A Fun Adventure

The pilot had a layover in St Lucia, we decided we would all go with him. I didn't realize however that the flight from New York to St Lucia would be close to 5 hours. For us to get to New York it takes close to 4. So we flew about 9 hours to get there to spend 24 hours in St Lucia. It was worth every minute!! This was also mine and D-boy's first stamp in our passports. My thought along the way was how cool is it that we could do this?? My son is 6 and went to St Lucia, some people will never go there in their lifetime. I'm incredibly thankful for my husband being a pilot and that we could go on such an adventure.  Since the resort was all inclusive we ate as much as we could. We left midnight Friday night to arrive at 1 pm Saturday. Then we left Sunday at 1 pm to get home at 1 am. Lets just say D-boy and I were a little tired. Once we arrived at the resort however we couldn't get into our swimsuits fast enough.
On the way home I watched Stanley Tucci board our plane. The pilot was flying us back from St Lucia to New York. I ran to the front to tell him of the celebrity on board and he informed me that Matt Damon was also on our flight and he had just met him. What?? As I very slowly walked back to my seat I looked and their Matt was sitting with his 2 little girls. Honestly in my lifetime I never thought I would see a celebrity that close. No one really bothered him during the flight and I saw him get up a couple times and talk to the flight attendants. My one big moment is I used the restroom after he did. That sure is a story to share with my future grandkids ;-) I have one picture of him carrying his daughter on the plane. I thought it was amazing that Matt Damon had paid 1 million dollars to rent out an entire resort on St Lucia and still flew back to New York on a regular airline. Many of his guests had flown in on private jets.
Again I had no idea that when we decided to join the pilot to St Lucia that their would be a celebrity on the flight on our way home.
I have to say that was the best weekend I've ever had. And it looks like at the end of May the pilot will be flying to Aruba. Not sure we will join him, but I've looked at the photos of their hotel and they have a private island with flamingos and iguanas. I'm going to have to give it some serious thought!!