I am in an all inclusive resort in Jamaica and even though it is November and cold at home, I would rather be there then here. This environment is not healthy for me. Like everyone else, I feel an obligation to drink my money's worth of alcohol "because after all, I paid for it." I paid less than $1000 for air flight and four nights, five days of all I could eat, drink, snorkel, kayak or rumba. But like everyone else, I spend the day plotting my drink menu. With only lite beer on tap, I ration that I cant drink more because it is less filling. I also take this time to fall back into my early twenties drinking preferences: tequila sunsrise, screwdrivers, Singapore slings and every other drink that gave me more of a sugar hangover than an alcohol hangover. I have Bloody Mary's for breakfast just because it is offered. Someone offers me red wine or white wine for dinner and I have both.
I order a banana daiquiri and the bartender makes me something completely difference. When I call this to his attention, he tells me, "Madame, I made it special just for you. I make this for all the beautiful ladies. It is called
Sealed with A Kiss". And for a fleeting moment, I am flattered. And that is when I realize that I should not take another trip to an all inclusive resort.
