One of my good friends decided to celebrate his birthday by renting a cottage out in the countryside. Springtime in Latvia might be even more fickle than that of Michigan. So despite a warm week, the weekend forecast was looking chilly.
I rode out with Bekah and Meghan, and after a short "we are totally lost" moment, we found it! It was a big place and yet still very cosy!! We played some frisbee and ate a delicious dinner, then I alternated between the fire outside and the fire inside. Some of the guys braved the sauna and the freezing pond. Most of us were happy to enjoy what warmth we could find.
On Saturday we walked over the beach. Latvia's beaches remind me a lot of Michigan's coastlines. There was no one else around as we walked up and down and enjoyed the sound of the crashing water and bright clear blue skies. I found a big rock and took a little snooze. We had just wrapped up spring conferences and it was that time of the year when you can start to see and feel the end coming, but all the 'to-dos' are still there and weighing heavy. It took me a while to clear my head but I'm glad I had the chance to sit and be and process the year.
I rode out with Bekah and Meghan, and after a short "we are totally lost" moment, we found it! It was a big place and yet still very cosy!! We played some frisbee and ate a delicious dinner, then I alternated between the fire outside and the fire inside. Some of the guys braved the sauna and the freezing pond. Most of us were happy to enjoy what warmth we could find.
On Saturday we walked over the beach. Latvia's beaches remind me a lot of Michigan's coastlines. There was no one else around as we walked up and down and enjoyed the sound of the crashing water and bright clear blue skies. I found a big rock and took a little snooze. We had just wrapped up spring conferences and it was that time of the year when you can start to see and feel the end coming, but all the 'to-dos' are still there and weighing heavy. It took me a while to clear my head but I'm glad I had the chance to sit and be and process the year. 
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