Tune In...: September 2011

Pop quiz Hotshot... you're 48 hours away from setting sail on a Caribbean cruise you've been planning for months, your babysitter is already in town, and the airline calls and tells you that your flight to your departure port is cancelled due to Tropical Storm Maria and there is no way they can get you there before the cruise ship departs. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO????

(If you haven't caught on to the Speed reference by now there is no hope for you and we can no longer be friends.)

The answer? You hit up Priceline and look for a last minute deal to somewhere WITH NO HURRICANES! In this case, Maui!! If you know me at all you know that Maui is one of our favorite places of all time and when faced with a last minute change of plans, we decided to go somewhere we knew and loved so as to cause ourselves the least amount of stress. It ended up being the absolute best thing that could have happened because I had been so stressed out about the weather and getting sea sick on rough waters caused by the storm and we ended up having the most perfect weather in Maui while it rained in every single port we were scheduled to be in. I was also really apprehensive about leaving Hailey for so long for the first time and it made me feel better to be in the states and easily reachable by phone if needed. We enjoyed ourselves so much in fact that while I of course missed Hailey, it wasn't as desperately as I thought it was going to be.

I think it ended up being the perfect relaxing vacation because we did absolutely nothing the whole week since we'd been there several times before. We didn't feel like we needed to kill ourselves doing all kinds of sightseeing so we just went to our favorite beaches, did a little snorkeling, and r-e-l-a-x-e-d! It was heaven! We stayed at the Wailea Marriot because that is our favorite side of the island and we spent most of our days the beaches nearby. We also took a few days to spend over on the Ka'anapali/Lahaina side of the island so we could snorkel and eat at some of our favorite places. The one new thing we did was take a paddleboard lesson. It was so much fun and I felt really proud of myself because I'm not usually one to try new things that are physical because I am not that strong and I'm always afraid of hurting myself. I am so glad I did it and we couldn't have asked for calmer water. It was so clear you could see fish, turtles, and even a sting ray while we were paddling!

Needless to say, I think everything worked out exactly the way it was supposed to. I'm sure we would have had a good time on the cruise but this trip was so perfect and relaxing, it is exactly what we needed at this moment in time.