here's the plan.....

Hi,
happy Friday the 13th, for those of you who loved the movie, are afraid of black cats, or don't have a calendar.

We are about to embark on our vacation. There is a bit of a 'Marshall Plan' involved in getting going but that is to be expected in our home. Starting this afternoon we sill have to:
A) pick up a rental car (we need to drop it off at the JFK airport Saturday)
B) attend an 8 o'clock theatre performance in Princeton tonight
C) drive up northern New Jersey to stay at my mother-in-law's house over night (she lives closer to JFK than we do)
D) get up at the crack of dawn Saturday and get our sleepy butts to JFK for our flight to Puerto Rico
E) dinner with an old G.E. buddy of Marshalls' in San Juan Saturday night. Marshall is all excited about eating Puerto Rican 'mufungo' again.
F) Sunday we finally get on our ship and unpack for the next two weeks..... ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

We are sailing out of San Juan at 8:30pm with my brother Eric, sister-in-law Sherry and about 3400 other assorted guests on a Royal Caribbean Cruise. We port in St. Thomas and St. Maartin before setting out, across the Atlantic to the Canary Islands, Portugal and finally Spain. I have been waiting since September for this event and I can't believe it's finally happening. Everything is packed, checked and double-checked. The house-sitter is arranged so the plants get watered and the garbage is taken out. My swimmers have all been notified that I will be AWOL for two weeks, please do not drown before I get back. The bills have all been paid, taxes have been taken care of in two countries (Canada & USA). I am officially on holiday time as of 6:00pm this evening. I will not have a dish to clean, a meal to cook, or a bed to make up and I plan to relish in every moment of domestic freedom.

All I have to do is daily Yoga, watch my food level of consumption and enjoy the ride. There will be Eric's birthday celebration in the middle of the Atlantic to rock the boat, but other than that I'm hoping for a smooth sail and favorable winds. The journey begins..... ciao

xox
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