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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3006490" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>I've been wanting to do something nice like this for a long time. It's always a fight for them to let us do ANYTHING for them. </p><p></p><p>We did get to bring them down to Sint Maarten once for about 10 days. Took them out, dined out, had some drinks, hit the beaches, etc. It took her<strong> a full 7 days</strong> on the island before you could actually SEE the weight lifted off her shoulders and she started to smile and relax instead of just at jokes or something. It was so nice to see, but at the same time, it was kinda disheartening because it took so long, she only had 3 days at that point to <strong>really </strong>enjoy the trip like she should have the whole time.</p><p></p><p>So this time, we've planned the first week or so entirely out of town on truly amazing relaxation spots, just to try to get her to unwind a little quicker. We'll see how it works... I am finally getting excited. Last year, I got to go for 16 days, so this year I have almost an extra week. Of course, I'm working that much harder before AND after to make up for it. And I didn't really get excited until I landed in St. Vincent - I traveled alone (my wife and son always go down early), slept on a bench in the rental car center at Fort Lauderdale airport to save some extra money, etc. But now... now that I am anticipating the look on my mom's face when she sees those beaches and when she sees us pull up to that villa (that part is a surprise! lol)... now it's actually exciting. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3006490, member: 9374"] I've been wanting to do something nice like this for a long time. It's always a fight for them to let us do ANYTHING for them. We did get to bring them down to Sint Maarten once for about 10 days. Took them out, dined out, had some drinks, hit the beaches, etc. It took her[B] a full 7 days[/B] on the island before you could actually SEE the weight lifted off her shoulders and she started to smile and relax instead of just at jokes or something. It was so nice to see, but at the same time, it was kinda disheartening because it took so long, she only had 3 days at that point to [B]really [/B]enjoy the trip like she should have the whole time. So this time, we've planned the first week or so entirely out of town on truly amazing relaxation spots, just to try to get her to unwind a little quicker. We'll see how it works... I am finally getting excited. Last year, I got to go for 16 days, so this year I have almost an extra week. Of course, I'm working that much harder before AND after to make up for it. And I didn't really get excited until I landed in St. Vincent - I traveled alone (my wife and son always go down early), slept on a bench in the rental car center at Fort Lauderdale airport to save some extra money, etc. But now... now that I am anticipating the look on my mom's face when she sees those beaches and when she sees us pull up to that villa (that part is a surprise! lol)... now it's actually exciting. :D [/QUOTE]
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