so i've been thinking of starting up my blog again, particularly to chronicle future travel experiences... just a disclaimer, i will continue to ignore rules of capitalization and punctuation, but not intentionally grammar...so be forewarned if this is a pet peeve...

we (the hubby) and i just finished an 8 night cruise to mexico with my parents...cabo san lucas, mazatlan, and puerto vallarta... it was super fun and relaxing and i loved getting to share the experience of my parents 1st cruise with them... there was dancing, skip bo and much hilarity among other things, all of which chalk up to a good experience in my book ...

the next trip on the agenda is a bit of an insane undertaking.... correction, the next BIG trip...
before we hit the BIG trip i am looking forward to my August girls' weekend in SAN to hit the beaches, shop and see Wicked! B, A, M & i concocted this idea on our 1st girls outing since it went so well and we discovered how much fun we had traveling with each other!
my mind has been bouncing back and forth between this trip and the BIG one and tonight i've been doing research for the BIG one...
here's a link to the itinerary for anyone that hasn't seen it yet
www.hollandamerica.com%2Ffind-cruise-vacation%2FCruiseDetails.action%3FwebItineraryIdForAudit%3DWA9032%26durationCode%3D4%26noOfFlexibleMonths%3D1%26portCode%3DLAX%26shipCodeSearch%3DAM%26flexibleMonths%3Dfalse%26pageNumber%3D1%26voyageCode%3DA945E%26destCode%3D%26dateCode%3D9_2009&h=ffcf4f7a05d2c7dbf3a8081eb5e5b795

we leave sept 30 from LAX for a 32 day cruise on Holland America thru the South Pacific to Australia ....the original idea was to just fly to australia and tour the eastern coastline, but then we came across this smokin' deal and couldn't pass it up.... we still get to see most of what we wanted to, plus so much in between that would normally cost an arm and a leg to get to (e.g. fiji, tahiti, etc....) AND we are going to try to fly to New Zealand and spend a couple weeks there after we finish the cruise in Sydney. we figure we should make the most of going 1/2 way around the world....
i vacillate between hyper excitement and terror when i get into planning this trip.... excitement for sheer experience of it all, terror for the commitment and unfamiliarity....
right now my brain is just getting tired from information overload so i'm resume more on this topic later, but thanks for coming back if you're reading this now ....