Preparation J

Now that the holidays are over, the preparations can start in earnest for our February trip. I think the preparations in January are what help us get through this weather. MINUS 20 F over the last 2 nights and below 0F for the last 80 hours or so. There are the early preparations, like making our room reservations before we leave the previous year and airfare once the tickets become available 330 days prior. There are the mid-term preparations, like purchasing books that we will be reading and sun tan lotion to bring down with us when it's widley available in the summer (being fair skinned form Minnesota, we need lots of it).

And then... there are the January preparations. Booking our airport transfers with Rocky (check). Requesting a dinner reservation for Valentine's Day (check). Buying those last couple of books that have finally gone into paperback, scheduling a couple of "fake n' bake" sessions to lay a base, deciding which old favorites and which new experiences we will try for dinners, finding the "right" combination of granola bars, pretzels and licorice to bring with, and something new this year... coordinating meetings with friends that are staying on the beach.

I don't know what it is about these meanial tasks, but they really do bring happiness and add to the vacation experience. Plus, like I said, just the thought of the warm island sun during what is usually a very cold January makes it easier to take.

Only 37 days left...
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Anything that I'm missing???

Anything that I'm missing???
yes, could you stop by and pick me up and take me with you guys?! this winter cold is really getting to me and i have lived in Minnesota for 25 years!
nori

I know the feeling! Got the snorkel gear out, fanny packs located, Travel bags and suitcases up from the basement...................I'd better make a list....

Nice picture

Right there with you ... 25 days for us!

33 days and I know I could be ready in a half hour if I could go today!!! Canadian prairies are in a deep freeze!!

Cannot wait to be there! Gotta try on the summer clothes soon to see if they still fit...thank goodness dresses are loose...

Doing much of the same. Checking summer wear. Buying new shorts because it appears I may have hit another growth spurt in the last 6 months. Checking bags we used last year looking for headphones we could'nt find. Found them. "Monitoring the board more to get caught up on what's going on". Anything for a diversion to this brutal cold weather. Trip 20 something soon come. Soon come can't come soon enough!.

Looks like we will be there around the same time. Our first Negril stay..I'm hoping I can " blend" in....of course after a pub crawl blending may be the operative word....

Pack dresses...they are more forgiving...

I'm happy to have found this board. I find these forums when you can find that are a great source of info. Especially for "newbies" like me