pure awesomeness

so i sit...content. awaking to the sun and breeze of the beach. sitting, watching HGTV sipping a cup of my favorite kona coffee, ears waterlogged from bodyboarding and surfing, relaxed and...content. this is the first of many mini vacations we have here at the shack and boy it's a beautiful thing. it's been nothing but perfect and completely needed. even the dogs are vacationing well - who knew dogs could vacation with a daily life of sleeping, eating and drinking? friday night we saw one of the best and most fun concerts in a longggg time. jack johnson played at the amphitheater along with G. Love and ALO. just sitting there with my girl, kicking back, listening to great music, drinking expensive beer all after a day of relaxing on the beach. truly gorgeous. yesterday (saturday) was the 'lazy' day. i slept till 10 (which hasn't happened in years), we moped around the house with the pups then went to the beach late in the day to swim a bit, share a bottle of vino and go for some fun bodyboarding. pure awesomeness.

it's like the stress gods are finally leaving me alone for the first time in a long time. don't get me wrong, i love my life - it's just filled and it's filled with all good things. on top of the rest i've put back being a musician again. but i have to admit i like it. i'm booking shows again, practicing regularly again and writing music again. nice.

the wedding festivities are coming along nicely. surprisingly EVERYONE with the exception of a handful of people are coming to our reception in sept. it's an honor. i mean, people from the west coast are even making the trip to celebrate with us. it'll truly be a family reunion and that's pretty darn cool.

to be honest i like these mini vacations compared to weeks at a time. next week we get to take the kids for another long weekend here at the shack. i get to go fishing with my nephew, teach them to surf and go longboarding in the streets of the north end. my kids are getting into longboarding - how cool? they now have their own boards. i can't wait to have kids. weird transition i know but its been something that's been on my mind... a lot. i always think about how great of a mom the missus will be. how our connectedness and chill demeanor will (hopefully) make our kids laid back easy going folks who will make a difference in this world. that's what love is. it's feeling so confident that you and your partner are good people separate AND together that you want to pass that on to your kids. believing so much in she who brings out the best in me and us who strive to be the best we can be together - that's a big deal.

the older i get the more i realize how damaged i am. and the older i get the more i can recognize that and am ok with getting help. this being the only fear for me having kids. it's so scary to reflect on your familial relations, childhood, tweener years, disastrous teen existence to college questioning and feel like all of that makes you the adult that you are. it's like you have to work your hardest at 'correctly' raising your kids to become conscious, level headed, good hearted individuals. and geez that sounds like quite a task. but even with all that pressure... i'm ready.

obviously i awoke a tad philosophical this morning. didn't mean to get that deep but hey that shit happens. well yesterday we were invited by our va beach neighbors for brunch today. how sweet? so we do that in the a.m. then beach it for the day then GUSTER! at the amphitheater. they're opening for john mayer and i scored tickets for only $10 so...we watch guster, maybe a song or two of mayer then skedaddle to the boardwalk to watch fireworks. sounds like another perfect day to me.

be good blogosphere friends.

hang ten...