 Hi guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for joining me. Yes. I'm back finally Jay and I have been away. We went to Hawaii went to Las Vegas. We've got a lot of stuff going on So I'm gonna share this with you in this vlog. I'm gonna take you To Hawaii and a few other places. So, you know the drill stay tuned Thank you so much for joining me. So we did the convention and We were in we were in Vegas for four days for our annual convention I work for a company that is affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services puts on an annual conference or convention every year this year. It was in Vegas next year It's in New Orleans, which I'm really looking forward to so anyways We flew to Vegas on a Saturday morning and the convention everything started Sunday It was a intensely busy few days. I'm gonna superimpose some photos so you can see Intensely busy a few days. We did a whole lot including You know some fun stuff. We had classes as well as entertainment That guy was fabulous absolutely fabulous on The last day of the convention Thursday it was last day a convention was Tuesday night Jay and I ended up not doing much on Tuesday night when that ended up going a bit early because we had a super early flight out The next morning because we were going to Hawaii so yeah, we we had booked a Little condo and condo was beautiful wait till you see it we booked a little condo in and I definitely think this was a hidden gem in Maui and We were only going to be there for four days, you know four nights five days I think it was a short short trip. So we flew out. We had all these excursions booked We're going to do a sunset cruise. We were going to do Jay was going to golf we were going to go out to dinner and a few different places and Just had it all really planned. Well by the time we landed Jay started to fail poorly and and it just Continued all we've got a rental car. We went to our unit. We had stopped at a store I got some thorough flow thought for sure he's coming down with the flow and But our unit was beautiful. So I'm in a superimpose a punch of clips and then I'll come back in a little bit So this is our home for the next few days. I don't know if you can see it, but there's a lot of views out of every window A little Ani This is what we heard magnified all last night Banana It's interesting. I did not know they did it this way or this way It is so beautiful here these rocks are slick People go down there So this place is so sale 16 million amazing views and Look at the turtles. I know they blend in with the rocks So I'm at the edge of the pool There's the ocean I'm sure I'll worry in that very Unit right there 128 This is definitely a hidden gem my morning coffee on the lanai listen to the waves We've actually calmed down a bit. There's a little bit more Louder last night, but that's all we heard and Jay sniffling What got sick if you look closely you'll see whales jumping We saw so many whales it was incredible We never had to move from all and I just read about the views Because it would really cool to be out the boat. They are watching How big it is every night, but one we had perfect perfect Sunsets just a gorgeous spot Loved watching the sunset over the Pacific the morning from Maui, I think it's six six oh six a.m. and Maui is waking up Last night we sat on our lanai and we watched the whales jump out here. It was How many whales we saw right from this spot It was really amazing And every day on the other side of this building They're a huge turtle. I'm gonna try to film them today but today is our last whole day And it's gonna be so sad to leave this place And I'm brewing some coffee The turtles yesterday I don't think Sixteen million I think they're gonna be up today yet As they come out of a certain period of time yesterday This was full of big turtles Hawaiian green sea turtle It looked like it was just rocks, but they were turtles So I think we picked the perfect spot To be in because neither one of us are high-rise people although we've stayed in high-rises We have no problem staying in high-rises, but neither one of us is super high-rise people And this was just a perfect a perfect little place. It was close to the pool It was close to downtown if we wanted to go downtown But poor Jay just kept getting sicker and sicker and sicker and he didn't do anything We canceled everything He had wanted to do his golf everything we had wanted to do as a couple everything was canceled So he ended up spending the majority of his time in a lounge chair on the lanai or in bed That's how sick he was. I spent the majority of the time at the pool and Enjoying the ocean and walking around and that's what I did and I said well if he has to be sick in this place I'm so happy we're in a location like this where it was first floor I could just walk out in the morning in the evening sitting in the lanai I could see the water smell the water feel the water It was just a perfect spot for us sadly being sick was not all that good, but perfect spot So on the last day we decided that he decided he felt well enough to maybe go out for a ride to explore the island As long as I did the driving So we drove I'm in a superimpose a little map from our unit where the red mark is We went on all the way on the upper end of the mouth of the island not not not the road to Hanna that's a completely other side of the island and We went down a road that was a beautiful well maintained road But I could tell we're way off the beaten path there wasn't a whole lot of traffic and The road was very very windy and as you can see from some of the photos I'm enclosing here the views were Phenomenal there were phenomenal views we stopped we took pictures I had started to feel like maybe we should turn around because Jay really wasn't feeling all that good And he was like nah, nah, let's keep going So we did Yeah, we did This part of the road was really nice the scenery was beautiful the water What made me nervous is there was absolutely no shoulder anywhere And you could see how rocks were coming down and they had like all these little Signs saying falling rocks and you know be careful and all that stuff But it was a beautiful ride not a whole lot of people out, but it was starting to get A wee bit nervous I want to go too close to the edge here And against our better judgment or my better judgment we kept going And then we would start to get into some traffic jams on this 10 miles of one lane road I cannot believe that they Have two-way traffic on a road like this At the end of that ride not the end of the ride at one point on the ride we saw a sign The two lane road never had any kind of a shoulder that you could pass or get off the road They had certain spots where there was you know lookout points, but that was about it and Then there was a sign that said Next 10 miles one lane road Now we're in a two lane road with traffic both ways So I'm thinking okay. Well, it's going to be a wide road. Oh my gosh No, you saw how that road got narrow it got narrow it got narrow got to the point where We almost couldn't go any further There was a little bit of a traffic jam because people coming the other direction had to also pass and there was no place to safely Get off the road when we got to a place where that sold A little little like trailer on the side of the road and they had things set up for smoothies and water and tonic and stuff like that we went in there And we I said to Jay I think we have to turn around because it said next 10 miles and we'd probably gone about two miles at that Point in time and it was hairy. It was scary I don't know how I drove it and he was getting sicker and sicker because there were hairpin curves There was no place to there was you couldn't see what was in front of you was just really Frightening So we talked to some people that were coming the other way and they said, you know if you continue this way It's going to be worse because it's you got a longer way of that one lane road with two-way traffic So we made the decision to go back. I was like, oh my gosh So I drove poor Jay back afterwards. He complimented my driving skills skills I did feel like like mario and ready or something. I was like taking those corners. You couldn't see what was ahead of you um, I was scared like crazy But ended up doing the going back And poor Jay was so Sick that entire night. He was car sick on top of being sick so The flu all of a sudden on that particular day. I was starting to get it too. I could feel it in my voice I started to cough a little bit but nothing minor and we just I don't know where he got the flu bug from and that was Really what we thought he had a flu bug. Well, we did have masks with us We didn't want to try to spread the flu and all that We ended up flying home on sunday morning and we went well not we ended up flying to vegas on sunday morning Because we were going to do an overnight on vegas and then come home monday And that's exactly what we did both of us not feeling the greatest but not feeling I was okay, but just not 100 by any stretch We got home late monday night Jay was really bad really bad and I was nervous about coming home because prior to leaving I had had a um A bad mammogram and then I had to have the mammogram redone And then the results of that was that I need a biopsy and I had to visit with an oncologist So I knew as soon as I got home on tuesday um morning The following day wednesday was my oncologist visit and then I would have the biopsy on friday So I was really nervous especially everything that's happening with bads take control of beauty those of you that follow her You know that she's got a cancer diagnosis and Is really going through a tough tough time and needs all of our prayers. We all need to pull for her She's a sweetheart and I am I've been praying for her every day but anyways Came home and on that tuesday morning. I just felt awful and I said, you know what? I'm going to just go ahead and take a cova test So I knew I had some cova test samples. So I pulled it out Took a cova test. I couldn't believe it. I was positive. I was like, oh my god omg And then Jay took it and he was positive and I retook it. So both of us were positive. So I had to cancel my oncologist I don't know when we got it. Um, we ended up calling the dr. J's on antibiotics. I'm on that cova Proxel love or whatever it is that cova medicine I'm on that But we had to I had to cancel everything and then reschedule so Vacation was awesome except for the flu, which I I'm assuming that's what we he had and I'm not too sure Maybe it was cova all along. I don't know The good thing is that we were totally isolated on everything. Um The whole time he stayed inside through it. We didn't go anywhere. So and even on the plane We wore masks but um, how we got it and all that is a total mystery because Not to have a vax or anti vax conversation, but we both got vaccinated. We both got boosters I figured at our age 69, you know, we didn't want to take any chances. So Um Yeah, so here we are. So that's our vacation vlog. That's what's happening in my life. I'm feeling better today I don't know how long it's going to take to fully get over this I'll take another cova test probably Monday because my oncologist appointment is Wednesday and I have to be symptom-free obviously to maintain to keep that appointment and I'm a little nervous because I had a lumpectomy in 2014 So I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm very positive overall. I think everything is going to be fine and I pray that it's going to be fine. Anyways, keep your thoughts positive for me as well. I would appreciate that And for those of you that watched to the very end, I'm sorry about this long monologue But um, I just I just wanted to give you an update the funny thing is when I went on vacation I brought a wig with me. So when I would go out and have to fuss with my hair I also brought one of my favorite toppers with me and then I brought I got this new powder fill-in powder And I brought that with me and I'm going to talk about that in my next video But holy camoli, I never used a wig. I never used a chopper the entire time. Of course it didn't go anywhere Right. I mean I was walking around the complex But still even if you're walking around a complex you want you want you here to look halfway decent You don't want it to look awful But that fill-in powder was awesome stuff. So I was really happy with that. I got that sent complimentary I'm also getting a couple of toppers to review Um, they should be coming in really soon and I love toppers. I think toppers are For me anyways my level of hair thinning they they're hit I don't even like to call them toppers because to me they're just hair enhancements. That's what they are And that's how I think of them. So I've got those. They should be coming in soon I'm looking forward to reviewing them And um and sharing them with you. So thank you all so much for Watching my video jays peeping in over the how you feeling mr. Not too bad. Yeah, you think you're over the covid I don't know. We'll have to we'll have to test I don't think you should test right away, babe. You want to come say hi to my friends? No, no, okay Alrighty guys. I'll see you in my next video. Bye. Bye