Uncreated Conscience

Waiting to leave.

I don’t sleep on the flight from Newark to Heathrow, which is strange because I’ve always been able to sleep on planes. I don’t sleep but I doze, a restless, fitful state that is neither restful nor refreshing. I had hoped to arrive in London having fooled my body into believing it had gotten a good night’s rest.

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I have returned from Cancún with some color in my skin and a love of Mexico. I had never been before, which is sad for a southern California native. I mean, driving to Tijuana is practically a rite of passage!

White-Harp & I are on the beach in Cancun!

The water in the Caribbean is unreal. Surely a turquoise that beautiful cannot exist in nature! I took a million photos of just the ocean itself. I was thoroughly enchanted by Mexico and I was most excited to be able to visit Chichen Itza. My father went to Cancún for the fruity tropical drinks and the swim-up bar. My brother went to go snorkeling. My mother went to enjoy the natural beauty. I went to visit Mayan ruins.

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The ruins of Tulum.

I will be spending an extended Easter break with my family in Cancun this year, so expect internet/blog silence from me for the next few days. I will be back in fine blogging form on Wednesday!

Arriba!

Ka'anapali Beach, Lahaina, Maui

Greetings from the Westin Ka’anapali in Lahaina, Maui! My body is absolutely confused as to what time it is. My family and I flew into Kahului Airport last night around 4:30pm Hawai’i time, which meant it was 7:30pm in Los Angeles, and 10:30pm in New York. Coordinating daily phone calls with Bear was a bit of a challenge as he is now six hours ahead of me. I woke up around 5:30am here to a beautiful silvery full moon was hovering over a lavender and indigo ocean in the pre-dawn light. I’m excited; it’s been five years since my family and I went on vacation together. Unfortunately as I seem to have forgotten my camera battery back in LA, I can’t photodocument everything I normally would, so you will have to make do with a random photo of Ka’anapali Beach I found online.

But gloating over being in Paradise is not what I meant to blog about. I bought and finished GRACELING by Kristin Cashore several days ago and meant to review it before I left Pasadena. Without further ado:

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