Okay, for a change, Brighid seems to be the first one totally ready. Her wardrobe is across the dining room table in neat little piles, and she has recorded her outfits on the sheets of paper I pulled out so that I know we all have enough clothes through mixing and matching. It’s getting exciting now!
It is just after 1:15 in the morning, and I am sitting here trying to keep myself awake. I have to go get Jim at the airport. His flight was delayed, and instead of getting in at midnight - which is late enough, thank you very much - he is getting in at 2:15 AM. I am tired. I’ve been up since about 6:15, I ran some errands, did some laundry, cleaned a room, and really could have gone to bed hours ago. I would have gone up and probably fallen asleep, but Brighid had some kids over, and I couldn’t leave Granuaile with them without some adult supervision. As it was, she ate too much junk and ended up puking on the floor - not a lot, just enough so we knew she was full to the gills with junk food.
I do not like coffee. Tell anyone in my family that, and they will laugh at you, because they think I have a coffee addiction. I don’t. If you presented me with a cup of coffee or a cup of turpentine, I’d be more inclined to take a swig of the turpentine. I know what coffee tastes like, and I hate it, so I’d naturally go with that which seems least offensive.
My in-laws are avid cruisers, and have cruised all over the world - from the Bahamas to the Mediterranean. They have been on a wide variety of cruise lines, from Carnival to Costa and many in between. When they were approached about the Carnival Vacation Club during a cruise they took, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Basically, you purchase a set number of points from Carnival Vacation Club, and you redeem those points toward cruises. In their pitch, they make it seem like by using points, it works out that your cruise is discounted from what you would pay if you bought your cruise in cash instead of vacation points.
This is actually a bit of a pre-trip report, just so in years to come, when my girls are looking at pictures of what a great trip we had, they will also know everything that has gone into the planning of this event of a lifetime.
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