How did we get here? I feel like that’s been the mantra running through my head for the two weeks leading up to this, as I’ve prepared for a big, splashy Europe trip that somehow feels like an extension of last year’s trip (…which somehow feels like yesterday and not an entire YEAR ago!). Through Read more
Three weeks from right now, I’ll be leavin’ [Charlotte] on a jet plane, bound for a 19 day Euro-adventure, with ten of those days onboard the brand spanking new Carnival Vista. ((Well, three weeks from right now, when I’m writing this. By the time I actually get around to posting it, who knows where we’ll Read more
I have this…sense…when we pull back into domestic waters on debarkation morning and my cellular service is restored. Something that wakes me up and tells me I’m reconnected to the world. But connection is a bittersweet pill to swallow. After 8 days with Mom and Stephanie, I was ready to reconnect to my world. With Read more
The last day of any trip is the worst, isn’t it? Even when you’re ready to go home (and how often does THAT happen?), the last day always means packing. And when the sun is shining and a beautiful day beckons you out, how can you say no? In typical fashion, I put off packing Read more
There’s a scene in Home Alone 2 where Kevin rhetorically asks his parents who’d want to spend Christmas with palm trees? They weren’t in Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos islands, though. I think they were going to Miami. We’ve never spent Christmas anywhere but Chicago. Granted, we don’t celebrate Christmas, ourselves, but we Read more
