{Oh, YES!}

In ten years ... we've taken two vacations with just the two

of us. One was for our honeymoon ('03) and another was a

weekend away in Connemara when we lived in Ireland ('06).

All our other trips have been --

to visit people in the midwest,

with David's company or family,

or to go camping.

All nice getaways -- but it's just not the same as taking a real

vacation together. Not at all.

So, this is long overdue, and it is going to be absolutely

w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l.

Riviera Maya, Mexico -- here we come!!

That's on the Yucatan Peninsula, 25 km from Playa del

Carmen where we honeymooned. We're going in mid August.

We are so ready for this. I figure now is our chance considering

I'll likely have almost no vacation time my first couple years in

the real world (after graduating in December).

I can't wait!!

We've been talking about doing "something" for awhile now,

but we hadn't settled on anything. I was beginning to wonder

if it was going to happen in August, but David pulled the trigger

and made the reservation without me on Monday. (I can't

even begin to explain how happy that made me.) He figured

we could sort out the details afterwards.

So unlike him!!

I was seriously proud of him for taking the leap, and I just

can't wait to getaway together. Can't wait...