Not sure HOW I missed the TR! Although I haven't been on here nearly as much as I used to. I DO miss our long emails, but have to admit that my trip report commentary got a LITTLE out of hand!
I imagined you opening your email and thinking "Holy cow! Does she have nothing else to do??? How can I possibly ever reply to this novel??" Sorry, I talk entirely too much and obviously that spills over into my emails. But no, I was not boycotting your TR! LOL!
Summer has been pretty busy for us this year. This is the first year that both boys are staying home alone. Either my mother or I run home at lunch everyday to make or bring them lunch and check on them. (This helps avoid any cooking mishaps!) Of course, they are sleeping until 11 or 12 which gives me only 5 hours to worry about!! Teenagers can seriously sleep ALL day!
Ryan also switched jobs in late May and now has to work only 1 Saturday a month! After 9 years of working every Saturday year round, this is heaven! We took a vacation to my dad's house in SC the week after he left Sea Ray and it was our first summer vacation in 9 years. He is loving his new job and I am loving all the time we have together. Best decision EVER!
You're gonna have to email me and fill me in on the apartment situation. Last time I talked to you, you were house hunting in Houston. I totally understand your depression over losing your house. My mom still lives in my childhood home and Ryan and I are still living in the first house we purchased 17 years ago! I especially feel for you since you don't have your dollies or sewing with you. That's just cruel.
I would TOTALLY come to the airport to meet you! We'll have to see what we can do.
Tracey is such a model husband and kudos to him for planning a kid free cruise! I love it that you guys are still so much in love and not afraid to show it! Kids need to see that their parents are in love and boys need to see how a real man treats a woman...with respect and affection. Ryan and I make a point of going on date nights at least twice a month so that the boys can see that our marriage is important to us and that they are not the entire focus of our world! Well, that's really secondary to the joy we get in spending a few hours talking to each other without interruption! Seeing such depressing divorces as I do everyday, you guys give me hope for the institution of marriage! So, good job...keep it up...more adults only vacations!
Last thing.....girl, you seriously ROCKED that bikini!! I cannot even believe you have body image issues! I would hack my arm off for your body (even AFTER the cruise bloat!) I love the skirt and it was totally age appropriate. Nothing worse than seeing some "older" woman in a string bikini...even if she has the body to wear it...just ick! Older is in parenthesis because you are NOT old and I was NOT trying to insinuate that you were. Anyhoo, love it that you posted the "before" and "after" bikini picks!
P.S. A sweepea worthy report is one which is written in an honest, conversational tone with wit, self-deprecating humor and an admission that life isn't perfect and neither was your vacation! Did that explain it for ya??
