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Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Hola!
Greetings from Mexico! Today is our last full day, and I thought you might enjoy hearing a bit more about our trip.
We have been here two full days. I can sum the first day up as saying three words: TOO MUCH SUN. It is 95 and cloudless and we got fried. Brent was in far worse shape than I was. But, we survived and really did have a lovely day.
As always, Brent and I wind up being the social directors of the trip and we have made friends with two couples. The first are fellow MOTs from Ft. Worth. Their names are Gavin and Emily and they are really fun. They actually remind me quite a bit of Brendan and Emily, even down to the fact that Gavin is an anesthesiologist and Emily is very into fitness. We also met Greg and Heather, who just moved from Seattle to the O.C. Greg is a software developer who used to work for XBOX 360 and now is at Blizzard, which created World of Warcraft, only the most popular video game in the world. For Brent, it was like meeting a celebrity. They have talked technology gobbledygook for two full days. Heather is a doll, loves shoes, and wore Manohols to her wedding, so she is like a celebrity to me too.
Yesterday morning, we woke up and got a bed on the beach. Yep, you read that right, a bed. It was absolutely stunning. I felt like I was sitting in the middle of a Corona commercial. After we got maxed out on the sun and I finished the most amazing Mexican burger (topped with avocado, jalepenos and bacon) we found our way to the lazy river where we floated for about two hours with micheladas in hand. Micheladas are these amazing drinks with beer, salt, lime juice and ice. Heaven, even for a non beer drinker.
After the lazy river, I talked the GM of the hotel into doing a free tequila tasting for us. They do them on Saturdays and Wednesdays and since we would have missed them both because of the timing of our trip, they did one just for our posse. (At the Four Seasons, everything is possible...I think if I asked for a Krispy Kreme doughnut, it would arrive with a bow at my door). So, anyway, Brent basically drank all the tequila, as I could barely smell it, even the good stuff that was priced as if it was aged by Montezuma himself.
After the tequila tasting, we ventured into town where we had an amazing dinner on the beach at this little restaurant called Tinos. We had the whole group with us and aside from the fact that it felt as if we were in a schvitz, it was awesome. Brent got a seafood platter with so many fruits of the sea, it was borderline disgusting. The girls both got 2 lb lobsters and we all had lots of wine, beer, and tequila. The bill was $120/couple. Gotta love Mexico. In the states, Brent´s dinner alone would have been at least $100. After that, Brent didn´t want to call it a night (shocking) and so we wrangled up some beers and went nightswimming. Of course, Brent had to shanghai a golf cart along the way, and I think we might be the first people to ever risk getting tossed from a Four Seasons.
Brent is struggling today, but I feel peachy. I am going to go camp out on the beachy bed for a while and then later I have a massage.
Did I mention that we miss our kids? We do, I promise. Man, it is nice to sleep in, have no responsibilities, and just relax. But I cannot wait to see those little faces. They change so much, so fast, I am afraid they will practically be strangers when we get home. For the first time ever, I really have something to look forward coming home to (no offense to Kiva and Walter!)
We have been here two full days. I can sum the first day up as saying three words: TOO MUCH SUN. It is 95 and cloudless and we got fried. Brent was in far worse shape than I was. But, we survived and really did have a lovely day.
As always, Brent and I wind up being the social directors of the trip and we have made friends with two couples. The first are fellow MOTs from Ft. Worth. Their names are Gavin and Emily and they are really fun. They actually remind me quite a bit of Brendan and Emily, even down to the fact that Gavin is an anesthesiologist and Emily is very into fitness. We also met Greg and Heather, who just moved from Seattle to the O.C. Greg is a software developer who used to work for XBOX 360 and now is at Blizzard, which created World of Warcraft, only the most popular video game in the world. For Brent, it was like meeting a celebrity. They have talked technology gobbledygook for two full days. Heather is a doll, loves shoes, and wore Manohols to her wedding, so she is like a celebrity to me too.
Yesterday morning, we woke up and got a bed on the beach. Yep, you read that right, a bed. It was absolutely stunning. I felt like I was sitting in the middle of a Corona commercial. After we got maxed out on the sun and I finished the most amazing Mexican burger (topped with avocado, jalepenos and bacon) we found our way to the lazy river where we floated for about two hours with micheladas in hand. Micheladas are these amazing drinks with beer, salt, lime juice and ice. Heaven, even for a non beer drinker.
After the lazy river, I talked the GM of the hotel into doing a free tequila tasting for us. They do them on Saturdays and Wednesdays and since we would have missed them both because of the timing of our trip, they did one just for our posse. (At the Four Seasons, everything is possible...I think if I asked for a Krispy Kreme doughnut, it would arrive with a bow at my door). So, anyway, Brent basically drank all the tequila, as I could barely smell it, even the good stuff that was priced as if it was aged by Montezuma himself.
After the tequila tasting, we ventured into town where we had an amazing dinner on the beach at this little restaurant called Tinos. We had the whole group with us and aside from the fact that it felt as if we were in a schvitz, it was awesome. Brent got a seafood platter with so many fruits of the sea, it was borderline disgusting. The girls both got 2 lb lobsters and we all had lots of wine, beer, and tequila. The bill was $120/couple. Gotta love Mexico. In the states, Brent´s dinner alone would have been at least $100. After that, Brent didn´t want to call it a night (shocking) and so we wrangled up some beers and went nightswimming. Of course, Brent had to shanghai a golf cart along the way, and I think we might be the first people to ever risk getting tossed from a Four Seasons.
Brent is struggling today, but I feel peachy. I am going to go camp out on the beachy bed for a while and then later I have a massage.
Did I mention that we miss our kids? We do, I promise. Man, it is nice to sleep in, have no responsibilities, and just relax. But I cannot wait to see those little faces. They change so much, so fast, I am afraid they will practically be strangers when we get home. For the first time ever, I really have something to look forward coming home to (no offense to Kiva and Walter!)
Friday, September 4, 2009
On to Mexico!
Tomorrow morning Brent and I are leaving for our first trip without the boys. We have both taken some time away individually, but this is the first time that we are both leaving them for more than one night. The last time I really parked it on a beach was when I went to Miami with Emily eight weeks after the boys were born. That trip is a haze, mostly because I think I spent the majority of the time there using my breast pump. I think any trip taken with a pump shouldn't count as a vacation.
Needless to say, I am really nervous. Typically, on the eve of a trip like this, I am crawling out of my skin I am so excited, but right now, all I feel is anxious. I know the boys are going to be in great hands with our nanny Heidi. In fact, sometimes I think she is better equipped to handle them both than either Brent or I. But that doesn't make me feel any better.
The truth is, I really need this getaway. I don't think I have even realized how hard I am working. Between the new job and balancing all my other responsibilities, sometimes I feel like I am literally moving, doing, rushing, and worrying from the second I open my eyes until the second I collapse into bed, with Chelsea Handler on in the background, wearing whatever god-awful creation her stylist dreamed up.
But I am not sure what scares me more: the prospect of being terribly lonesome for the kiddos or the realistic fear that I won't miss the boys as much as I should! Either way, we are en route tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. I suspect that I will return, suntanned (ok, burned), with a semi-functioning liver, well rested, and desperate to cuddle Oscar and J.J.
Happy Labor Day everyone!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
New Blog Post - Different Blog
So, I have been doing some guest blogging lately. Here is a recent post for the Women's Fund Blog.
Click here: http://womensfund.blogspot.com/
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