Prologue to the Vaca...

I will say that I had been a little worried coming on this vacation. Why you might ask? Well, b/c the day before our plane was supposed to leave we found out that there was a hurricane coming for the Hawaiian islands. This was very devastating news, seeing as how we had planned this trip over a year ago, then we almost had to cancel b/c something came up with Jordan's school, but then we were able to re-schedule it for August, and THEN something else came up with Jordan's school and we had to cut the trip a day short....so we were obviously very excited that we had finally worked it out to be going and then we heard about this. I'm really not trying to have a 'pity party' here, I'm just telling you what has happened and my personal feelings on it.
This vacation is kind of a culmination of things for Jordan and I. It's 1st purpose is to serve as our honeymoon 'do-over' b/c our first one, in Playa del Carmen Mexico, was a disaster. While it was very gorgeous there and the weather was nice, I came down with a VERY bad 'bug virus' on the first night and was puking and 'other things' for 3 days straight...the worst sickness I've still to this day, ever had in my life. Then on the 3rd day, I was feeling better, and Jordan came down with it that night. He did the same things for 3 days while I took care of him. Then on the 7th day of our trip, we were both feeling better and we could do some things before we left to go home the next day....So, that was not much of a honeymoon at all. So this trip, is our 'honeymoon' to us.
The 2nd thing is is serving as, is our graduation (from college) gifts! We are both finally done with our undergrads and since we got married our sophomore years of college, it has been rather difficult and strenuous, so we are celebrating that.
And then lastly, it is our kind of 'retreat' time for each other, before this next chapter of our life starts. Jordan, as most of you know, is doing this Pre-Medical Masters program at UNTHSC in Fort Worth and it is like the 1st year of med school, so he will be incredibly busy and very wrapped up in that, and then this year we will be deciding on where he goes to Medical school for next fall. And all of that schooling and everything that goes with it will make our lives very different. We are excited for the change, and glad that it is finally coming, but with that come some different situations and responsibilities. So this trip is kind of like a pre-med school life kind of vacation=) haha.
Anyway, all that to say, there is a 'hurricane' supposed to be headed for the island that we are supposed to be doing all these wonderful things on! So far with the news they have said (thanks to everyone's wonderful prayers!) that the hurricane keeps slowing down and weakening. They keep pushing back the days that it is supposed to hit. It was first Mon, then Tue, and now its currently Wed. So we are very grateful for that!
We got here on saturday night, and upgraded our rental to a very fun convertable silver 2009 Ford Mustang!! It's a lot of fun and we've enjoyed riding around with the top down=)
Our room is super nice with a gorgeous bacony and view!! We have the nice pool right below our balcony and then the beach is BAM right there-sooo nice to hear the waves whenever you are in your room-such a peaceful sound. Here is the view from our room!

Anyway, I just wanted to write a little 'pre-blog' before I posted about our actual vacation and such. I will be doing that soon, with pictures-this place is GORGEOUS so you'll wanna see it=)