More Thoughts About My Cruise

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Oh. I forgot to mention yesterday that my mom thought that my coming to visit her in Michigan was a great idea. So I'm planning on it (although we haven't set a date yet). I put it to her as "you need to stay home and I need a change of scene".

Hmm. If I want to try scuba diving, Urbana has a dive shop that has lessons. It would be cool to do a dive in the Caribbean. I need to brush up on my swimming, but after I start working in Champaign, I can join the gym at the U of I. They offer swim lessons, which might not be a bad idea.

I now have the Celebrity Cruises app on my phone, but I need a cruise reservation to link. I'm kind of anxious to book the trip now that I've decided on it, but need to wait until I get paid again. Though I haven't heard back from Windstar yet. I'm thinking that I would want to be on the same deck as the library or iLounge, but it's a little more expensive. Might be worth it though. But if I bring my laptop and have WiFi, it wouldn't matter. A Web site said that the lower levels are more stable though; I suffer from motion sickness. Do I want an oceanview cabin? $400 extra. The Web site said that seeing the ocean, paradoxically, helps with motion sickness, plus it would be nice to look out the window. Bah, the soft drinks package is extra. Do I want to do a non-refundable deposit or refundable? So much to think about. Hmm, the cruise is through Tampa, so I could spend an extra couple of days and check out the Tampa area as a retirement place.

I've got this picture of St. Lucia as my desktop computer's background. I hope that it will help me to save money for the cruise.

I priced the Panama Canal cruise, and it's more expensive, not surprisingly. Plus that's a cruise on which it would be nice to have a balcony to see the transit of the Canal.

Zara has to check out everything that I eat, whether it's something that she wants or not. She's currently sitting on my lap. Now she was chewing on my keyboard cord so I evicted her.

I need to get going on my walking, but my schedule makes that tough. I need to run errands after voice today. Maybe tomorrow. (Monday is homework and will be my sewing class, Tuesday is piano, Wednesday is voice, Friday is guitar, and Sunday is Italian.) Definitely on the weekend (though if Mom is coming down on Sunday, I'll need to stick around).

Voice went well. My teacher said not to worry about using the piano to find pitches. I told her that I'd like to do the Purcell piece as a break, and she said that she'd look to see if she has it.

After voice, I ran errands. It started pouring part-way through, so I bought a cheap rainbow-colored umbrella. I like it. I might get another one.

I got my Define My Day planner and really like it. I want to start using it next Monday though to start at the beginning of the week.

I'm making a turkey burger (no bun) with mashed cauliflower as a side.

I want to ask Mom if she'd want to go to Orlando with me. I'd want to check the area out a a possible area for retirement, but we could spend a couple of days at Disney and Universal.