39 days might seem like an unnecessary amount of time to prepare for a vacation. The cruise and flights are booked, so all we have to do is throw some clothes in a suitcase and make our way to the cruise port in Vancouver, a short five hour drive.
If only it were that simple. It may take two weeks to figure out what shoes will go with what outfit. Finding the perfect handbag will undoubtedly require several trips to the mall. Hair appointments have to be made. Diets have to be researched and followed. Interviewing house and pet sitters is time consuming.
Dean and I are self-employed and that means we have to cram two months work into the next few weeks.
I've been furiously making lists because I don't want to forget something important. Dean thinks my list-making is a little premature. He foolishly criticized my planning process just as we were going to bed last night, but I did not smother him while he slept, despite the temptation.
Today is Dean's 48th birthday.
I'd like to say that I bought his birthday cake because I didn't have time to make one – what with the list-making, planning and shopping for our upcoming Panama cruise – but that would be a lie. I haven't baked a cake in 20 years, and I felt no need to start now.
This $15.99 chocolate mousse cake will not touch my lips. For the past 6 weeks, I have been suffering through a low carb, no starch diet in an attempt to lose 15 pounds before Embarkation day. With 5 pounds to go, I can't risk it. I need this entire 15 pound weight loss so I've room to gain some back while dining on the ocean blue.
And from what I saw when we last chatted, you have room for a whole buffett inside that beauty of a dress of yours(-:
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