A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words...

This exemplifies why we're not going to Cabo:

Typical Speidi...as usual, they look so..."happy".

Just what every girl dreams of for her honeymoon.

They say "When pigs fly"...well now the swine flu.

So what exactly do YOU think that means for us?

Stupid Swine

A friend sent me this photo, and I couldn't resist posting it.

With that said...as annoyed as I still am that this has prevented our
a tropical vacation as planned for next week, I'm actually very excited to have something to look forward to for our
1 year Anniversary!
Now fingers crossed that all hurricanes steer clear of Cabo in October.

Hasta Luego Cabo...

Well...we've given it much thought and have ultimately decided that this swine flu is not worth the risk. We very well might be able to go and not get infected, but the very idea of getting sick like that on our long awaited honeymoon is enough to make us postpone it...again. Not to mention, getting on a plane wearing face masks is certainly not the way we want to set the tone for our honeymoon, and having the swine flu threat looming over our heads the whole time we're down there is far from our ideal, relaxing vacation.

Now, when most people hear what's going on, their first response tends to be "Well just go somewhere else! Go to Hawaii!" Here's the thing: my parents gave us a week of their timeshare exchange as a wedding gift. More than 2 years ago, I spent countless hours researching where we wanted to go, and which resorts were our top picks. We were placed on a waiting list through RCI (the timeshare exchange), and wound up getting our #1 resort choice...Hacienda Del Mar!


Since you have to book so far in advance, the best resorts are always full when we have these disasters foil our plans. So unfortunately, it's not as simple as just getting our money back from a hotel and booking something elsewhere. Either we go now, or we wait until the resort opens up again.

So Honeymoon Foil #1: Hurricane Norbert strikes the day we're scheduled to fly down. Our resort was booked solid until the week of May 4th. So we said ok, this sucks but we can handle it...it will just give us more time to save up and plan the trip! And we'll be there for cinco de mayo!

Fast forward 6 1/2 months...we're finally a week away from our rescheduled honeymoon!

Honeymoon Foil #2: Swine Flue. Now the resort is booked through until October 3rd. Well...looks like we'll be going just in time for our 1 year anniversary (10/4)!

We decided we'd much prefer going when we can be 100% relaxed and have absolutely zero worries for the week. Trying to get over the whole frustration of this is difficult (especially when we were in the mindset of being on vacation next week), but as Wheeler and I keep reminding ourselves, we'd much rather have a happy marriage and no honeymoon than vice-versa. Hey, if the honeymoon never gets here, it can never be over right? ;-)

In the meantime, we'll just take a 3-day weekend and do some things around SoCal that we've been wanting to do and haven't had the time/money to do yet.

"The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry"

Now let's just hope the 3rd time really IS a charm...

An Omen?

I don’t want to let this current outbreak of swine flu ruin or FURTHER postpone our belated honeymoon, which was already rescheduled once due to a hurricane. Why it is that something always happens right as we’re about to head down to Cabo? The death toll in Mexico jumped to over 100 overnight and the number of infected people is reported at more than 1400 since April 13th, with reported cases in Cabo San Lucas. It’s as if Cabo is telling us we’re not meant to go there. :-(

We’ve been planning this and looking forward to this trip for literally…2 YEARS now. We spent a long time on the waiting list just to get the timeshare exchange for this resort, so it seems ridiculous to cancel the trip altogether…

I’m taking a poll: should we postpone the honeymoon AGAIN or keep the trip as planned and do our best not to get infected with this thing?

20 days until...

Mexican bliss!

I can't WAIT to lounge by this infinity edge pool while sipping margaritas!

In addition to this much needed R&R, we're also in the process of planning out which fun activities we're going to venture off the resort for...

Thanks to some amazing honeymoon registry wedding gifts from our beloved friends and family, we already have some awesome things in mind such as Parasailing, Sunset Dinner Cruise, ATV Tour, Kayaking, and Horseback Riding on the Beach, and some amazing dinners/nights out at some of the local hot spots!

We're also thinking of going zip lining, which is probably the closest thing you could do to feel like you're flying over the Boca de Sierra National Park! We're also considering swimming with the dolphins, jet skiing, and snorkeling at el arco! I can't wait!!!

And when we don't feel like doing anything at all, we're staying at an amazing place with something like 6 restaurants, 2 bars, plus a swim-up bar and beach bar! Can you tell I'm excited? This really can't come soon enough! :-)

Day 1, Sexy By Honeymoon!

As many of you know, our original honeymoon plans were postponed due to Hurricane Norbert, which decided to hit Mexico's Baja Peninsula the day we were scheduled to fly down back in October. Our honeymoon was postponed by a hurricane named Norbert...couldn't it at least have had a proper, menacing name like Bruno?! Interesting, considering one of the reasons we chose Cabo is because it's one of the few locations that time of year that is not typically affected by hurricane season. Our honeymoon just so happened to land on the first hurricane to touch down in Cabo in 40 YEARS. true story.

So thanks to Norbert, we took a "mini-moon" down to San Diego just after the wedding, and we've been eagerly awaiting our Cabo trip for the past 6 months. Hard to believe it's been 6 months since the wedding! It actually worked out really well because it gave us something fun to look forward to. And 3 weeks from today we'll be finally on our way to bask in the glow of the beautiful Cabo sun.

In the meantime, I'm joining forces with a few supportive friends at work to try out a 14 day healthy eating diet which should help me out in the bikini-body department! I shall call this Mission: Sexy By Honeymoon! Essentially the Scarsdale Medical Diet is a low-carb, low-calorie system with specific foods to each at each meal for exactly 14 days.

Today is Day 1, and I AM HUNGRY! So far, all I've had to eat is half an orange, a slice of plain wheat toast, mint tea, and 4 slices of cold cut turkey and chicken--and of course, lots of water! I can't wait for dinner tonight when I'll have fresh grilled tilapia with lemon juice, and lots of fresh fruit and veggies! Never in my life have I even counted calories, let alone gone on a structured diet of any kind...so this is a bit of an adjustment for me...I just hope I don't pass out on the treadmill tonight!

So my apologies if I end up a bit...cranky this week! :-)