It was going to be a big day for us: we were meeting our public relations firm in their office in New York to set the strategy for the next six months. It would be accurate to say that I have mixed feelings about this trip to begin with. On one hand, I am internally screaming with excitement about making progress in my favorite channel. On the other hand is my body saying, “for the love of God, Sara, please let’s take a break.”

My body is still catching up from landing Monday night from my Iceland trip. My body doesn’t win. Within a few hours of touching back on American soil, I have plane tickets booked to head up to New York for the day, plus a train ride down to Connecticut to see my parents for the weekend.