Hello MIP Family :)

I have Landed Safely Back in My Home town from my Trip Out of Country :D I Landed 12 hours Before the Mega Snow Storm that Gave us 3 Foot of Snow :O .... I Should have Staying in Mexico...lol 70+ All Week Long :)

I am So Very Grateful Al-Anon has Taught me the Benefit of "No Expectations" Because I Can tell you... I Went With NONE... and it was thee Most Amazing Trip I've Taking So Far...I had So Many "(1st)" on this Trip, I Dang Near Stayed... and I was Able to Embrace them Each and Everyone...

When we Landed My Phone DIED... I Mean NO Communications AT ALL, No Internet, No Phone, No Text... It was Wonderful..lol I Used a Friends Phone to Call home and let them Know I Arrived, and after that I had 5 days of Just Me & Mexico...

My Girlfriend I Was with ask me what I Thought of My 1st Flight? I Told her it was No Worse then Riding the Buses in our Area somewhere, I thought is was OK... She Laughed and Said, "Well I'm Glad you Seen it that way... Cause it was the "Worst" Flight I was Ever On!" lol So Apparently it wasn't the Best, but I Was Excited... :D The Trip Back was Smooth Sailing, and I could then See what She was Talking about :D But I Enjoyed Both...lol

My 1st Experience in another Country was Just as Interesting, I Got 'Hit' on by a Man Stamping my Passport and Being Not Language Friendly to their Native Tongue I Laughed along with it for a Bit, and then Realized what he was Really Saying and Laughed some More.. :D I Could have Taken it Personal However Al-Anon Taught me Different and Besides I know I Will Never See that Man again... So Life Continued on :D With a Wee Bit of Ego Boost to get me to the Next Stop :D

My 1st Trip to a 4 star Resort was AMAZING... and Let me Just Say that Apparently Over there 'Tequila' is a Way of Life, including Breakfast :D But this Girl Is Still Over 5 Years Sober and Wasn't even Temped when they would Sit every drink under the Sun under my Nose ;D YaY ME... Water & Coffee was My Way of Life :D

And Here is a List of My Other 1st & Believe me when I Say, I was OPEN for ANYTHING :D I Got to See the Tulum Ruins (Amazing Place full of Beauty), I was "Blessed" By a Member of the Mayan's Tribe down in a Cave with Candles Everywhere (It was So Spiritual & Amazing) I Couldn't Understand a Word of the Blessings but I Felt HP Right There!... I Went "Zip Lining" thru a Jungle it was Amazing.... I Went on 5 Total, One Descended into Water... That One stung a Bit but I could still Walk so I was Happy :D I Got to Go Swimming & Snorkeling In a Cave (that was Very Cool) I Even got to Descend down in to a Cave into water all by myself working a Rope it was Pretty Cool too...I Got over 1500 Pictures and that's Not Counting the Ones from the Zip Lines :D I Swam in my 1st Swim up Bar, Seen my 1st Mexican Dance Show, Seen Some Amazing Tropical Birds, Got Searched at Airport (Cause I had a Water)...lol, and Went to my 1st Fancy Night Club, with Beautiful Dancing Gals & All... I was Up before Dawn, and Most Nights not in Bed till 3am... I Didn't want to Miss a Thing :D

I was Kinda Grateful for the Big Snow... it Gave me two hole days in my Jammies Catching up on Rest I refused to have away :D

When I Look at all this, I'm Just Over Joyed that I SAID YES... I Didn't Get Permission, I Didn't Get Approval from ANYONE, I Just Said YES and Made it Happen...

I am an East Coast Fare Skinned gal, So I'm on the Beach at the Break of Dawn and when the Sun is at its Hottest, I'm under a Tree or walking around exploring, and when the Sun gets ready to go down, I'm back on the Beach..Tho I had Friends with Me, I took off A lot on my Own to Explore While they Enjoyed just being at the Beach... So the Day before we Left I Decided to take off on my Own, I Found a Lady Selling Hand Crafted Ceramics some was Done some was Not, I Ask about them and she said, "You paint them and I Will take them home & Make them Shiny for you"... :D So I Found me a Little Butterfly Jewelry Box and Spend my Afternoon painting it, (My Prize Possession from the Trip)  and in that Time, is when the Spiritual Awakening Came... I Realized in THAT Very Moment, that I had Just Made a Decision to be On my Own yet again, too Take Time to Embrace the Moment, Not Feel Rushed or Pushed in One way Or another, there was 6 of us gals total on the Trip and I didn't need them to tell me what to do, they all did their own thing & I Just did what "I" Wanted to do... and it felt Amazing...My Heart was So Open to Joy and Excitement that Even Sitting for 2 hours painting a Little box made me Realize just how Present HP is in my Life, when I'm Open Minded enough to Accept the Gifts in front of me... Just Sitting there in the Shade with a Wonderful Breeze Coming thru, Looking over the Green/Blue Ocean, watching people I Realized... HP Wants this Peace for Me Always, and I have a Choice to Accept it, or Return to my Own Inner Crazy...

I Still have My Slips, Coming home to a Grumpy Husband did Not Make my Day, but it didn't Ruin it Either... I Have Learned that I can't Make Him Embrace Life, I Can't Make him Happy if He Chooses to Remain Miserable, its Not My Job... My Job is to Take care of Me... My Son was Happy for Me, and that Was Enough... I was Happy for Me and that was Enough... and HP was Happy for Me and that was ENOUGH...I know my Husband well enough to know he will pout for a bit, and he either will or will not get over it, but its Not My Job to Fix him, Nor is it my Job to tell him he needs Fixed... Al-Anon Gave me that... and its a Gift I Cherish Everyday :D

Welp.... I Know this is Long, but I Will End in Saying... Give Your Self Permission to say YES... Don't let Life Pass you by because someone you Love doesn't Approve... You Only need to want to do it for yourself, and then make it happen... Even if it is Something as Simple as Catching a Movie with an Old Friend, or Going out to Eat for Laughs and Catch up, or What ever your Heart Sings for... Allow yourself the Permission to have those things... I have Slowly Started to Embrace the Y.O.L.O. Statement... (Y.ou, O.nly L.ive O.nce) and this One Time Should fill My Dreams, Not the Dreams of those Around me :) or lack there of... The Laughs Alone that I Shared with my Friends was Well worth the Trip, We Laughed from the time we Took off till the Time we Got Home, Not One Bit of Drama along the Way... it was AMAZING :) And WE Are Worth it :D

Thanks for Being here... Thanks for Listening to my Share, and Giving me the Courage to Step out side my Comfort Zone and LIVE....

Friends In Recovery

Jozie

PS... Pictures to come at a later date, I haven't had time to See them All Myself yet...lol