Greetings internet...yeah I know I haven't been keeping up with my Vacation series. Sue me!!! Its been a crazy kind of week here at the home base, but now I finally have some time (and humor?) to keep this going. So without further BS...let's travel back in time about a month to our day in Mexico!
Today's Towel Animal: A Frog...later known to us as "Wise Frog." We grew quite attached to this one...
Today's Fruity Drink: Giant Mango Margarita from Pancho's Backyard
Today's Bottle of Wine: Wente Morning Fog Chardonnay
Location: Cozumel, Mexico
Huge Mexican Flag!
Highlights: DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL, the fun xylophone players at the restaurant we had lunch at, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, now being able to say I've been to all three of the major North American countries!
Today's Lesson: FIGHT-CLUB!
So I know that vacationing with one's significant other is supposed to be a dream come true and perfectly romantic all the time; at least, that's how they show it in the movies. You're always smiling, every minute is fun, and your usual personality clashes are left at home with your poor abandoned pet (sorry Dean!). If this describes your typical couple's vacation...GET THE HELL OFF MY BLOG RIGHT NOW!!! You're officially labeled..."that" couple. The truth is, unless you're reading from a script and the Carnival Cruiseline film crew is in front of you, clinging to this vision of the couple's vacation is probably going to end up totally disappointing you. This rosy vision of a vacation for two is pretty naive considering even the BEST plans/planners are often way too ambitious and most vacations involve being outside in places that are hot and humid. EXPECT A LITTLE DYSFUNCTION!!!
As you might have picked up by this point, JP and I decided the best way to spend our first hour in Mexico was arguing. Originally, we were going to take an excursion to see some Mayan Ruins, but we decided a 7 hour trip that consisted of roughly 3-4 hours of sitting on a bus was NOT worth $100 each. Therefore, we decided (read: I half-heartedly researched things to do in Cozumel and JP forgot discuss his personal desires with me) to COMPLETELY AVOID making plans for the day and "wing it". I would NOT recommend this plan to anyone unless you're visiting a place you're intimately familiar with already. Sooooo after wandering around all the tourist trap shops near the pier, having an awkward argument by a taxi stand, saying things we generally didn't mean and angrily getting into a cab... we decided to go shop for jewelry???!!?
TANZANITE!!!!!!!
I know...it makes no sense...TOTAL dysfunction. Are you really surprised? DID YOU READ THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG?? This is what we do...vacation or not vacation. The truth is about 5 minutes into the cab ride neither of us really cared about why the fight started. The water was too blue and the diamonds were too shiny. Could we have communicated better? Of course we could have...but a minor lapse in these skills shouldn't ruin an entire day in paradise! We moved on, did some shopping, bought some AMAZING TANZANITE JEWELRY and totally salvaged the day...TOGETHER. Its nice to have some alone time on any vacation (see Day 2's blog), but don't forget that you're also there to have a good time doing things you BOTH enjoy! The lesson we took away from Cozumel was to take the time to really talk about what BOTH of you want to do BEFOREhand, find a compromise and don't let bickering get in the way of buying shiny things.
See we made up...and not just because of the earrings!! Love you JP!
Maybe I'll publish Day 4 later tonight to compensate for my absence...
Jill-Ron
