Excited?

I'm not quite ready to get excited yet, but I will be soon. One of my best friends is planning a cruise. We checked the Carnival website tonight and are looking at September. So, if all goes well, I'll have my 2nd cruise later this year. Sheer bliss.

21 days

Passport - check
Luggage - check
Excitement - check
21 days and counting until I am cruising. I and about 16 co-workers and friends are headed to warm seas and I can't wait. No phones, no computers, no working. And I absolutely refuse to talk about work while we are gone. This is a vacation. :)

Trust

I got a call asking if I wanted to go on a cruise. I should have said no. Why? Because I know the friend that asked and I know that he tends to act without thinking. Here we are, six days away from departure and he finally contacts the cruise line to finish up the plans. There are supposed to be five of us on this cruise. There are no reservations. Apparently my friend got scammed. Now, I have a week off work and no cruise. Luckily, I had only paid $100 so far and my friend is promising to get that back to me tomorrow. He hopes to be able to get his money back. He was afraid that I wouldn't talk to him anymore. I told him that I won't stop talking to him just because he's an idiot. He can't help it. I am upset that a trip that I was really looking forward to isn't going to happen. I'm also kicking myself because I know that I should not have left the details in my friend's hands even though he called me about going. Luckily, there are about 20 coworkers that I am going to go on a cruise in November with. I still plan on taking off most if not all of next week. I don't know what I plan on doing, but hey, I have a round trip ticket on Southwest that I can use if I want. Hmmmmm, whatever I do, I am not letting someone else do the planning.

Cancun

OK, so I'm excited. I leave tomorrow morning for Cancun. This is the first real vacation I've had in years. I am going with my best friend and her husband and daughter. Sounds kind of weird, but we travel together all the time. We've been to Monterrey, Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Orlando...just something we do. No phone, no computer...just beach, Mayan ruins, parasailing, snorkeling, massages, shopping...fun. I will take lots of pictures and plan to have an absolute wonderful time. See ya'll next week.

El Paso

I had such a fun time in El Paso. Getting to see my son was great. I spent one night playing Wii with my niece. She pretty much whipped me at Wii sports, but I'm getting better. Maybe I need to buy one and practice. The highlight of my trip though, was that Dharma flew down to El Paso on Sunday with her daddy and she got to spend Sunday night and Monday morning with her uncle and me. My son is totally captivated by his little niece. She can do no wrong as far as he is concerned. We took her to the El Paso Zoo. It is so enlightening to see the animals with a little one. Of course I took a ton of pictures. Now I just need to get them downloaded.

I'm ready

I'm ready to take some time off. I know, I know. I had several days off before Christmas. But considering that I took those days due to my aunt passing away, I don't feel like I've had a vacation. I worked 11 hours a day after Christmas to make up for the unexpected time off. Maybe it's the fact that I am planning a trip to Cancun in June with some friends. The date is set, the trip is paid for and I'm ready to go. I'm ready to get out of my rut of going to work, coming home, going to work. Time to get some excitement going. I think I will have some excitement soon. It's just too early to tell. But, if things go like I hope, the future looks bright.

Leaving in two days

I'll be leaving for North Carolina in two days. I'm excited about being gone, even though I've had to work extra to make sure I'm caught up. It looks like I'll have a couple of days to relax before we head back to Texas in a U-haul. I'm taking my laptop so I can stay in touch with my friend, but I hope I can check out Fayetteville some, also. When I helped the boy move, he didn't want to do the touristy things. I'll be there on Halloween, but since he lives in an apartment complex, I don't think there will be many trick or treaters. I might have to trick the boy. That would be fun. Oops, I'm not supposed to let the evil me out in public.