Cruisin'

Our 5 year anniversary is just around the corner and since my birthday is the day after, we have always made it a point to vacation during this time of year. Some people have said that I got a "bum deal" since the two are back to back. I guess they figure it's like having a birthday on Christmas or something. I've never minded.
In fact, I love it that we can celebrate the two occasions together.

We love to travel and experience new adventures, places, and people. Despite the fact that we lived at the beach, we still enjoy going to tropical destinations. The water is always warmer and clearer than it is in Southern California. To us, if we aren't packing a bathing suit, swimming in the ocean, and having a drink with an umbrella in it, it's not a vacation :)

You'd think that with all that has happened over the last month, we would just spend a quiet night at home or go out to a nice dinner to celebrate? Noooooo, not the case. Morgan insisted a couple of months ago (before we knew that we were going to buy a house) that we book a Caribbean Cruise. The plan was to spend a few days before the cruise in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, then cruise for a week before coming home. After all, he said it was our 5 year anniversary! Morgan, of course, found the best deal and booked the trip. For about a month, we hesitated on booking our airfare, which is not like us. Normally, we'd be making our arrangements right away and have all the details in order. For some reason, I kept feeling like we should wait. Then one day, out of the blue, our whole lives changed. We ended up buying our home and we've been on a whirlwind ever since.

Just out of curiosity, we called to see if we could cancel our cruise. We found out that it would cost us 75% of our already paid price! It simply didn't make sense for us to cancel. So, with that said, we are cruising to the Caribbean! Our ports are St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Barbados. We decided to forego the few days in Florida before the cruise. We managed to use our other airline miles to fly for free so that was a real blessing.

Our lives have never been so hectic before a vacation and this year's trip, (because of our circumstances), crept up faster than any other. Usually, we are counting down the days 'til our trip but now, we find ourselves saying... "I can't believe we are supposed to leave so soon." We definitely need a vacation after all that has happened this last month. We also know for sure that this will indeed be our last getaway before our girls come home; not to mention for quite some time :)
We are very much looking forward to spending some quality r & r time together with no distractions, no phone calls, no appointments, and no contractors. Furthermore, for one week, no decisions to make other than what shall we eat? What kind of spa service should I get? And what beach should we go to today? Believe me, enjoy we will!