Vacation!

I've had a very stressful past few years culminating with the death of my Mom and the demise of my relationship. I lost my mom to cancer and my relationship to a lack of integrity (his) and, truth be told, a case of mismatch. At the end of the day even without his lies we were not a match. He's conservative politically, I'm not. He's uber risk adverse - I'm not. He lives in Florida and does NOT own a pair of shorts or flipflops. I should have known from that alone. He freaked out that evening at sunset on the beach when I was exploring a tide pool, imploring me, "Come on, baby.. get out of the water - there are... Sharks!". Um, I'm in water to just above my ankles. And for pete's sake - I'm a marine biologist - I KNOW the risks. Sheesh. (stepping quickly off my soap box).

I've made it out the other end of all that stress and decided it was time to reward myself with a much-needed and very overdue vacation.

I broke out the passport, my dive gear, and upgraded my camera gear and am taking a dive trip with one of my oldest and dearest friends, the Luscious Ms. Mary.

10 stress free days in paradise. Just what I needed.