what a fantastic time my vacation to jamaica with my mommy was! we finally experienced our first trip together [she doesn't like flying] among many other things. we took the redeye thursday night, had a layover in philly & than made it to jamaica friday afternoon. i think it's safe to say that things are very different over sea's, but beautiful none the less. once we arrived we gathered together with our group & a shuttle took us back to our hotel. we stayed at the ritz carlton & my favorite part about the room was the bathroom, all marble & so pretty. however once we stepped foot in our room i came to notice that my luggage wasn't next to the rest ... talk about me freaking out. after a few calls & a headache later my belongings were brought up to the room, thank goodness! 

after resting for a bit we then dressed for the welcome reception dinner & met with everyone at the beach along with making a few purchases from the locals. it was so beautiful outside with it being sunset & the water with colored lights all around it & the palm trees just being so pretty. we had been up for about thirty-six hours at this point & running on about six hour of sleep so we chatted with new people, walked around to enjoy the weather & than made it an early night to take time for beauty rest.

the following morning we woke bright & early for breakfast on the terrace. it was slightly overcast so it was a very enjoyable temperature to wake up to. mommy had a meeting to attend, so while she did that i sat at the beach & watched the water, not something i get a chance to ever do in colorado. to pass a little more time i went back to the room, dressed for the pool & sat out for a while listening to my ipod. after lunch i put another suit on & we went to the pool together, it still wasn't too sunny which made it quite chilly once getting out of the water, but it was still fun. once we had enough of that we dressed for the awards ceremony dinner in the ballroom. it was excellent dishes from beginning to end, the hall was decorated so beautifully & it was all just so nice. john legend performed for the whole night which was kinda a weird surprise, but it actually made for a nice setting. too much wine later we ended the night & got some more much needed rest.

sunday morning following breakfast i went back to the pool & sat out for sooo long. it was definitely the warmest weather i've experienced in a very long time. i made a bit of a mistake in wearing my polo swim suit, talk about the worst tan lines ever & than i went back to the pool about an hour later wearing a different suit in hopes of evening things out & it just was a mess of lines. at that point i think we were both pretty much dying of heat stroke, so we relaxed in the room for a while before dinner & than dinned at a very nice restaurant called horizon. somehow i was dumb enough to clamp my flatiron down on my ear while getting ready, i wasn't doing so well that whole day. 

monday was our fabulous spa day! the only thing not so fabulous was the amount of pain i felt about half way into my massage, oh my god i was ready to cry. on the way back up to the room we bought a few souvenirs, walked around & than tried to recover from our massage. our farewell dinner was next & they took us off site to a place called the rose hall great house. i had never heard of it before so i was excited to see something new because they said there was a lot of history behind it. we arrived to a beautiful mansion & the lawn all along it was incredibly decorated for where we'd eat, it reminded me of the birthday party scene in meet joe black. first we took the tour of the plantation ... the story was of a lady who was originally from france named annie palmer. she was the wife to the owner of the plantation, he among many other husbands to follow died suspiciously. i believe it was her second or third husband that she had strangled to death & to make sure that he was dead she poured hot oil through his ears. who does that!? apparently she still haunts the grounds to this day & while it's a beautiful site, it's all very creepy at the same time. after the tour we ate, the whole trip i had the most amazing fish every night it was so wonderful. while we were enjoying our dessert & conversing with the people at our table, a fireworks show started to our surprise. i was literally sitting right under the fireworks & it was just so exciting & so beautiful! as the night was coming to an end we sat & had a tea leaf reading followed by having our palms read. the tea leaf reader told me that i will be studying something in the medical or it industry & will works very closely with people & absolutely love what i'm doing. that part i didn't really think much of because it's not even close to being something that i'm interested in. but next she told me i'll be traveling to the new england area & that was kinda freaky just considering that's where my joey is. the palm reader told me i will have two kids, seven grandchildren, die at age eighty-nine & i tend to have bad dreams. that night i had seriously one of the worst dreams & it just really sucked. the part about the kids was hilarious, sorry about that joey!