Pick Me Up!

HOLIDAY HORROR

Stepping off of the plane in Marrakesh, I was suddenly enveloped by a wave of heat.

As I made my way down the steps back in April this year, I smiled at the thought of five fun-filled days ahead of us.

I’d only found out about the trip three weeks earlier – my husband Dan, 41, had booked it as a surprise for my 40th birthday, and I was so excited.

I’d been to Marrakesh a few times, and it was one of my favourite places.

We’d come with four of our kids – Brooke, 15, Ava-Blou, 14, Sonny, nine, and eight-year-old Meadow.

They’d never been before, and they were buzzing.

Our younger three had stayed at home with my sister and brother-in-law as they were still a bit too young to come.

I missed them, but I was more than ready to relax by the pool in our five-star hotel, with a cocktail in hand!

We hadn’t made any plans –

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