April 24 of HiveBloPoMo and the prompt is - #SublimeSunday
And it also is still the weekend and that means #Weekend-Engagement #98 in The Weekend Community and I chose to blog about the
Happiest time of my life
I have now lived over five decades on this Earth and you can bet that I had a few very happy moments - and also the opposite. Both are part of most lives.
The day my now-hubby asked me to marry him was one of those moments as was our wedding a year later. Those few days in Interlaken, Switzerland were some of the best days spent with family and friends.
However, those are not the happiest times for this post. Because the weeks leading up to our wedding were so unbelievably stressful due to getting all paperwork together. Just try to imagine the bureaucratic nightmare if a German and an American are getting married in Switzerland. Yeah - exactly. It was awesome but I think these memories of the stress have our wedding only come second place for happiest time.
Two and half years after our wedding we took a sabbatical, which is not as common for working Europeans as many Americans think. But we were about to relocate for hubby's job from Germany to the US and we took the opportunity.
We spent three months on Bonaire - doing nothing
Of course, doing nothing isn't entirely true because you always do something, right? But what I mean is
- We didn't have a job
- We didn't have a daily schedule
- We didn't have scores or routines or responsibilities
We lived those months doing what we wanted to do when we wanted to do it
Every day we simply did what we wanted to. We got up when we woke up - no matter when that was, although it was usually pretty early. Daylight that close to the equator ends pretty early and abruptly and we are no night-owls or interested in any nightlife which is also very limited on the island.
After breakfast, we'd usually head to the windsurfing center about a 10-minute drive away and stayed the whole day until late afternoon. Meaning we spent the day except for maybe an hour of lunch break on the water windsurfing. Each and every day of those three months.
Well, except for the rare no-wind day. On those days we explored the island or more likely spent the day in the water = snorkeling. How can you not spend the day in or on those beautiful Caribbean waters?
Since we rented a small townhouse we prepped most meals ourselves except for some lunches and the very occasional restaurant visit. This kept the cost somewhat in check though this time was by no means cheap. We had no income those three months and the island is pretty expensive since everything has to be brought in.
Can you imagine? There was no tv and no internet!
I still blogged a little hijacking our neighbor's very unreliable internet - hey, it worked! I wanted to keep the fam back home in the loop but now those posts are no longer online.
The photo I am tying to this post was taken on one of the last few days of our stay. And while you have no way to compare it, trust me that I have never been healthier and fitter in my entire life - except for maybe as a teenager. Also, I still had dark(ish) hair - LOL.
It was an extremely stress-free, happy, and healthy time and we will forever cherish it. We would both do it again in a heartbeat. My happiest time (so far!).
And with that - I hope you'll have a fabulous rest of your Sunday!
Cheers,
(Ocean)Bee
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