Travel

 “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” Mark Twain

There are a lots things in life that I love. 

At the top of that list is Kelly 

Then the fur babies (they may come first, but that would offend Kelly, so I'll keep him at the top)

Travel

Trying to combine travel and my fur kids is not easy.  They can't be left alone in a hotel room.  Besides the fact that Guinness likes to chew everything when he isn't being watched, they like to bark.  So that means if we have them with us we can only go to things where the dogs can come with us or stay in the car for a bit.  That includes places like the grocery store and the drive-thru lane. 

But combining travel and Kelly is easy.  Not as easy as pie (because honestly pies are like the easiest thing to make ever), but still easy.  At first he humored me and my nazi approach to planning out every minute.  And over time, I have learned to relax and go days without a plan.   

Kelly and I took out first vacation together 13 months into our relationship.  We went to NYC for a few days.  It was my first real trip to NYC and I wanted to see as much as I could.  Poor Kelly was subjected to my over planning and a little black notebook with everyday planned out.  I had a blast and we saw a lot, but my favorite day was when I put the notebook back in my bag and just sat and enjoyed Central Park for hours. 

Seriously... How do you not LOVE a place like this??

 New York taught us one big thing, we can travel and not fight!!!  Kelly is not the first man I have traveled with, but he is the first I have been on vacation with and not had daydreams on punching in the face.  

(Even my sister, who is also one of my favorite people, and I didn't last long on a vacation together.  After a fabulous week on St Thomas we got in a huge flight on the flight home.  I feel so bad for the poor man who sat in our row.  He almost died.) 

Kelly and I have traveled to Hawai'i twice and the first time was pretty cool (with the exception of Kelly and his "I am so sick of this f-ing Brady Bunch vacation moment"), but the second time was better.  We learned on big thing:  I like the beach and Kelly likes the beach and the city at the same time.  The second time was a success.  A perfect honeymoon is a wonderful place.

I am so glad I found a life partner that I can travel with and not want to kill.  Now we just need to get Kelly a  passport so we can travel to more places.