Another Vacation Comes To An End

 Can’t believe how fast the week has gone by.  It seems like it was just yesterday we were getting ready to come and now we are getting ready to go home.

I had my last spa appointment today.  I went for a chocolate body wrap.  It was terrific. I was glad to be at the spa as the weather was rainy all day.  It rained so hard at one point it left puddles so big it looked like  the hotel had little ponds.  It was really windy as well.  The loungers were really too wet to be on so we found some chairs on a covered patio and we sat there for a couple hours.  

We lucked out and walked to dinner without getting wet.  Art was excited to go to the Mexican restaurant to get the spareribs.  He got them a few nights ago and loved them.  They were much better a few nights ago.  I wan’t sure what to get and so I decided on the chicken.  The waiter said it wasn’t spicy hot and foolishly I believed him.  It was very spicy hot. My lips and mouth are still burning.  

After dinner, we returned to the room and got all packed so we will be ready in the morning,  We never heard from the airline that our flight has been canceled so we are good to go.   We are watching the Pack play while getting ready for bed.  We need to get a good nights rest. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. 

Pool Day

 Did someone say ‘pool day” oh I guess that was me.  And yes we spent the day at the pool.  We decided to go to the order off the menu restaurant instead of the buffet for breakfast.  Art’s breakfast could not have been any better. It was cook to perfection for him.  What a great way to start the day.  

We left breakfast and found a great spot to lounge by the pool. It was really close to our room which was really nice when we needed to use the bathroom 😉.  I even got to tune in and watch church while sitting by the beach.  Art and I got in the pool.  It was the first time since we have been here to get in. I will say it was chilly but fun nonetheless.  

We had lunch at our hotel, then went to see our friends at their hotel.  We went to watch our friend on the flow rider.   My goodness he is really good.  Tonight we had a final dinner with our friends.  They go home tomorrow.   One of our friends birthday is this week so we celebrated her birthday tonight.  Now back to our room for a good nights rest.  I have my last spa service tomorrow. 

Today

 Today’s weather was a mix.  We had bright beautiful skies and we had light showers.  Tonight was super muggy.  

This morning’s breakfast was  not the greatest.  Poor Art’s eggs were over cooked and the bacon was so brittle just looking at it made it fall apart.  While we were eating the lady next to me said “excuse me I just have to say I love your hair.  You’re probably wondering why I am staring at you but it is because I can’t take my eyes off your hair”   Nope…I didn’t wonder,  I didn’t even know she was looking at me. She was a sweet lady.  

Today I had a hot stone massage and a scalp treatment.  I have had a lot of hot stone massages.  I would say more than 25 and every once in a while, I have one that makes me say “HUH, that was interesting”  That was today’s.  It was good but it was really different. One I will remember.   I am not sure what the scalp treatment was.  She tapped my head and pulled my hair a lot.  She put something in my hair and told me not to wash it for a couple days.  I am not sure I can do that but I’ll try. I met a cute couple on the ride to the spa.   They shared a lot of their history.  They got married during covid and were supposed to honeymoon in Italy but Italy shut down just before they were set to go. I am not sure what the whole d deal was but they weren’t able to get refunded for both of them and they never got a honeymoon.  They are finally taking a trip and they decided to come here……….  With their three kids.  I hope they have the best week ever.  

While I was at the spa Art went and spent time with our friends.  Our friend is an avid flow rider,  So Art went and watch him.

After I got back we went to the beach and spent the rest of the afternoon.  Then had a lovely dinner with our friends at their hotel.  

Time to hit the sheets and get some rest.

Hooray for a Sunny Day

 Hooray Hooray the sun was out all day.  Hopefully the wind is all done.  It was a beautiful day today.  After breakfast Art and I went to the beach.  We were the only ones on the beach for a long time.  I am not sure what is wrong with the beach….no one seems to want to leave the pools and be at the beach.  It is pretty easy to get a lounger.

We had spa appointments today.  Art had a back massage. When I asked him how it was he said and I quote “it was good but massages just aren’t my thang”.  It is however my thang.  I had a back massage which was great and then I had a collagen facial.  It was really refreshing.  The lady who did my facial said it will be cold,,,,,,she wasn’t kidding…… I have had ice cubes warmer than that stuff.  Whoosh!  She said it would be refreshing.  I had it three times.  Nope I didn’t get used to it. To was cold the first round and stayed that way.  But when it was all said and done, it was refreshing and I would totally do I it again.  After that I went for a mani/pedi.  I started out with a nice lady who was sick and ended up having to get someone else to finish for her.  I feel bad for her but I ended up with the greatest young man.  He was super fun and did a great job. I have a couple more appointments scheduled for tomorrow.  Can’t wait. 

We went to the Japanese steakhouse with our friends for dinner.  It was really fun.  We have so enjoyed our time with them. When we got back to our hotel we stopped to watch the last ten minutes of the show.  It was a magic act.  It was pretty good.  Wish we could have seen the whole thing.

There are several Hindu weddings going on the last couple days.  One of the weddings is just outside our room. We were hoping it wouldn’t be too loud  really late and at ten o’clock they turned off the music.  They are eating dinner right now and it is pretty quiet.

Something I failed to mention a couple days ago but we have been laughing about,  It is probably one of those things you had to be there to appreciate but……..

Art has a night light that he brings along when we travel.  He plugs it in in the bathroom so if we have to get up on the night, we can see. Sadly when he plugged it in, it didn’t  work so we have been without.  In our room in the walk way is a a big pilar.  I always worry one of us is going to stub or worse kick it and break a toe.  Especially in the night.  The other night I got up and it was so dark I had to use the flashlight on my phone.  Not long after I got back in bed, Art had to get up.  I don’t want him stumbling around and kicking the pilar in the dark so I  just turn my flashlight on so when he came back into the room he could see.  I am not sure what possessed him but as soon as he got in front of the bed, he flipped his hands up to jazz hands and start dancing his way to bed.  What the heck?!?!?!  I could hardly stop laughing,  We are still laughing about it.  It was so out of character and so funny.  

Road Trip

 We got up early….well early for me and went to the buffet for breakfast.  I enjoy the buffet. Mostly I enjoy getting my omelet, fruit and the most important chocolate covered donut.  Art always gets his three eggs over easy.  We are pretty predictable.

After breakfast we met up with our friends for a trip to Playacar.  Art and I went to the presentation so that we could get a private ride to Playcar.  We invited our friends to go with us.  We had a great drive.  We were dropped off at the hotel there.  We checked out the hotel then we walked to one of the markets. It was really humid but it didn’t rain on us.   We had a late lunch at the hotel and then back to our hotel.  It was a great day.  Art told our friends a story about my dad and they laughed so hard one of them had tears from laughing.  We were tired from so much walking so we sat on our little deck when we got back to rest up.   It was nice until the rains came.  When it rains it dumps buckets.  Fortunately, it stopped by the time we went to dinner.  

We had a lovely dinner then tucked ourselves in for the night.  We started watching the football game but we are so tired from the day, I don’t think we’ll be able to finish it. 

Tomorrow we get to go to the spa……..woohooo! 

  

Today Went By In a Blink]

Today went by in a blink.  Of coarse I did sleep in so that does shortened the day.  We got a call this morning from our guy who made arrangements for us to go to Playa and he asked to come see him before breakfast.  We agreed but when we arrived he was with another couple so we went to breakfast. When we went back, he told us they are no longer doing the presentation at the Playa resort.  It was fine we can still go to Playa but we had to do the presentation here.  No problem…… we attended our last presentation.  They actually made us a great offer for updating our membership.   We had already decided we aren’t going to be coming back after January.  We really want to start going to other places.  It was a little bitter sweet turning down the offer.  

We were able to sit on the beach for about an hour before we had to be at the presentation.  The ocean is really muddy from all the rain.  It definitely isn’t the beautiful Caribbean blue green that it normally is.  

We met our friends for dinner.  We had a great meal with great friends.

We stopped for a nightcap and now are back at the room to relax before bed.  Luckily it only rained a little late this afternoon. 

Back To Paradise

 Well we returned a very wet paradise and the forecast is more of the same.  So hopefully we will find some sun in between the rain storms.

We got up early early early.  4:00 am to be exact.  Our sweet MK came and picked us up.  Thanks so much to her.    She dropped us off for our fun adventure.  The airport was a happening place.  Who knew so many folks get up that early.  The regular line had less folks than the precheck line.  It was tempting to go through the regular line.  But we didn’t.  We didn’t have to sit too long before we got to board the plane.  The flight to Dallas was great.  

We landed in the B terminal and our outgoing gate was in the A terminal so we hopped on the skylink train and when we arrived we found out there was a gate change …of coarse …..it was moved to the A terminal.  Back on the skyline we went.  The nice thing is, you don’t have to wait a long time for the skylink.  It is pretty efficient.  We had enough time to go to the Admirals Club for a quick drink and cookie/brownie.  When we got to the gate they were boarding so we got right on the plane.  The flight was great.  The pilot asked the flight attendants to pack things up early and take a seat as there was supposed to a lot of turbulence flying into Cancun.  But there was no turbulence.  It was as smooth as smooth could be.  I am not a big fan of airplane food.  The breakfast was pretty typical airline food but the lunch was really good.  I ate most of it as it was so good.  

The gate we landed at was the very last spot at the very end of the terminal.  As a result we had a very very very very very long walk to get to customs.   Customs was a breeze.  We never had to stand in line, we sailed right through. My bag was the very first one off the plane.  That never happens.  I was so excited.  Poor Art……his was the last one off the plane.    When we walked out of the airport, it was raining.  Not the  nice warm weather we usually get but it is still great.  

We have a nice room on the first floor right by the pool.  It will be great. Our friends from home are also here.  We got together for dessert and had a great visit.  We’ll see them again tomorrow.  Art and I stopped at the open lounge so he could have a night cap and now we are tucked in ready for a good nights rest.  Excited to see what fun tomorrow brings.