Holidays in Paradise

I know, I know - not doing a very good job of modeling this blog thing - I ask my writing class to blog twice a week and then I slack off for more than a month! What kind of teacher am I?!! Well - a busy one!!

So, let's back up a bit. Had a fabulous Christmas holiday. Went home to Clearwater to hang out with my family for 3 days. Ate a ton of food, played some games, went skiing a couple of times and had the best day sledding - ever!! Skidoos rock!! Then I drove fantically to Vancouver with my fingers crossed - hoping that customs would let me on the plane without my passport - don't ask!!! (Well, if you want to know - come ask me!) Anyway, made it onto the plane - must have been the smile that I flashed at the check point - and was met at the airport in Mexico, by my tall, charming friend Leah (she's the one in the middle).

Leah found us an awesome apartment for the week - living the high life, I tell you. It was right in the main square of Ixtapa - huge veranda, giant king sized bed and designer granite bathroom with a fabulous soaker tub that had a window overlooking the square. Of course there was a small catch - we were right across from a club that had live music playing from 11:30pm - til 3am each night!! Seriously!! Let me tell you, if you are tired enough, you CAN fall asleep to salsa music!

Eileen (friend on the right) and her family arrived 2 days after me and we all had a great 10 days hanging out on the beach, playing cricket on the sand, frolicking in the waves, eating shrimp tacos and drinking margaritas - all except the kids -no margaritas for them!

Ok, this is getting long and out of hand. To make a long story short, got a great tan, had a wonderful time catching up with old and dear friends and have already started planning our next rendevous - hello NY!