Obviously I’ve been missing for a few days. Before I give the “big news”, let me recap our vacation quickly. I don’t have pics at the moment, and I haven’t been photographing my food over the past few days, so I don’t have that to show you. Sorry.
Vacation was great. We got off to a rocky start with our flight being delayed 4 hours, which would have caused us to miss our connection to Cozumel. The only way to get there on Saturday was to fly to Newark, then to Cancun, take an hour long bus ride to Playa del Carmen, then an hour long ferry ride to Cozumel. We were supposed to get there around 12:30 in the afternoon, and we didn’t actually arrive until 7:30pm. But, we got there, so we didn’t care in the end.
Our resort was all-inclusive, and had an Italian Restaurant, a Mexican Restaurant, a buffet, 3 pools all with swim up bars, a lobby bar, a sports bar, and a private beach. All the rooms had a balcony that overlooked the ocean. It was gorgeous. The Hubs and I typically don’t like to stay in resorts, and don’t like to eat/drink in the same place well, ever. This was a different situation altogether and we figured we’d try it out.
We did learn that we don’t drink enough to make an all inclusive worth it for us. It would have been ok for a few days, or if we would have had another couple to hang around with. Also, we really really really like to get a variety of foods, and restaurants, and styles, etc. We mostly ate at the buffet, since there were the most options. Surprisingly, there weren’t always many vegetarian options. I did eat meat a few times, as in a slice of ham in a little tiny quiche, a bite of The Hubs’ steak, etc. I never had it as a “meal”, and only had it about 4 times during the entire trip. I also don’t know why I feel the need to justify myself; I want to go on record as saying that I’ll eat what I want when I want. 🙂
We also learned that while our resort was a beaut, we really don’t like staying in such a touristy area. There were just so many kids, and parents who didn’t watch them, and people, and cruise ships, etc. I much prefer my remote little Zihuatanejo.
Then, when we got home, we both got sick. We don’t know if it was Aztec Two Step, or just a little tummy bug. Aren’t they really the same thing? Needless to say, that laid me up for a few days. I finally went back to work, and……
then I got fired.
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That’s right. The company that I worked for for 5 years, moved my life from NYC to Boston for, spent a month in a hotel in San Francisco alone for, worked ridiculous amounts of hours/overnights/holidays/weekends for, stressed/cried and lost sleep over, fired me. I wasn’t the only one, and I’m still not exactly sure what is going on, but I actually feel pretty good. I may have loved the company, but I didn’t love where I was at right now.
I had 2 celebration parties yesterday; one with my ex-colleagues (many of whom have become some of my closest and dearest friends), and one with The Hubs’ colleagues. I vented, yelled, cried, laughed, etc. I ran the gamut of emotions, and it felt great for me to be around people who care about me and support me.
Then today, my landlord called to give me more great news tell me that she has decided to put our house up for sale. GREAT. Just fricken great. I love it. She was super nice about it and told us that we’d be all set as long as we signed another lease or something, but…just one more thing to worry about.
So far, 2009 has been a banner year. Really I shouldn’t complain because I know that it could be much worse, but sometimes it’s hard to see the upside of things like this. At least now I will have more time to blog (yay!), work out, run, etc. I just have to wait for my damn shins to feel better.
I’ve complained about it on the blog before, so I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I feel that this may be an opportunity. After many hours of number crunching, student loan deferment, gym membership suspending, paperwork, etc, I am going to relax and enjoy my very first entire holiday weekend with The Hubs.
I hope you enjoy yours!!
OMG talk about getting hit with everything at once. I’m so sorry, but it looks like you’re taking everything in stride and trying to look at the bright side of things. Seriously though, vent away! Have a great holiday weekend!
I LOVE YOU! I HAPPY YOU ARE HAPPY and seeing the brighter side unlike me =p. I will be stuck for sometime before anything happens. I MISSED YOU MUCHO! We should do another night out. Think of something! ❤ Did you buy new sneakers yet? I am going to STALK you EVERYDAY here so you better be UPDATING!
Yikes! That sounds like a ton to deal with but I’m sure if anyone can handle it, you definitely can. Keep looking on the bright side and I’m sure things will turn around soon! 🙂
I’m so sorry to hear all of that! Venting makes things so much better! Everything will turn around soon – hang in there!
So sorry to hear about these challenges! That’s a lot to deal with. Try to remember that sometimes, these unforseen (and unwanted changes) can actually turn out to bring great new things into our lives. I will be thinking of you ~ take care!
Oh my goodness! I’m glad you had such a wonderful vacay, but I’m sorry to hear about the bad news. Its cliche, but true – when one door closes, another opens. Keep the positive attitude.