National Hippo Day!

Today is National Hippo Day so have YOU hugged a hippo today? I have, in fact; I have many, many hippo collectibles, both plush stuffed toys and other figurines, so yes, I have hugged a hippo today in case you were wondering. Several of them. Celebrate accordingly. I appreciate and celebrate hippos every day though, not just once a year and if you don't appreciate hippos then you just don't know what you're missing. They are beautiful, majestic creatures and they don't take any shit from anyone. Nobody, I mean, nobody messes with a hippo!

 

My travel agent has also booked and confirmed my trip to Jamaica! I leave on Easter Sunday and stay at a resort in Negril for a glorious week. The flight lands in Montego Bay though so I'm not sure how far a drive it is to the resort but looking at the map it seems quite a distance on the island. I have been to most of the islands in the Caribbean, some of them more than once, but Jamaica is one that I have never  been to even though it's the one I've always wanted to go to the most, for obvious reasons; Bob Marley country, the home of Reggae and ganja paradise, and now I finally get to go, and can cross this off my Bucket List. The travel agent was hesitant to book as it's not the usual 5 star accomodations I'm used(when I used to have $$$) to but it's all I can afford and it wiped out my bank account completely but I really need to get away and I read reviews of it and for the most part they were ok and as long as I have working A/C and the safe in my room works I'm ok.

I wasn't able to get a window seat like I want as they were all already booked up but I did at least get the extra leg-room I requested which is important and well-worth the extra cost and the priority check-in that comes with it so I'll be in the smaller line up at the airport instead of the usual one with something like 300 people in it. At first I wasn't as excited as I usually am before a trip and has this sort of hesitency, perhaps , or just my general anxiety worrying, with MY luck I'll be the one who ends up with the broken down A/C and it'll be horrible..... but now it's all booked I'm getting more excited about it now it's really actually going to happen and I'm not going to let anything ruin it........and not too long; just 2 months away! This will also be the 37 th country I've been to and another of my solo trips I prefer, on my own, feeling free, away from my toxic family, and it's them that stress me out and I have to get away from!