It was 104 degrees with 80% humidity in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. The sun was beating down on my shoulders as the cool ocean water hit my feet, I was feeling profoundly impressed with the resort I was staying at with all the beautiful scenery that surrounded me. The scenery slowly started falling away as I found myself laying on the sand in the hot sun, surrounded by my own blood and my toe nail missing. What have I got myself into only the first day of my week long adventure.
School finals were taking place and I could feel the tension and
stress fall upon my chest. I was overwhelmed from going to school and work full time and was in need of a quick vacation before the next semester was to begin. Coming up on a week break from school this was the perfect time for my husband and I to plan a small vacation and run with it. Our goal was to find a place we could relax and take a minute to take a break from reality and enjoy the simplicity of life. After hours of searching for possible places to visit Puerto Morelos, Mexico was our destination vacation, a remarkable adventure we were about to embark on. There was two weeks to finish out the busy semester before we could begin our journey in paradise. A relaxing week of sitting on the beach, basking in the sun, drinks in our hands, wind in our hair and the calming sound of the Caribbean ocean flowing up on shore, this was a melody to our ears.
stress fall upon my chest. I was overwhelmed from going to school and work full time and was in need of a quick vacation before the next semester was to begin. Coming up on a week break from school this was the perfect time for my husband and I to plan a small vacation and run with it. Our goal was to find a place we could relax and take a minute to take a break from reality and enjoy the simplicity of life. After hours of searching for possible places to visit Puerto Morelos, Mexico was our destination vacation, a remarkable adventure we were about to embark on. There was two weeks to finish out the busy semester before we could begin our journey in paradise. A relaxing week of sitting on the beach, basking in the sun, drinks in our hands, wind in our hair and the calming sound of the Caribbean ocean flowing up on shore, this was a melody to our ears.
The day to leave had finally arrived with our bags packed and
passports in hand we enter the loud airplane that was taking us to Mexico. The sounds of crying babies behind us, a million different conversations and the flight attendant telling us to turn off our cell phones and electronic devices, at this point nothing could get in our way the only fillings I felt that day were butterflies in my stomach. We finally made it to our destination safely and before I knew it I could smell the ocean air under my nose and see the palm trees blowing through the soft breeze. A feeling of calmness, relaxation and serenity come over me as I feel so relived to have this opportunity to stay in my paradise for a week. I was baffled by the breathtaking views I was witnessing. How could a place this beautiful and surreal really exist in this world. All I can think about is getting my camera out and capturing these images to save for a lifetime. As I was capturing these images I come across an iguana watching for his prey, this creature is not one to be crawling in the back yards of our Utah homes so I found him very fascinating. I started crawling through the vines and trees snapping many pictures of this amazing animal, as I was doing so I run my foot right into a tree stump. I fall to the ground immediately as I am bleeding profusely laying in the hot sand and realize the tree stump has taken my whole toe nail off my toe. How has this happened to me the first day of my vacation, this journey is going to be a long one.
passports in hand we enter the loud airplane that was taking us to Mexico. The sounds of crying babies behind us, a million different conversations and the flight attendant telling us to turn off our cell phones and electronic devices, at this point nothing could get in our way the only fillings I felt that day were butterflies in my stomach. We finally made it to our destination safely and before I knew it I could smell the ocean air under my nose and see the palm trees blowing through the soft breeze. A feeling of calmness, relaxation and serenity come over me as I feel so relived to have this opportunity to stay in my paradise for a week. I was baffled by the breathtaking views I was witnessing. How could a place this beautiful and surreal really exist in this world. All I can think about is getting my camera out and capturing these images to save for a lifetime. As I was capturing these images I come across an iguana watching for his prey, this creature is not one to be crawling in the back yards of our Utah homes so I found him very fascinating. I started crawling through the vines and trees snapping many pictures of this amazing animal, as I was doing so I run my foot right into a tree stump. I fall to the ground immediately as I am bleeding profusely laying in the hot sand and realize the tree stump has taken my whole toe nail off my toe. How has this happened to me the first day of my vacation, this journey is going to be a long one.
As I am laying in the sand sweating in the hot sun I feel a
calming stroke against my fore head, thankfully my husband is there by my side to help me through this tragic incident. The nurse at our resort was informed of this situation and runs right over, from the look on his face I know there is going to be some bad news coming my way. I am helped up off the ground limping my way to a lounge chair, the tears are running down my face and my mind is racing a hundred miles an hour. The thought of this happening on the first day of our trip is causing me more pain and agony then my possibly broken toe. The good and bad news is told to me, fortunately my toe is not broken but I am not to wear shoes for the next two days and I need to get it cleaned and wrapped today. The nurse applies his gloves, opens his first aid kit and starts cleaning up all of the blood. As I am sitting in the chair watching him reach into his bag grabbing out multiple disinfectants I am dreading him applying these to my mashed up toe, this is not going to feel good. The nurse starts to hold my toe with one hand while he applies peroxide with the other, my body starts shaking as the cold stinging feeling overcomes me. Stubbing my toe and breaking my whole toe nail off is one thing, but this pain I was feeling was a more excruciating pain I have ever encountered before. I would badly like to pull my foot away and be done with this process but I know if I do I would be taking the risk of getting an infection from the blood and dirt drying in my wound. After what felt like an hour the pain I was encountering was almost over, I held in the agony of my emotions for a few more minuets and was so thankful when I was done with this mess.
calming stroke against my fore head, thankfully my husband is there by my side to help me through this tragic incident. The nurse at our resort was informed of this situation and runs right over, from the look on his face I know there is going to be some bad news coming my way. I am helped up off the ground limping my way to a lounge chair, the tears are running down my face and my mind is racing a hundred miles an hour. The thought of this happening on the first day of our trip is causing me more pain and agony then my possibly broken toe. The good and bad news is told to me, fortunately my toe is not broken but I am not to wear shoes for the next two days and I need to get it cleaned and wrapped today. The nurse applies his gloves, opens his first aid kit and starts cleaning up all of the blood. As I am sitting in the chair watching him reach into his bag grabbing out multiple disinfectants I am dreading him applying these to my mashed up toe, this is not going to feel good. The nurse starts to hold my toe with one hand while he applies peroxide with the other, my body starts shaking as the cold stinging feeling overcomes me. Stubbing my toe and breaking my whole toe nail off is one thing, but this pain I was feeling was a more excruciating pain I have ever encountered before. I would badly like to pull my foot away and be done with this process but I know if I do I would be taking the risk of getting an infection from the blood and dirt drying in my wound. After what felt like an hour the pain I was encountering was almost over, I held in the agony of my emotions for a few more minuets and was so thankful when I was done with this mess.
I walked away from this incident looking to others a lot worse
than I really was, limping along side of my husband with dirt covering my body, my toe wrapped up and my shoes in my hand very thankful knowing that there was a lot worse things that could have happened to me while in Mexico. Six more days were ahead of me to deal with my situation, how was I going to continue on to the many adventures we had planned for the next week. With my husband by my side and the peaceful atmosphere we were surrounded in was all I needed, something this small was not going to stop me. We have all had one of those days and that's life, no one is perfect but if we keep pushing forward and striving for the best we are able to get through it and laugh in the end.
than I really was, limping along side of my husband with dirt covering my body, my toe wrapped up and my shoes in my hand very thankful knowing that there was a lot worse things that could have happened to me while in Mexico. Six more days were ahead of me to deal with my situation, how was I going to continue on to the many adventures we had planned for the next week. With my husband by my side and the peaceful atmosphere we were surrounded in was all I needed, something this small was not going to stop me. We have all had one of those days and that's life, no one is perfect but if we keep pushing forward and striving for the best we are able to get through it and laugh in the end.
