Things To Look Forward To

So many things coming up to look forward to.... I feel bad because none of them involve my children, but I always look forward to quality time with them, too. One is- we booked our cruise for next Summer! It was not on the Princess line, which we went on last time and loved, but we will see. It is going to be on the new Carnival Liberty ship. I am excited. I didn't even know where we were going until a couple of days ago because I told my husband I really didn't care- I just wanted to go! We are going to a couple of places we went on the last cruise- but I am okay staying on the ship if I don't want to go there again. We are going to the Turks/Caicos also, and I have never been there, so I will be getting off the boat to see that. I just look forward to the down time. I hope we will have begun building by then, so we will probably need to get away from that, too for a few days. Brian tends to become obsessed when we build a house and I know it will do him good to not be involved for a week. Our builder will probably appreciate it, too! Also, in 10 days, I am going to Charleston with 2 of my very good friends for the week-end. I am soo excited about that. Charleston always feels like my "home away from home." I can't wait to be there and just be able to do whatever I want! I have always wanted to walk through some of the old cemetaries and read the headstones and such. (I know, most people aren't interested in that.) I also just finished a book about one of the homes there- The Miles-Brewton House. I want to tour it since I have read a lot about the people who lived there and how they lived and what happened in the house. I am so enamoured with that era- the Southern Belles and the way they dressed and how they lived. I love the customs from back then- the "courting" , the manners that were demanded , the dinner parties and all of that. I am always so content when I am in Charleston- so I am really looking forward to it. We are also going on a new ghost tour there that takes you through a cemetary at night. I have done the other ghost tours like 100 times, so maybe I will hear some new stories on this one. Even if you aren't interested in ghost stuff, you learn a lot of history about the city on those tours. My friend "the Diva" wants to go somewhere and sing karaoke one night. My other friend and I will have a lot of fun watching her do that. I won't do it anymore since the time I did it on the last cruise. (Another story for another time...) Anyway- I figure it will be a good time to think about things and clear my mind a little, too. We may just go sit on the beach one day and watch the sun set or something. It should be a relaxing time. We won the trip in a game of Mexican Train Dominoes- so all of our husbands are pouting about us being gone, but that is too bad! (They won a fishing trip in another game , so I am sure they will redeem that soon.) Anyway- I hope everyone else has something great to look forward to in the next few months. (I know that 2 of you do!) It's something that will get me through the "rough days".