V: Vacation

Vacations in my family are something that didn't happen that often when we were kids - for a while we drove to Ocean City, MD, every year for a week. Then we had a few years of really horrible weather there and stopped going. We went to Sanibel Island once, but my mom got eaten alive by no-see-ums, so we never went back. We went on a cruise when I was 12, which was one of the best vacations, because The Sister and I were busy with the pre-teen group most of the week. After I graduated from high school, we went to Duck, NC, where we had one of the worst family fights I can remember. My friend vacations have been much better. First year of college, four of us went to Disney World (one of the few places where our parents didn't worry about us doing illegal things like - gasp! - drinking!). We had a great time. Senior year of college, three of us drove up to Montreal for a long weekend, which was lots of fun (even with the two hour detour on the way back when CCE left her wallet at the McDonald's we stopped at). First year of medical school, ten of us rented a beach house in Mexico, halfway between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. That was fantastic. And after The Sister graduated from college four years ago, the two of us went on a cruise to Bermuda. Both of us agreed that we'd love to go back to Bermuda, but not on a cruise. The Atlantic Ocean was pretty rough.

Birthday Boy and I finally planned our first real vacation together (yeah, we went to Boston for a weekend last summer. Doesn't count.) the other night (since my thesis defense is set for May 29!) We had thought Mexico (he had never been there, my only requirement for this trip is a beach and 85 degree weather), but the airfare was pretty high. On a whim, we looked at air fare for Puerto Rico. Turned out we could both go on his miles, and all of a sudden, we were flying to San Juan for 5 nights! We finished booking the trip quickly after that, and then it came time to decide what to do while we're there, other than sitting on the beach and getting a tan :). I think we're going to do a rainforest hiking / ziplining tour one day, which should be amazing. The other three and a half days? We'll walk around Old San Juan - maybe even the afternoon of our first day - but mostly just hang out at the beach and get a tan (while wearing my SPF30 Neutrogena sunscreen so as to prevent too much skin cancer in my future.) We leave in less than a month, and I can wait.  

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