“Book the trip,” my husband told me over the phone. It was the eve of my 40th birthday. I’d been moping about, though not because I was turning 40. There have been a lot of sad events this past year for friends of mine. Though it isn’t my sadness, I was affected by their tragedies. Between that and being envious of a friend’s 40th birthday trip to Belize, I was feeling blue. I didn’t want to be blue on my birthday! I was excited to be turning 40. So, we booked the trip to the Royal Haciendas in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
