Vacations

Right now my parents and youngest brother are in sunny Florida - Walt Disney World to be exact. They arrived in FL on Monday and are returning home on Sunday. They are staying at a resort on Disney's property- which includes passes and transportation to all parks. So far, they've been to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. They also will be going to Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, and driving to the beach one day. I talked to them this morning and they are all tired, but having lots of fun!

While on the vacation topic - Adam and I are going to Mexico from Jan 3-8!!! We will be staying at an adults-only, all-inclusive resort in Cancun called the Golden Parnassus. We leave in just a little over 3 months - so we are both on a workout/healthy eating kick. We'll see how it goes - I HAVE to do something about this baby weight - it's disgusting! You may be wondering why we're randomly going on vacation, so I'll tell you why. Adam got an unexpected check in the mail from the Army for him getting stop-lossed. Stop-lossed is when you serve more time than is stated in your contract. In Adam's case - he was supposed to get out of the Army in August 2007 - but with his tour in Iraq getting extended, he didn't get home until October 2007. Then he had to process out and debrief and all of that technical stuff, so he actually didn't get out of the Army until later. The official date was sometime in March 2008 I believe.

So - long story short - he got paid extra for being stop-lossed and just now got the check. I told Adam he could do whatever he wanted with the money, since he worked hard to earn it. He decided that he wanted to take ME on a vacation - some place warm where we could relax and have some drinks. We are super excited to get away for 6 days!! It'll be great for our marriage. We hardly get any 'couple' time anymore. I'm already thinking about how much I'm going to miss Harper. But she'll be in great hands with her Grandparents :)