day, so I had all the time in the world to do whatever I wanted. When I got hungry, I treated myself to breakfast in the hotel and promptly headed straight for the pool. Heaven. In the afternoon, I drove to downtown Santa Barbara and went shopping until the evening. A dream day, that ended with another bath before crawling into the comfy bed with my book and waiting for Josh to come back.

The three days were wonderful and I made sure to enjoy every last minute of it. As the taxi pulled up to the house, Ethan popped his head out the window and the look on his face when he realized it was us, was priceless. It made coming home just as sweet.