Our life, our way

So as of last week, its official. Brian and I are headed on another cruise! This time we are taking my mom. She’s pretty excited. I think she wishes she had some of her friends that would go with her but she is excited nonetheless.

Back in college, she told me she want to go on a cruise. I had researched it a bit and realized that she better do it soon before they started requiring passports. It seemed to cost a fortune to me back in the day and we never made it.

Now that I know the truth about cruising and vacationing on a ship, it truly is my vacation of choice. Too bad, I can’t get everywhere by ship.  There is just something relaxing about knowing that no one is gonna call you. I miss the internet a bit but it forces me to not rely on my computer to be my source of entertainment. We get to spend quality time together. We chat and talk.

And its comforting to know that I can enjoy a cheap cruise line like Carnival for a quick get away.   I plan on trying the other lines like Celebrity and Holland or Princess one day, but for now, in our current financial situation, its nice to know Carnival is there.

For the price of what we paid for airline tickets to Seattle for two last year, we booked a 4-day cruise for 3. We selected the Carnival Fascination again because we’ve been on it before. Our hope is that a familiar ship and port will help us make Mom’s first experience 100% relaxing.

I don’t foresee her doing too much at port. We might see if we can get some shopping in. I think bingo and the casino will be big.

Bahamas here we come!

Okay, so I was a bad blogger in Jan. It’s okay. I’m a bad blogger in general!

With the new year, we feel like maybe we aren’t doomed just having friends that live far away. We’ve been making new friends along the way but it wasn’t until recently do we feel like it might be real.

I’ve always had good co-workers and many acquaintance type friends. We see at parties, sometime hang out. But I miss the days of having my buddy Sonya just stop by the apartment after classes. The times where someone calls you up at 8pm and asks if you want to grab a movie.

I miss all my good friends over the years even if we don’t get to talk much.  I look forward to all the new memories I will make with new and old friends.