I have been freaking out about my 30th birthday for a long time. I cannot believe that my 20's are gone. It is just flat out bizarre to me to think that I'm THIRTY!!!
But, thankfully, my mother is flat out amazing and made my 30th birthday one that I will never forget. I was told in the fall that I would be going on a trip for my birthday. I was told the dates of when I'd need to take off work.
And THAT'S. ALL. I was told.
For this Type-A-I-want-to-know-the-agenda-of-everything-before-we-leave girl.....this was challenging. However, I loved the surprise and the build up! It really made the trip that much more exciting!
So, the week before we left I was told two very important pieces of information:
1. I needed a swimsuit.
2. I needed to bring my passport.
Now, you'd think that once we got to the airport the morning of our flight, the surprise would be over, I'd have my boarding passes, and I'd know where I was going to be spending my 30th. NOPE. That's not how this was going to work.
Friday morning, February 24.....we left the house at 5:30am. Let me just tell you....I was SOOO EXCITED!! We got to the airport and I was forced to stand a good distance away so that I couldn't see my boarding passes. Do you think Meredith is having a little fun with this game?
As I was waiting, I couldn't help but do a little detective work. Our flight was leaving at 7:15. So that means I'm either going to Cleveland or Houston. I'm going to bet on Houston.
After we got through security, we sat down to wait for our boarding time. I called Michael to tell him one last goodbye. (I had also been informed that because we were going out of the country, I wouldn't be able to use my cell phone for the next four days.) This also gave Meredith the opportunity to tell Michael where we were going because he was just in the dark about this as I was.
We're on the plane and heading to the first stop of our trip!
Meredith wanted my "I'm-really-excited" smile. Attractive, right? ;-)
We made it to Houston and walked very quickly to catch out next flight. This is the moment I knew....
I was going to LOVE my 30th birthday!
Our first sighting of Mexico!
We finally touched down in Cancun!
I was excited to be in Cancun, but that wasn't our final destination either. We had a 45 minute drive south to our resort in Playa del Carmen.
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| Getting checked in |
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| The view from the lobby of our resort. |
This is what happy looks like!! (And tired and a bit sweaty....but definitely happy!!)
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The resort messed up our room the first night (we were really unhappy with them from the get go of our trip). We had a balcony room the first night and then had to move to a different room for the remainder of our stay. But this was the view from our room on night #1.
I could barely contain myself at this point. So even though it was 4:00 in the afternoon, we threw on our swimsuits and headed out to explore our resort and take a walk on the beach!
We weren't out too long before our hunger won out. We went in for a quick dinner and then crashed early. It was a long day of travel, but well worth it!
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