8/25/2013

The Alaskan Cruise

Seattle, WA

August 25, 2013

Once upon a time, in a land far far away (well, at least a few hundred miles at this point as I’m currently in the air, riding First Class… woot!... on my way to Seattle) in a time, long long ago (ok, about a year, actually… but that’s, like, 365 days!... Let’s not even count hours and seconds… crazy… I’m just sayin’…) a lovely, perfect little family made a big, wonderful decision to make a legendary journey to the wilds of Alaska!

Ok, now that we’ve established a portentous beginning…. And stuff…

A year ago, we (Mom, Dad and I) decided to take a cruise in celebration of Mom’s retirement.  Somehow, the choice was left up to me to choose where we went and… after much consideration… I choose Alaska!  After all, it’s gorgeous, it’s beautiful… and… er… it’s one of the 5 States I’ve never been to…

I’m sorry, were you looking for more auspicious reasoning?  Really… and you’re reading this instead of the manuscripts of the Dhali Llama because… ?!?  Yea, that’s what I thought…

Anyway… so we booked this!  YAY!  And after much time passed, I’m finally on the plane to Seattle!  Oh, so… guess I’ve not worked my way around the details… sigh… Ok, so we’re flying to Seattle, spending a couple of days there (thanks to blackout days with my airline points), and then sailing to Alaska (and back) from there. 

How fun is that?!?!

Well, so far it’s pretty darn stressful, actually.  But that’s only because finishing up work in preparation for 2 weeks without e-mail, packing for a vacation (instead of a business trip) and helping ease my parents into such a trip has proven quite the challenge.

All of this is ok, however… as peace, joy and eminent satisfaction is just on the horizon!  At this very moment I’m enjoying the comforts of First Class… a glass of white wine… a rather crappy buffalo chicken salad… and Iron Man 3 on the video screen… does it get any better than this?

Hmmm… so really that’s all I have to say at this point. 

Why are you still reading this?

Really… isn’t there a Wiki you could be looking up?  A FaceBook status you haven’t commented on?  A Twitter you haven’t… well, twittered… or something…  that’s just so weird… how can you really say anyting with so few characters, anyway?  And isn't it just a little creepy that people are so interested in exactly what you're doing... eating... drinking... thinking... at just this moment?  I mean really... just stalky weird, that Twitter stuff...

And you’re still here?  Wow… that’s kinda weird, too…Just sayin'...  =)