The Not So Eloquent One

Now that's what I call a vacation. Wouldn't you like waking up to this sight every day? I woke up at 8:00AM feeling completely recharged after the day before.  Charlotte and Allan were still asleep, so I turned on the TV and switched the channel to whichever one had the NY feed going and Good Morning America was on.  I don't know what it is about the islands here. but this is the second time I've traveled to an island in Caribbean and it had a NY channels. Charlotte and Allan finally woke up shortly before 9:00AM and we didn't make it out to breakfast until around 10:00AM. We weren't in much of a hurry, it was a vacation after all. Just lounging around Now, as we walked to breakfast, Allan was quick to point out the wildlife that was roaming the grounds.  These guys are everywhere, on the rocks and roaming around. If you're not careful, one could be walking next to you as you're going by the pool. It felt a little unnerving at first, but we ...

Taking our first family vacation, just the three of us - Back around Christmastime, ideas for family vacations we're being tossed around. Originally, it was going to be a cruise with Allan's parents, but the timing for the trip was never right and it wasn't possible for me to take a week off from work and neither could Allan.  We like to take vacations surrounding holidays so as to use the least amount of personal time off from the job.  Cruises on Norwegian and Royal Caribbean were pretty limited.  In the end the cruise idea got nixed and the idea of taking a vacation in May was shelved for the time being. It wasn't until late January when I revisited vacation ideas and I first thought of going to the Bahamas and staying at Atlantis Paradise Island.  I had visited that resort back in 2011 when the Carnival cruise ship I was on docked for the day. It was a nice visit, but a day long excursion was definitely not enough.  Allan and I thought about going ther...

This post was originally written on April 19th.  If only I was Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers or ... but alas, I am not. WORK WISE - Last week was a pretty crazy Monday to Friday with Everything that went on. The first two days of the week were pretty calm, but Wednesday through Friday were days where I was pulled in almost every direction and did not get a chance to finish a task. By Friday afternoon, a lot of my projects were not 100% complete and I was ready to throw in the towel've given how I was mentally exhausted. Hopefully this week has been much better since the boss lady was not in the office on Tuesday and Wednesday. This will give me time to concentrate on things. ARUBA - As of tomorrow, it will be one month until family vacation in Aruba. I can not wait until Allan, Charlotte, and I get on a plane and head down to the beach for a few days. This is a trip I have been looking forward to for a few months now. We'll be staying at the Occidental Grand Resort...