The alarm pierced the early morning silence and up I sprung with a tummy full of butterflies.

J and S pulled themselves out from their slumber and we began to gather our things and headed down to catch our shuttle to the terminal.

I stepped out from the hotel lobby.
The day was still dark and the air was unusually warm for this time of year.
There was a groovy song on the hotel sound system and i began to do a jig as I headed towards the shuttle.
A couple passing by stopped to watch my antics and chuckled, I said " I can't help but be this happy, I am on my way to JAMAICA!!!"
They smiled and continued on their way.

When we arrived at the check in counter there was no line and we got our bags checked and our boarding passes quickly and without issues.

J had decided that she could not live without her favorite beer, Sierra Nevada, during her vacation so she brought 2 cases and checked them.
It was a costly adventure but I couldn't talk her out of it, she was determined to have what she liked. One of the reasons that I love her so much!!!

We had a couple of hours to kill so J and S decided to hit a restaurant and grab some breakfast and a drink of course.
Whenever I am traveling on a plane I can't eat or drink alcohol before the flight. My nerves are just too bad. So I just had a water.

At one point, when I was walking back from the restroom, it hit me. I felt like a person again.
I was going somewhere for me. I didn't have anyone that I was responsible for except myself for a whole 8 days.
It felt fantastic, I smiled and it felt like my old smile again. I have missed that smile.
I took a breath and it was a deep settling breath, it felt so good.

The time actually passed pretty quick and before we knew it the flight was boarding.

The flight wasn't full so we were told that we could spread out a bit if we liked.
About an hour into the flight J saw the sign for the wi-fi and decided to check it out.
Before I knew it she was on face time talking to a friend via video!!! I couldn't believe that it worked up that high and neither could he. He was laughing and asking to see out the window of the plane. It was really cool!!!
J put on her earphones so she could hear him better. Her voice slowly became louder as she talked to him, not being able to hear her own voice.
Soon she was yelling and everyone was looking at her. I tapped her and told her that she was talking really loud at which point she looked up and saw half of the plane staring at her. We laughed so hard that I almost peed my pants. It was really funny, I guess you had to be there.

The flight went by fairly quickly and we had begun our decent.
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