July 31, 2006

A Family Way

Regular readers know that I have been trying to work out a vacation (the step-sister coming to work here didn't turn out to be the magic bullet I had hoped for, but that is another story).

One other thing holding me back is the thought of going alone. My sweetie is self-employed which, contrary to the fantasy, does not afford as much freedom as you would think and, since he works on various projects which often overlap and only occasionally leave a gap, makes it hard to plan a trip together.

Lori had mentioned the idea of a girl trip together, which may still be a possibility. Then today I got this email from my cousin:

I hear you and [my brother] got together for lunch recently. It got me thinking...

Do you have the "travel bug" like your mother? I'd really LOVE to start planning some international vacations, and was wondering if that was something you'd like to do with me. (Since I'm unattached and all.)

I'd like to take a Mediterranean cruise, and an African safari. (A few long weekend trips around the good ol' US would be fun, too.) What do you think? Does that sound like something you'd like to do? We could have some fun girlie-type vacations: shopping, sight-seeing, spa, acting like quite the tourists...

Give it some thought, or let me know if that's not appealing to you...

That could be perfect! She is a smidge older than me, but we always had fun together as kids - when they weren't ganging up to torment me She was married for a lot of years, then lived out of state. Now she's single, her kids are grown, and she is wanting to see the world - yay! I've always wanted to go to Greece, and she wants to cruise the Mediterranean...kismet.

BTW: She's always reminded me of a really smart version of Helena Christensen.

Posted by Vox at July 31, 2006 03:57 PM | TrackBack | personal
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I haven't been to Greece...
But I *have* been to Venice, and it's one of the most magical places I've ever seen. So inexpensive for food and fun (after hotel, and even that wasn't so bad). If you ever go, I'd be glad to give you pointers. It really is a magical city (and in the past 10 years, they've cleaned it up and polished it). Wonderful city. :)

~S

Posted by: Shephard at August 1, 2006 03:18 PM

I must have her.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at August 1, 2006 05:16 PM

She is incredibly brilliant, unbelievably gorgeous, totally self sufficient & she has some pretty cool relatives ;-)

What's not to love?

Posted by: Vox at August 1, 2006 05:20 PM