Alright, we’re now approaching “Phase 2″ of our 4-months-ahead-of-time expedition planning. I’d mock us for that but I half suspect Big Bird programs me into his crackberry. “Sweet Talk Mah Woman: 9:00 p.m., Take Over Wells Fargo: 11 p.m., World Coup: Midnight”. 

The last time I tried planning a vacation closer to our departure date it did NOT go well! I need a big buffer zone where I put him on notice that he WILL take a vacation from his plans for world domination.

Tickets have been booked for a while and recently BB has started agitating for booking the hotels (huh, he is serious about taking a break from world domination after all). I was actually telling his friends about how we’re going on vacation (when we were hanging out with them the week before last) and made mention of our plans for activities in the jungle. Including the cave tubing, zipline and horseback riding-not to mention how I initially wanted to book us at this really rustic “adventure camp” that BB nixed because he started getting electricity withdrawal jitters just listening to me describe it on the phone. Oh yeah, then I sent him the website and it was pretty much all over and not even the pictures of the “Luxury Treehouses” could sway him. Not when he started reading about the “outdoor showers”, “geckoes” and “tarantulas”. Wait, why are those in quotation marks? Those actually showed up in the Tripadvisor reviews. So anyway, I was telling Friend #1 all of this and he was like “uhh…[Big Bird]? There? Didn’t he ask you where the nearest Four Seasons was?” and I nearly fell off my chair in surprise because YES, the first thing Big Bird asked was “WHERE IS THE NEAREST FOUR SEASONS PLEASE LET US SPEAK NO MORE OF THIS TARANTULA INFESTED HELL HOLE.” You really had to hear his injured tone when I told him there was NO FOUR SEASONS IN BELIZE BABYDOLL-I guess it was like some sort of major betrayal between Big Bird and the Four Seasons chain.

They did have one in Costa Rica-but too late! Flights are booked! 

Also, my hair accoutrements. Perhaps it’s best that he spoke up when he did. I could totally see me booking us into that place and then freaking out about no place for hair dryers and irons and give me mah electricity or give me death, patriots! I have a feeling I’d succumb to not being able to wear makeup faster than he would to no blackberry access and then who would be laughing last?

So far I’m giving him a choice of the following 2 lodges for our jungle boogie:

Chaa Creek

or Black Rock Lodge

I’m leaning towards Option 2 as it has en suite electricity-this despite Chaa Creek being the obvious “luxury” option. On the other hand, I hear Chaa Creek is easier to access as Black Rock Lodge is further up the unpaved road (I don’t think we’d need a car with 4 wheel drive if we opted for Chaa Creek).

On Ambergris Caye I decided to relent and pony up for the more luxurious accomodations. On the other hand, I didn’t want to be way out in BFE like with some of the super upscale resorts. I think the traditional Victoria House option will more than suit our needs.

Wow, the only thing that needs to get done is for me to actually go to the gym after waking up at 5 in the morning. Today I ate breakfast and went back to bed for another hour. I am seeing my trainer, tonight, however and I plan to work out for another hour after that.

Oh yeah, knock that garlic & chili ratio in the post downbelow to ONE large garlic pod and TWO chilies why dontcha? It’s not a problem of me being able to eat it-it’s the fact that I feel it coming out of my pores and creating havoc in my tummy the day after. You’d think I’d have learned my lesson by now!