Everything we looked forward to was a bust.  Everything we dreaded turned out to be fantastic.  Our world was turned around.  Just slightly.

Back in January of 2014 I was given 2 free flights anywhere Westjet flew.  I thought of it as a retirement present.  The only catch was I had to book the travel before February 28th, the day I retired.  We finally settled on the Caribbean, and Barbados seemed a good starting point.  As for when, well October seemed good, after thanksgiving, before christmas.  Three weeks of sun and fun sounded good to us back in January.

And that’s where things stood until the time for our trip neared.