Celebration

Well, we are off! We will be sailing the high seas this week from Galveston, to Jamaica, then Grand Cayman, finally stopping in Cozumel, Mexico before returning to Galveston. This is to celebrate Lorna's impending 40th birthday in August. We are both very excited as this will be our fourth cruise and we enjoy them greatly because they are very relaxing for us. You don't feel pressured to run around and see every sight there is to see. Our last cruise, we snorkeled, lounged on the beach, ate fish tacos and swung in hammocks. It was THE most relaxing vacation we have ever taken. This will be the longest cruise we have been on, so we will see if the relaxation factor maintains throughout and if we still like each other at the end of the week. Our ship even has an artist theme to it - how appropriate for me. It is all French Impressionists --- this will be fun for the art in me. This little outing however has not been without a bump. You see our wonderful government has failed to get Lorna her passport. Soooo I had to scurry to the county courthouse on Friday and get her a second birth certificate, since the passport people have her original! This after she sent it more than 12 weeks ago. They had more than ample time. She was told that now it is taking upwards of 15 weeks to get them processed. Losers. Despite that, we will be off to the high seas for lots of good food, sun, snorkeling, adult beverages, swimming, time without kids and no thoughts of work or school. The in-laws are moving in for the week as I write this to stay with the kids. God bless them --- they are gonna need all the help they can get to keep up with our kids. There is a reason this blog is entitled Outnumbered. See ya next week.

Tim-