Cruising with De Mouse

De Sister, De Sweet Niece, De Grampa Stu and I are counting down the days until we go cruisin'.
Yup, we've spent money that we don't have and have gotten tickets to take a three- day Disney Cruise to the Bahamas June 24 through the 28th.
De Sweet Niece is graduating high school on June 12 and the trip is her graduation present. She deserves it -- she's got good grades and has a life plan that includes going to nursing school.
De Sweet Niece first mentioned the possibilty of a cruise in December, the day after Christmas, when we were at the mall doing a little day after shopping with De Sister, her mother.
I loved the idea and said how about if we (de sweet niece and I) go together.
That worked with her.
Not wanting to take her out of the country without telling her parents -- namely De Sister and De Bro-in-Law, I told them about the plan that night over a dinner of chicken wings and beer.
Seemed to be the time to ask them. Adult beverages were involved, after all.
De Sister immediately wanted to go and cast a pleading look at De Mom (our mother). De Grampa Stu (de bro-in-law's dad), who was also there, said he wanted to go.
A look passed between de gramparents, and in the blink of an eye the number of trip participants went from 2 to 4.
It remains to be seen how four people with strong opinions about what they want to do will get along on a boat for a few days.
Pray for us.

Holy moly!

Oh my gosh -- has it been since January that I posted to this blog? Yikes! Things have been CRAZY -- in all capital letters -- for the past couple of months.
The company I work for introduced mandatory furloughs in February, so my fellow employees and I are all struggling with the loss of 10 days pay. That has meant that I have picked up as many hours as possible at my seond gig.
Don't, however, think I am complaining. I am grateful in the current economy to have both jobs and am praying really hard for everyone who has been laid off as the recession has deepened. It will get better -- it always does.