The Young and the Restless

Day 5: Cozumel, Mexico

(Yes, the hand is on the hip and it ain't leaving anytime soon. Don't say I didn't warn you.)

Just another day in paradise...that may be a tad bit cliche, but each day (besides when I was dying in Belize) was pretty darn close to paradise. Except of course my kids would be with us in paradise, but now we're just getting off the point. We spent the morning tracking down my friend's sister that lives here (yeah, it must be rough living in paradise) so that we could deliver a package to her. We rented a little scooter and cruised around until we were finally able to find her.

She was nice to give us the inside scoop on where to eat and what to do and then she was even so nice to let us use her phone to call our kids. We hadn't been able to talk to them all week and I got a little teary eyed hearing their cute little voices again. I was worried that they would be so sad and cry every night because they missed us, but apparently that wasn't the case since Jayden was too busy playing to talk to me for longer than 5 seconds and Kylie said that she didn't want us to come home because she was having too much fun playing with her cousins. I know deep down they really missed us, though (right??). It was so nice knowing they were in good hands and I can't thank Jason's sister, Andrea and her family enough! After that we cruised around and found a great snorkeling spot. I was amazed at how many cool fish we saw right off the shore. Jelly fish, anemone, sea urchins, some needle nose fish thingy and just tons of bright colored fish. We lasted for about a half hour before my poor diseased chin was on fire from the salt water.

(There are few things in life that rival the sexiness of a good pair of goggles. Although the hand on the hip pose is a close runner-up)

We explored the city, ate lunch (back to the refried bean burrito, no more fish corpse for me) and counted how many kids some families would pile onto one scooter. Then we found this road that circled around the entire island, it was like a mini PCH, but ten times more awesomer. I had one of those "pinch me" moments as we were cruising down the road, watching the beautiful blue waves crash on the white sandy beaches, holding tight to my man with the wind blowing in my extensions and the sun glistening off my sunscreen lathered skin. Everything was so perfect at that moment. I found my new happy place. They had the most beautiful secluded beaches that I wish we could have stopped at, but my dream of relaxing all day on the beach was crushed since I'm convinced that the sun pretty much hates me. Besides, we were worried that we wouldn't make it back to the ship in time. We did make a couple of quick stops to check out this cool blow hole, collect some sea shells for the kids and Jason was tempted to stop at a nude beach but unfortunately we didn't have enough time. The day flew by and we were sad when it was time to board the ship. I was sad that this was our last stop, but I was getting pretty anxious to see the kids again.

these dudes were even bigger than the ones in Costa Maya

This guy was trying to convince us that he had the cheapest blankets on the island, only $5. A mile down the road we found the same blankets for $2.99. A mile farther down we found them for $1.99. But if I were to buy one I would definately go with the first guy, you've just gotta give him props for his creative marketing technique.