Things Mexico Taught Me

I am back from our Gwen free vacation in Mexico.  We had an amazing time and truly enjoyed our freedom as a couple.  As Mike said "That's the beauty of it, I can do whatever the "f" I want".  I wanted to pass on some of my learnings from Mexico, so that maybe I could help another couple leaving their child for the first time:

1.  It's the act of leaving your child that is the hard part.  Once you get to your destination it is a breeze, or as I like to say "nothing takes your mind of missing your child like a beer chugging contest". 

2.  Nothing changes your booze tolerance like a child.  We can not drink like we used to, and we learned the hard way in Mexico.  One morning Mike asked me "do you think I was poisoned last night"..........nope, you are just old and lame. 

3.  I now see why people sit under an umbrella at the pool or on the beach.  My white stomach, that hadn't seen the light of day in over 2 years, got burned in a strange blotchy pattern.  At first we thought it was bad sunscreen, nope, we are just way too white and spend way too much time indoors.

4.  While spending alone time as a couple I was able to remember why we got married in the first place (5 years ago).  We didn't have any responsibility.  We didn't have anything to do but be the 2 of us.  We laughed a lot over the course of the week and enjoyed our time away.  I think every couple should do this at least once a year :-)