We are going on a holiday!

Travelling and agreeing on a place to travel to has been rather tough of late because of many reasons. The inpossibility of taking leave (me), studying (him), being pregnant (me), dislike of hot weather (us), too-low temperatures (her), over-priced tour packages (Christmas), inavailability of flights/hotels/etc ... the list goes on.

So to be able to match what we are able to do given the time and the every-f*n-other-factor that we have to take into consideration, planning a holiday has not exactly been a stroll in the park. Of course, to those who know, it actually takes effort and time to plan these things unless you have no concern of leave (woe be to all of us who are working ants) or budget (who is this fortunate?!).

I don't think I ever shared publicly my recent, very upsetting cancelled trip to Bangkok. In short, it all started with my need to go on a holiday before Jake arrives. A date was tentatively set aside but when it neared, the husband couldn't go away because of his exams. I then did a holler out to my gfs who responded and after much deliberation, we decided on a short trip to Bangkok (that deliberation was tedious and painful because we had to decide on budget and number of days as two out of three of us are mothers...) BUT of course the course of life never did run smooth and what happens before our trip? The floods (Roars). So what happened then was a saga of cancellations and fighting it out with the travel agents to secure a refund as it wasn't our fault that the country was in dire water states?! In essence, I didn't get my holiday.

With the husband's exams partially over, his mood and ability to think beyond his papers over the past week made it possible for us to talk about Christmas and the need for a holiday crept upon both of us as we (tried to) recall the last time we went away together. Gasp! Too long ago!

That prompted us into action and after another round of stress and talks and the whatnots, it is confirmed! The husband booked our flights last night and I'm currently researching on the hotel; and we (four) are set for Christmas in Hanoi.

WHEE!!! Hanoi, hereeeeee we come!