Jamaica

Selfie at 5 AM in DCA

 Victor and I were lucky to be able to schedule a last minute

trip to Jamaica.

My mother-in-law planned to visit up in early April. 

I called my mom about two weeks before her trip, to 

see if she might be able to come too.

Lucky for us, she was willing and able, so we were able to sneak 

away for 5 nights!

Taken from the John Hancock lounge in Chicago

We were really only planning on being gone for 4 nights,

but our flight out of DCA was delayed by over an hour.

When we landed in Chicago, our flight to Jamaica had just left.

And there were no more flights from Chicago (even with stops) to Jamaica until the next morning!

Luckily, we were able to quickly fix things so our trip in Jamaica wasn't cut short by a night!

(I called Sandals and they moved our reservation back a night, I talked to my manager at work and she quickly agreed to rearrange my patients for that Wednesday, Victor found a helpful customer service rep who rescheduled our flight the next day AND fixed our return flights even though it was with a different airline.)

Once we had that all arranged, we headed out for a day of fun in Chicago.

We primary did a lot of walking! Haha!

But we ended the day, watching the musical "Book of Mormon."  

It was a hilarious spoof on religion.

Recommended for those who are able to make fun of themselves.

 

Chicago selfie - still going strong

 We did finally make it to Jamaica.

My luggage went to Texas instead of Jamaica but I was smart and 

had packed essentials in Victor's carryon (contacts and noise machine).

 It had been 10 years since we had taken a luxury vacation like this (without kids).

Lets just say it was 9 years too long!

Victor and I spend every second of our lives catering to 5 other people.

It was WONDERFUL to be waited on hand and foot for a few day!

The people of Jamaica are wonderful!

I'd highly recommend that location, if you are looking to book a trip.

(We stayed at Sandals - Montego Bay)

View from our room