JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

This past week, the Cheerleader and I spent a FANTASTIC (much needed) week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  I read a couple GREAT books, that I referenced here in the BEST YEAR YET blog, as well as just some awesome gazing out over the Pacific Ocean.

We got into a great routine: sleep (with the slider of our room open to hear the ocean waves) until the daylight woke us; go down and save a couple of chairs to have both the shade of an umbrella and the sun; usually I'd go to the gym and run a few miles; eat some breakfast; then to the poolside for the rest of the day for reading, talking, sitting in the water; get cleaned up; go eat; enjoy the hotel entertainment; go to sleep and hit the repeat button the next day.

At the beginning of our trip, the departure day seemed like SO FAR away, but each passing day, brought us closer to our return home.  Oh, and it snowed at home while we were away!

When having conversations with people and travels, I have been known to say that I have 3 favorite places on the planet:

• FIRST and foremost, wherever the Cheerleader and I are together is #1
• Next, New York City
• Finally, Maui, Hawaii

I know, NYC and Maui are so opposite, but I just love the energy of THE city and the peace of Maui.  

This week's trip, would not get it own category, but it fits into #1 because that's where the Cheerleader was...and I was with her!  The singer/song writer, Phil Vassar, in 2000, put out a song, "Just Another Day In Paradise."  He does a great job of telling a story and in this case, no matter what the day to day challenges we have, with us it's "...two hearts and one dream...I wouldn't change it for anything...And I ask the Lord, every night, for JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE!"

So we had this INCREDIBLE time in Mexico.  Coming home we had a pretty uneventful flight to Atlanta.  I don't know what happened next, only to surmise that about 2000 others were coming home from someplace international, into the ATL, all at the same time.  There didn't appear to be enough of the custom agents for all that were wanting to come to America last night and as a result, we got to spend a bonus night in Atlanta as our plane departed about 3 minutes before we showed up at our gate!  A late night....early morning....2 hour flight and arrive to a wonderful 33 degree Omaha!  

Tonight when I lay my head down to sleep and prepare to get back "at it" at work tomorrow, "I'll ask the Lord...for JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE!"