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mama and sad boy I spent the beginning of December pinching myself about my family visiting and spent 100% of the time after they arrived focused on showing them a grand time. Without any 10 minute break, breather, or nap, we jetted to Phuket for a boatingsnorkelingdivingelephant and beer fest, followed by so many Thai markets, street food, and moments. Then I unpacked my bags, and repacked them for a quick, cold NYE "woo!" in Vietnam.  That is how us Bellino's like to travel.  It felt like I existed in two realities at once. I live the life of a woman working and living alone with no one to think of/care for/ seek help from. Then you feel the living beating heart of someone from a past life you forgot you lived, and you're transported back to a different type of home, organized and decorated with a whole new array of emotions, memories, needs, routines, and habits. The nomadic, independent, curious but silent, and self-reliant me dissipate