Booking A Cruise Is Always Exciting!

When I book a cruise it is always exciting for me. It never gets old or boring. I get just as excited booking a cruise now as I did way back in 1982 when I booked my first one for February of 1983. Back then I used a brochure to choose my cruise from. Now I use the internet. The brochure back then took up residence on my bedside stand. Every night before bed I would look at the brochure and imagine myself on the ship having fun and maybe romance. I always knew how many days until my cruise. Now I have a countdown clock on my signature in various cruise related websites. Now as then I know how many days until my next cruise. Some things never change. When the time comes for the cruise I know I will be at the port way too early just wanting to be there. Just as eager to board as I first was back in 1983. Most important of all I know I will enjoy myself, I always do.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaack!

After a long hiatus I have decided to resume posting the thoughts on cruising from my wandering mind. I have been on two cruises since the last post. One cruise was on Carnival Liberty in September. I booked it to celebrate my retirement. I was going to keep working my full time job for a while and my part time job was in "on call" status but officially I am retired.......sort of! Three weeks later my phone rings. It was the travel agent that booked my cruise. She was calling me to offer me a job in her travel agency. After determining that my only commute would be from my bed to my kitchen to get coffee and then to my desk, I accepted. So for the last year I have been working on cruise sales and loving it. So here I am "retired" so how come I now have 3 jobs? Huh? Eventually I shed the full time job. I am still at the"on call" job and I enjoy that job. The cruising job is fun and since I love to cruise and my earnings will pay for that addiction. Good deal! The Liberty cruise was fun. I was booked with a friend who was a "no show" so I had a room to myself. I found lots to do on that cruise and had a wonderful time. I did not let the fact that I was alone stop me. I was everywhere on that ship and doing lots of fun things.
For November I was booked on the Sensation. My best friend since high school came from Texas to cruise with me. It was a 4 day cruise to the Bahamas. What fun we had. I hope she chooses to cruise again. The time has come when I must go and get a bit of rest. Soon I will be back to give my thoughts on living a fun life for a person alone. Sleep tight cruisers...let the gentle rocking of the ship of life take you off to dreamland.