For the longest time, I’ve had the dream of seeing the water a crystal blue in the Caribbean. When Shea and I planned our honeymoon, it seemed like a dream came true when we booked at the lovely Cap Masion in St Lucia.
And then COVID hit and St Lucia closed their borders 24 hours before we left.
So that seemed like the end of it.
Fast forward to 2021. Shea and I survived COVID and I am pregnant with our first kid. We never got any of our money back for the trip. We figured if we didn’t try now, we’d spend a crap ton of money on nothing. So Feb 4th (my birthday) we decided to try.
In a little over 2 weeks, we planned the entire freakin’ vacation. The hardest part was just trying to get all the proper paperwork submitted to the country of St. Lucia whose website was broken due to bugs (ironic since I’m a software engineer). We only got approval 6pm the night before we were supposed to leave. We almost had to say screw it and just settle for the fact we might just make it to Miami and do our honeymoon there.
The day we left, there were storms everywhere across the country. Spokane was starting to get hit. Seattle got 10 inches of snow. Texas got ice. East coast was hit. It was an insane trip down. With the current regulations, you were required to wear a mask at all times unless you were eating or drinking. So we were masked for over 36 hours. That was absolutely insane.
The trip was worth it though.
We had stellar views from our place. Had a private pool also. We really couldn’t do much activity wise. Being pregnant kind of limited it (along with the food) but we got to relax. Shea came back with close to 30 mosquito bites and I came back with a funky burn but hey, we got to go.
Truth be told, it seemed like we hadn’t had a lot of connecting lately because of life and our work schedules. While we were never huge talkers in general, it was nice just being around each other.
I read once in an article a long time ago that if you want to see if a relationship will last, go on a trip where it requires dealing with a lot of airports because of the stress level that it causes. We only took a tiny trip before getting married and it was sort of during the dark era as I call it. We traveled well together then despite the rough patch in the relationship so I always thought it was a weird suggestion. After this trip, I can see what they meant though. COVID was only a tiny part of the issues. It was mostly Mother Nature. We handled together but we definitely got our fill of airports for awhile–especially Phoenix.
Here are some shots from the trip.
Breakfast views 
View from our balcony 
TNF beach 
Last day at breakfast — trying to get Shea to smile is always a battle. 
What of the girls? Well they got their own little vacation with my parents. I knew they’d be in good hands. I told mom Roxie is just fine if she’s covered up. And I knew Kai would be fine because my dad was around. I got this picture sent to me. She’s a twit, but she’s well loved. Poopy breath and all!