...over-slept, over-massaged, over-ate, and over-cocktailed...

...aaaaaaaaah bali, i so highly recommend a tropical island second honeymoon with your husband.

before you know it you're in the rut of daily routine, work, kids, family, friends, life, and the next time you look, and are even aware of the shift, you're totally disconnected from that man you married.

he's driving you nuts, you're driving him nuts, bickering about money, whose turn it is to whatever, what's for dinner, bleh bleh bleh.

you're going to bed early, he's up watching sport, movies or playing f@#$king computer games, morning is a blur of getting the kid ready for school, packing her ballet clothes, tennis shoes, extra warm jacket, feeding the dogs, eating a burned piece of toast on your way out the door, screaming bye i'm late, blowing a kiss, sitting in traffic, only to get to work, sitting in traffic, flying through pick 'n pay for bread, yoghurt, juice and onions, in the door, whose feeding the dogs, the kid, the bedtime routine, throwing some meat on the gasbraai, sitting down to eat in front of the tv just in time for the 2 sometimes 3 shows we watch before i fall asleep on the couch, wake up at the credits, tear myself off the couch, drag myself down the passage, maybe brush my teeth and wash my face, maybe not, back in bed only to wake up and it's tuesday morning, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat! aaaah saturday... all the same minus the traffic and work, but add in soccer matches, friends and family lunches.

so before you know it you're looking at each other and wondering if you may as well be borders in the same house...bring on bali

aaaaaah bliss, sleep late in an extra large king size bed, which feels even bigger minus the 2 dogs and lunatic cat, buffet breakfasts TOGETHER, massages TOGETHER, exploring, shopping, eating, TALKING...un-interupted conversations, about life, dreams, babies, bonds, our next holiday, LAUGHING...this guy i married is pretty funny, and interesting when we're not whining and moaning at each other about crappy house stuff, MISSING our child, actually being away from her long enough to miss her, terribly, but not in the morning when we are sleeping past 5'30 to the unheard of unfathomable 7,8 or even 9am, and of course all the other things you can get up to, minus the kid, plus the king size bed, plus the cocktails, plus the humid tropical sun and warm sensual ocean. yes i really like this person, he's fun to be with, relaxed, happy and whose that in the mirror, she's funny too, happy, relaxed oh god that's me!

so yes i highly recommend a tropical island second honeymoon...