Now where did I leave off?

So last time I was here, I discussed my impending birthday, which was a blast, by the way!!!  We went out on the 26th of March and bowled our little hearts out.

Saturday I awoke with a fierce hangover which was to be expected. As the day wore on I began to feel like my now 28 year old self again. As night fell I begin to feel what I thought was the hangover returning for a little "eff you Mara, your not getting rid of me that easy" second round, but it actually turned out to be was me getting sick as a dog, just in time for my actual birthday on the Sunday.

I had DUH...Duh...duhhhhhh...Bronchitis!!! Are you freaking kidding me?

But there is a light at the end of this dark and gloomy and sicky tunnel...I was able to stay home from work, watch all the HBO TV my little heart desired and my wonderful hubby got to wait on me hand and foot! I actually didn't want to get better, but can you really blame me for it? However, getting better is what I did and just in time to fine tune the Surprise party plans I was making for the hubby's 30th Birthday. Which just happened this past weekend and it was amazing to say the least. We actually got the party sponsored by Carlsberg beer, meaning they donated 5 cases in exchange for pictures featuring people partying and drinking their beer,  Those 5 cases aided in the quest to get around 30 people good and drunk and the band Finger Eleven (who's good friends with my hubby's best friend) even stopped by to wish him a happy birthday. It was awesome and he really felt loved, which is all I could ask for.

 The Office reference

Hubby taking a picture with Scott Anderson, the lead singer of Finger Eleven

CARLSBERG!!!
Now, my lovelies...I'm finally ready to make my blog top priority again, after everything is now out of the way and my focus is, er...re-focused.

Its good to be back.

Cheers,

Mara

Did you miss us?

We're back, refreshed and relaxed and ready to get back at it...

 Well, all I got to say is... what a trip, literally and figuratively. Couple of firsts happened on this trip. The first first  is that whilst in the ocean we would get swarmed by these beautiful tropical yellow and black fishe-y's that would actually eat the bread right out of our hands, it was pretty freaking fantastic.

Second first, is that I have never in my whole 27 almost 28 years of existence seen this much rain pour down from the skies. It rained 3 days straight, and when I say straight I mean non-stop pouring. I mean the ground couldn't even handle the amount of rain that poured down on it. Now I'm not going to say that it ruined our trip, 'cuz it didn't (that would be impossible), I'd say in fact it made it more special, if that makes sense?  Because for as long as I live I will never forget this trip for the way it made us really get to know each other, dare I say more then anybody should know each other (nothing was off limits with this group), and I'm extremely thankful I was there with friends who made the best out of it too.

This picture doesn't even do it justice.

Thirdly, we felt the after effects of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, and I wish I didn't. Its unbelievably horrible what has happened there, and I think about it every day all the time. I wonder though if I hadn't been so close to it would I have put my blinders on and not even cared about the traumatic event that took place? Would I have changed the channel and pretend it didn't happen. I hope to think that I wouldn't, I would hope to think that I would have looked above and beyond my own bubble and taken notice of the tragedy that has effected so many lives and more devastatingly, so many children. It is heart wrenching. And though I don't have much to give, I think this is one of those causes that far out-weigh my financial status. I will give what I can. Because I can be enthralled all I want, but this is one of those times that looking at the pictures and paying attention to the reports are not merely enough, if there is anyway I can help out, I will.

On a less serious note, I'm glad to be back, because reality for me isn't really that bad ( I could do without working, but that's neither here nor there). More importantly, there is a lot of ideas I have in my head that Im excited to trasalate on our blog with the hopes that you'll keep reading.

Ciao for now!

Mara