We're off on cruise #1 for 2013 today. Unlike the last one - in the midst of the holiday season and with DisneyWorld tacked on at the end - I'm ecstatic to go on this trip.
Mr. Higgins, my cruise-loving husband, gets to step foot on four new islands - a rarity for him these days! We're quickly running out of "new" islands! These islands are new to me, as well, and I can't wait to see them: St. Croix, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, and Antigua. Another perk: we dock in St. Thomas so we're going to hop on over to St. John, USVI - our favorite island and the place of our honeymoon. We'll spend a few hours at a great beach there, and then visit our favorite shops and restaurants.
I'm so looking forward to letting go and just having fun. I couldn't quite do that on the last trip. There were too many obstacles just a few days ahead; my mind wouldn't stop worrying about the next step. On this next cruise, there are so many ports, I won't have time to worry about what to do next. Cruising like this gives new meaning to "go with the flow." If you stop to think about what's going on, you'll be left behind!
Looking forward to 2013, there probably won't be as many trips as in 2012. Really, 2012 was a wonderful, crazy, blessed year. We didn't think we would top 2011 - and all the fun of the wedding - but we did! It was also a very difficult year professionally, for us both. I have a new boss and the transition has not be easy for him or for me. Let's just say I'm eager to leave him - and all things work - behind for a week to sail the Caribbean.
Seeing as how there will be fewer trips this year, we have to make the most of the ones we have!
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