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Puerto Rico, Who Knew?
I Left My Heart In Old San Juan...
I was pretty excited – The San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico invited my daughter and me down for a visit. While I always thought myself to be a pretty knowledgeable person, I truthfully knew very little about the destination for our mother-daughter working vacation, inclusive of 7 meagre tidbits:
-Ricky Martin is from Puerto Rico.
-Jennifer Lopez’s parents are from Puerto Rico.
-The characters in West Side Story are Puerto Rican.
-Nuyorican Soul (Nuyorican is a slang term for Puerto Ricans living in New York) was a collective with some pretty classic House Music tracks (I had a brief club phase in the mid-’90s, don’t judge!)
-Bacardi Rum is Puerto Rican
-Puerto Rico is not an official US state, but Puerto Ricans get a US passport (Ricky Martin told me this. Seriously!)
Have Potty Training Toddler, Will Travel
I know ‘potty training’ is the passé term for ‘toilet learning’ but since it’s been such a challenge for us, I prefer to think of my daughter as “difficult to train” as opposed to having a learning disability.
Just Pray It's Clean...
Travel, Mama!
Once upon a time there was a new mom who just wanted to go on vacation with her husband and baby before she had to go back to work. She considered herself lucky, because she was able to stay home with her daughter for longer than most, but it was still a very busy year and a week of R&R was definitely in order. And in this new life as a mother, R&R no longer stands for Rock & Roll.
Even though I thought I was prepared and ready for anything, turns out I was anything but.
Read more at The Bump… 
