First REAL Vacation

Hello There!!!!

So ...I went to do my taxes yesterday, and for the first time in a long time our return was super awesome. I am not only happy cuz we are actually getting a return, but because thanks to it ...this year for the first time in my life I can pay for a REAL vacation.

Yes I know, we've taken Denisse to Disney and we have had short trips here and there, but it would always put a dent in my finance and I would always end up in the red. Not this year...This year I can pay for the trip and even have money left over. YAY!!!

Where am I going? I am taking Denisse and myself to El Salvador.  We are going with my parents, sometime in July, I don't have the dates set yet, but I will soon, since I am actually going to try to go for 3 weeks!! ...I have not been to El Salvador in 12 years, and Denisse has never been. There are many things I miss and I feel Denisse should get to know a little of the culture, since both her dad and I are from there.

Her dad (Erick) has his reservations about the whole thing, in fact, I wont get my hope up until he actually goes with us to get her passport and notarizes the letter to allow me to travel with her. Due to his "ways" he won't be going with us, my mom made that very clear, he was not welcome on this trip, and even though I would have liked him to come along, not for me of course, I also understand my moms side. It is her vacation as well, and dealing with his attitude is not something she should have to do, and I agree.  This will be only the second time Denisse has been away from her father for longer than a day, the first time was when we moved back to CA, they were away from each other 4 days. I don't know how either of them will handle it, thankfully I have heard that Internet access easy and somewhat cheap to obtain and am planning to have them Skype at least once a day when possible.

I am also worried about the food ans stuff, I remember getting awfully sick when I went the first time, but that was almost 20 years ago. My mom says that everything is more modern now and there are a lot of fast food places where we can get food for Denisse. Plus, we are not going back to our town :(, due to security reasons..we will be staying in San Salvador, and that all I can let myself say.

I am worried for safety as well, not for me but for Denisse. I know that if anything happens to her, I will not only have to live with it, since I'm the one that really wants to go, but her father will never let it rest, since he's the one opposed to the whole thing. However, if I will be living in fear that something is going to happen, then might as well enclose us in a crystal box and never come out, when its your time its your time.

So..I have some time to get ready, I need our passports which I MUST get going on that, hopefully in the next two weeks I can get those applications going...after that the tickets and after that clothes and luggage..

I AM EXCITED!!!