And here's the break down of our vacation...
We flew out of Dulles International Airport on Saturday, July 31st, at 7:30 a.m. Our connecting flight was in Charlotte, NC & from there we flew into Barbados. The entire trip flying down there took about 5 hours. As soon as we arrived at The Crane, everyone went down to the pool, etc., everyone except me, I had to unpack & get our room situated; afterwards I went down to meet up with everyone though. The first 2 days Dan & I ate breakfast after working out (yes I brought my P90X DVDs with me, including the bands) & then we headed to the beach/pool for the day. We usually skipped lunch & then ate dinner out. The food was fabulous. They have 3 restaurants there: Zen (Japanese), D'Onofrios (Italian) & L'Azure (American). We later decided to change it up & skip breakfast & eat lunch & dinner out. We wanted to try out a little bit of everything.
On Wednesday, August 4th, it was Dan's birthday so as soon as he woke up I gave him the present that I packed in my suitcase for him. Here's a photo:
He absolutely loved it. I bought it online at Coveroo. If you're a sports fan, I highly recommend this website & yes you can buy monograms for all types of phones. So back to the birthday boy - we went down to the beach for the day & he spent the entire time in the waves. Around 4:00 p.m. we went up to his parents suite because they had planned a surprise birthday party for him. They had a cake made too:
I had promised Dan the night before his birthday that I was not going to harp on him about his alcohol intake...& I didn't; he was extremely intoxicated by the time we went to dinner. Here is a photo I took of the servers at the restaurant singing Happy Birthday to him: 
He, of course, was singing along with them. 
The brownie was very yummy. I was more excited than he was to have chocolate cake & a birthday brownie all in one day! After dinner we met Aurie & Glenn at the 1887 bar for some drinks & live music. I was very impressed with Scott & Sara (the entertainment for that night) who were a duo that sang great together. I did ask them if they had a website or any CDs but unfortunately they did not. :o(
After we got back to the suite I told Dan about a huge moth that was sitting inside our lamp shade & asked him to get rid of it because there was no way I was going to go to sleep with it in there. I hid in the bathroom while he tried to get his hands on it & the entire time he was working he kept saying, "holy shit this thing is huge!" After several attempts & no luck, the moth flew & landed right on the side of dan's head & he let out a scream that made me almost pee my pants from laughing so hard. I wish now that I would've taken a photo of it because no one would believe how big it was. Eventually the moth flew out the door on its own.
So I think Dan had a great birthday, what do you think?
On Thursday while Dan, Kelly, Arden & I were down at the beach relaxing, I ended up having a bathing suit malfunction. I was wearing a red & white bikini that I'd had since my senior year of high school (yes, it was pretty old). While I was trying to pull my lounge chair under the umbrella to get some shade my clasp in the back broke in half & my top flew up & hit me in the face. Yes, the girls were exposed for a brief amount of time before I could wrap my hands around them to give 'em some coverage. I did let out a screech which attracted more attention than I actually wanted. The 2 strangers that were sitting next to me started giggling & then asked me if I was alright. The 2 employees of the resort that were sitting directly behind me had covered their mouths with their hands during my whole ordeal so I know they got a peek. Kelly asked me after a few seconds if I needed some assistance & then she was able to tie the back strap into a knot to get me through the rest of the day. Kelly then made a comment that I was probably embarrassed by the whole thing & I said to her, like Jennifer Aniston says as Rachel on Friends, "that's alright I got nice boobs". :o) I later got a comment from my father-in-law that he had received topless photos of me by email a few hours earlier. Haha. Very funny, Don.
On Friday we all went on the Cool Runnings snorkling trip which we did the last time we were down there. We had so much fun the first time that my father-in-law decided to book another excursion this year. I was hesitant to go because Thursday night I had a dream that I was in the water & a baby shark had come up behind me & bit my leg off. This dream was on top of my fear of fish & open water. When I stepped onto the catamaran, I was still not 100% sure that I was going to get in the water. When the time came to make up my mind I sucked it up & walked down the ladder. After a few seconds of trying to swim & trying to calm my breathing & get rid of the tightening in my chest, I realized that the turtles that were swimming underneath me were coming to the surface to get fed by the crew members. I swam to the ladder as fast as I could & ran up onto the boat. My second attempt to get in the water only lasted for about 2.2 seconds because I saw that a sting ray was on its way up from the bottom & those freak me out even worse than turtles do. I was back up on the boat, again. Our second stop was a sunken ship where there were no turtles or sting rays. Dan went down in the water with me this time & I did stay longer than the first 2 attempts but after I saw a school of fish swimming right by my feet I was out of there. Our third stop was to have lunch & go swimming in a more shallow area. I actually jumped in & swam for a considerable amount of time because I didn't see any fish, etc. around anywhere. I wish my snorkling attempts had gone better but I just couldn't shake my anxiety this year. I was so scared. I'm glad that I forced myself into the water & didn't just sit up on the boat the entire time though.
On Saturday we flew home. We left The Crane at 12:00 p.m. & our flight left at 3:30 p.m. We landed in Charlotte, NC only to find out that our flight had been delayed & that we were taking off at 10:30 p.m. After an hour of sitting on the plane & waiting for take off, the pilot came on the intercom to tell us that there was an issue with one of the monitors & we were going to have to deboard & get on a different plane. We didn't leave Charlotte, NC until midnight. Once we got a taxi back to our house we were home around 2:30 a.m. While we were gone Dan had parked his truck in a visitors spot so his brother-in-law could park his car in front of our house & when he went to move his truck back to his designated parking spot, his truck was gone. We found out that it was towed on August 3rd & had been sitting in the tow lot for 5 days. Dan was livid. I had to drive him over to pick it up & $245 later he drove it home. We are in the process of demanding reimbursement of that cost from our HOA & also demanding payment for the repairs that it is going to cost us to have the piece of Dan's undercarriage replaced because the tow company ripped it off during the towing process. Bastards. My head didn't hit my pillow until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday.
On Sunday I had made plans to meet up with my Mom, Dad & brother in Hancock, MD to pick up Lexi. They had her for the week that Dan & I were gone. We met around 2:00 p.m. so I wasn't too terribly tired driving up there because I got to sleep in. As soon as I saw my parents pull up I could see Lexi's tail wagging. I missed her so much. I know she had a great time with my parents but I'm so glad to have her back at home with us.
So that concludes our vacation break down...did you actually make it all the way to the end? I hope so. Thanks to all of you that check our blog on a regular basis, I love working on it & absolutely love getting all of your feedback. :o)
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