Our Autumn Vacation

Larry and I have been having a wonderful Thanksgiving break so far. Dinner at my in-laws, and spent lots of quality time with my sister, brother-in-law, and my five-month-old niece as well as my parents. I wasn't expecting to be somewhat emotionally sidelined by the holiday - there are plenty of holiday survival guides out there for IF folks, but I glossed over them this year, considering myself a bastion of healing and grace.

Ha! We're all human, and emotions can come out of nowhere. But today I'm fine. It was a momentary wave of "being infertile sucks woe is me" and then by the time there was turkey in my belly it was gone. I'm taking this as a good sign that it gets easier.

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In these last few weeks of fall, Larry and I decided that we needed a vacation. We're heading to Grand Cayman and Cozumel tomorrow via Norwegian Dawn of the Seas!

I'm on a boat! Or rather, soon will be.

We honeymooned on a cruise for 3 days (the other 4 days were at Disney World) so we're looking forward to this 5-day cruise to the Western Caribbean. Apparently, it's snowing or has already snowed in Massachusetts (we're still in NJ visiting with family) and so it just makes sitting on a beach chair in 80° weather that much more exciting. 


We're planning to drive through the Mexican jungle on ATVs, scoping out some Mayan ruins along the way. That's our big adventure shore excursion splurge; the rest of the time will be spent on the beach, by the pool, or at the buffet :) I'm fully prepared to be carted off the boat via wheelbarrow with how much food I plan to eat. (Self control? What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of all the buffet food I'm shoveling in my mouth.)


I can still remember when two and half years ago, I stood waist deep in the ocean and able to see all the way to my toes, the water was so clear. I can't wait to repeat the experience! Even though we love adventure packed, sight seeing, experiential traveling, Larry and I can be total beach bums when we want. Sometimes you really do just need to relax instead of constantly donning the explorer's cap.


Maybe if we just "relax"on this vacation, we'll come home with a vacation baby... ha! I'm looking forward to this cruise even more than our honeymoon actually - less children (we were on Disney Cruise Lines last time), a casino, more gourmet places to eat on the ship... it's going to be a great time!


That being said, since we're leaving at ass-crack-of-dawn o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll have my last 2 NaBloPoMo posts pre-scheduled and ready to go. Because the internet also costs an exorbitant amount of money per use on the ship and using our cell phones overseas would also bankrupt us, that means a little radio silence here for the first few days of December.


Since I'll be missing the first night of Hanukkah here on the blogosphere, Happy Early Hanukkah! (We're totally bringing a menorah on the cruise.)


Tonight's my Anti-Reunion... wish me luck! And stay tuned for the answers to my Open Interview post tomorrow, and one last wrap up for NaBloPoMo on Monday. Anchors away folks and I'll see y'all in December!