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fabulous restaurants andshows. That was my answer!

I jumped on my cell and checked for available seats at Cirque du Soleil, a

personal favorite of mine. There was a show and there were tickets for that

night. After breakfast we rushed to the hotel, gobbled up the tickets and felt

positive for the first time in a whole day. I exhaled. As we drove the Strip I now

had to find a place to stay. Still no rooms at the big hotelsuntil I got to the

last one on my list. The Venetian had a room! Suddenly I felt love for everything

Italian. Immediately I wanted to hug Andrea Bocelli and order a large pepperoni

pizza.

Not only was there a room, we were upgraded to a magnificent suite! With TWO

BEDS! The show that night was delightful, full of spectacle, music, but mostly

diversion. It's not that I didn't love it thoroughly, but it bought me time. And

redemption.

We stayed four nights, ate at posh four-star restaurants, rode the gondola,

visited museums, took happy pictures, and finally were able to relax and enjoy one

another. We drove home with no memories of Martha's Vineyard walks on the

cool sand, no seagulls or brisk dips in the Atlantic, but we managed to find each

other in an unexpected way.

Somehow we turned a bad dream into a living memory and learned some

important lessons about compromise and expectations. Who knows what disaster

awaited us in New England had we chanced to defy the weather? Wasn't our Vegas

lesson more important even if the Vineyard vacation had gone swimmingly? It's been

a year. The marriage has survived. In two weeks we're headed for Martha's

Vineyard where our reservations have been held. Whatever surprises it brings will

be nothing like the first one, but we'll enjoy it like it was the first time.

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