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...