Day 6, Daily Posting Not So Easy at Almost Forty

Not wanting to make this blog all about work, I haven't logged in in several days. Back to school after the winter holidays is always rough. From sleeping 10-11 hours a night to a mere 5-6 hours, combined with 36 hours of work in three days, I'm sleep deprived, barely avoiding pre-dawn vehicular accidents and doubting my ability to party 4o times in this 40th year.

But, that's why we are here to support each other. My girls have been busy at work, investigating our options for our first two planned trips.

NYC... here we come. Sometime in April we're hitting the big apple and hitting it hard (imagine that said like I was a white girl trying to be ghetto... dragging out the syllables, "har-rr-d"). After visiting New York at least five times, feeling like I've hit all the major museums and galleries, it's time to hit the nightlife scene. Of all the nightlife I've found myself involved with, I've never done the NYC nightclub scene. (Oh lord, we don't want this to be a "bucket list of things to do by 40"). Jen, Rory, we're on our way to your bar.

Costa Rica... tropical summer, beaches, cabana boys, daiquiris, zip-lines, spas, cabana boys, rain forest, right, this won't be crazy. This will be the summer trip to end all trips (although there will be plenty more trips after this one, this year and on and on...