Here We Go 2020!

It's been a while! I've been busy! Sorry...Punta Cana had me distracted.

Recap of our trip: It was amazing! I want to go back! The Dominican people are the BEST! I don't know that I'd ever want to do anything but an all-inclusive but we'll see. My days consisted of:
6:30 wake up with coffee and fruit delivery.
7:00 work out (while I did this, Jim went and found our lounge chairs for the day at the pool)
8:00 Shower and mimosas
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 4:00 Pool side (with cocktail in hand most minutes)
4:00 - 6:00 - Resting up and showering for dinner
6:00 Pre-dinner cocktails
7:00ish dinner (mostly a different place every night)
9:00 Asleep!

The food was pretty good. Breakfast was my main meal of the day but they also had a red bean and rice dish at the buffet that I had for lunch pretty much every day. I loved the fruit and chowed on that at most every meal. I was not a fan of the steak house (or red meat in general) but the Japanese restaurant was really good. They had a taco truck that we both loved and their bakery was our last stop every night (we'd take some sweets back to the room and enjoy them before bed).

We did not venture off the resort and I'm not sorry for it. My plan was total rest and relaxation and that's what I got. I would go back in a heartbeat and hope to someday.

Other than that, here we are, starting a new semester off today. I have three IEPs coming up (two this week, one next) but they are all written and everything for this first couple weeks has been prepped so I'm in a good spot. We'll start reading The Help in LA which I'm excited for. And that's about it.

I've discovered that melatonin gives me nightmares. I was talking about using it with my hair dresser and she mentioned that she can't take it because of what it does to her dreams and I thought Huh...I wonder!?So I've tracked it the last two times I've used it and, yep, nightmares. Last night I was a handmaid and had just had a baby and was having to give her up and someone got shot and they came to me to hide them but I wouldn't because I couldn't risk it for my baby. I woke up with my adrenalin coursing through my veins...ugh! So, no more melatonin for me!

Okay well, I guess I should get a move on. Happy Monday! Happy New Year. Here's to a great week, a great rest-of-the-school-year and a great year in general! Later!