Bring on the Fall

It’s Tuesday after Labor Day and summer is unofficially over. I’m excited for the fall and the events of the months ahead, but also sad that it’s over. Sophia and I had billed this summer as kind of our last hoorah or rather the last summer without kids.

We had a great summer overall. I kicked things off with our US team offsite in early June. Then Sophia and I spent a week in Maine for a family reunion followed by a week in Spain. We spent a long weekend in New Mexico in July with the in-laws. I ended the summer with back to back weekend trips to Seattle for a wedding, Scottsdale for a guys golf trip, and then Baltimore for time with the in-laws.

It was a fun summer with a lot of travel. I was able to hang out with old friends and family, and also got some quality alone time with Sophia. As par for the course at the end of summer, I’m longing for more travel and have already started thinking about the trips I want to take next year.

For now, I’m happy to be home again and getting back to my routine while preparing for the arrival of our first kid in a few months. I do feel rested and refreshed, but I know I have only a few more months of good sleep left, so I’m hoping to focus on my mental and physical health a lot this fall.

I want to make sure to be as physically and mentally prepared for the challenges of a newborn. I know it won’t be easy anyway, but at least I can go into it feeling as best as I can.