I've found I do better with my birthday by being on vacation. Preferably somewhere warm with lots of sun where I can reintroduce my toes to that glowing orb in the sky. And this was a major birthday. Major. I'll leave it at that.
Having a birthday in late February in Portland, Oregon is most often a grey, wet, cold, rainy affair. Usually combined with a pity party and generally emotional moments of whining and crying. But not in Mexico. No sirree. And this birthday was spent on the coast of the Caribbean, an ocean I've never visited. Shades of turquoise, layers of blue, see?

All day long on my birthday was spent at the most amazing natural water park, snorkeling, swimming, sunning. This comes with all-you-can drink and eat. Pure hedonism. Yes, on my birthday I snorkeled through an ancient Mayan cave, followed by several pina coladas and some salsa verde pork. Now THAT'S the way to do it. Seriously, this place was amazing.
Last night I downloaded some of the photos, and found a little movie AdRi made on a walk she took on the beach in Tulum. I love it so much, and think you will too. Enjoy a little time at the Caribbean with AdRi here:
I'm back, and have some great clarity to focus on life, goals, hopes and dreams. Vacations do that to me. And here's a little something my mom wrote to me in my birthday card:
Let's see, 40 years ago today I put a roast in the oven, planted a loquat tree, called Dr. Loft after dinner, met him at the hospital and you were born at 9:30 pm.Love this. I bet she had a task list for herself on that day. That reminds me, I have a list to get to today...
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Your Mom sounds like quite a woman! So glad you had a sun kissed Birthday Lelo!
What a wonderful post! I'm so glad you have a wonderful birthday vacation!
Did we share the same birthday? 19th here. You? I'm so glad you were in a perfect place to celebrate. We went NORTH to Seattle and Vancouver! Fantastic weather.
Come back soon. The fight is up again.
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Sounds wonderful. Glad you are back and got the restoration you needed. any more pics?
Happy Birthday:)
On one hand I'm totally jealous and on the other totally impressed by your handling of the big 4-0. When I hit that milestone - I'm totally going to do it somewhere fabulous.
Love the video too!
oh wow! Lucky you! Happy birthday!!!!
I love the shades of turquoise and layers of blue. I'm going to do that for my birthday next year.
Your mom's note is fantastic. I love cards like that.
Welcome back!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Nice.
Well, you'll be... younger than me for the rest of our lives. That's something, no?
What a wonderful way to spend a birthday vacation.
Happy birthday! Sounds like you celebrated it in the most perfect way possible! That water park looks amazing! And of course I love all the shades of blue.
Welcome home little sister. I am so happy that you had a great birthday it sounds awesome...swimming through a cave? Now how do you do that? You are brave girl! Love you always, Sheri PS I figured out how to comment here yeah!
Esta son Las MaƱaitas...pretend like I can sing! Feliz CumpeaƱos new friend...
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