Help me think positive -- and decide on a vacation spot!

I felt better last night after I left the gym. I was pretty proud of myself for the amount of weight I lifted during one of our exercises, so that definitely lifted my mood. I still feel in a bit of a funk, but i just really miss K right now. I don't know if it's because St. Patrick's Day is one of the few holidays we always managed to spend together (not that it's a major holiday for either of us, but it's a fun day that we always found ourselves doing neat things around). Last year at this time, we were in Hawaii, and soon after we got engaged, so it's kind of sad to not be around K right now.

What's also kind of sad is the fact that a few of the mechanical devices I own and rely on have decided to start malfunctioning at about the same time. My washing machine is having issues with completely draining itself, so when a cycle of laundry is supposed to be complete, I find drenched clothes that are sitting in a couple inches of soapy water.

Then tonight as I was headed to my gym, I noticed my oil pressure light was on. Not good. I remember my dad telling me years and years ago that if that light ever came on, I was in trouble and needed to pull over immediately. So I called him. My gym is pretty close to my apartment, so my dad told me just to see if the light came back on when I got in my car to leave the gym. Go figure, it did. My oil level was fine, which means the problem is not the simplest level possible (go figure). So my car is still in the gym parking lot, and Jeremy drove me home. Thank goodness he lives nearby.

I have to get up bright and early to risk driving my car a whole mile to a nearby mechanic. In that distance, if my car is seriously in trouble, I could burn my motor. Here's hoping the problem is really minor so that doesn't happen -- actually, here's hoping that when I get to my car and start it tomorrow, the light doesn't stay on because whatever is malfunctioning fixes itself overnight. It really could happen (really!).

To let this post begin and end on a good note, I talked to K on Sunday. As we were about to end our conversation, it occurred to me that September is getting pretty close. "Hey, we have less than six months before we get to see each other!"

"Yeah," he said. "We need to start looking at tickets."

That was surprising, for some reason. I had tried to not let myself think too much about K's R&R and where we'd go for our little vacation together the first week, since it would be far too easy to think about it nonstop. We've only talked about possible destinations a couple times, but now it's snuck up on me so much that it's close enough we could actually book something. Exciting!

One of K's co-workers suggested we go on a cruise. I've never been on a cruise before, so that could be neat. I know we'll both just want to be able to relax together for the trip, though.

We also both want something tropical. We've kicked around a few things -- Hawaii again, Cancun or Cozumel, the Keys ... Honestly, all I'm looking for is a beautiful beach and great weather. We won't need too much of anything else -- we'll have each other.

OK, now that I've made you all throw up in your mouths (just a little), any recommendations?