When you wake up to bright, sunny skies in Minnesota in February, you don't need to have lived here too long to realize you're being duped. Such is the case today. There's not a cloud in the sky, branches swaying a little, maybe I should take Tabby for a walk? In 3 minutes we'd both be frozen solid. It was -15 with a -40 wind chill as we headed out the door to church. Reminds me of what now feels like 4 months ago-a Caribbean cruise.
Enjoy the pictures. They never do the experience justice. What you can't see in the pictures are all the open time slots, the lack of schedule, not having to rent a car or take out my wallet all week. In marriage there are lots of things to learn. Very few you grasp off the bat-most take wading through the differences in wiring many, many times. For some reason, we got our vacation philosophy set year two. (Just writing about vacation ignites some ideas to blog the question, 'what is vacation?' and who in the world deserves it?) Anyway, we have been very fortunate to take a yearly holiday and (spending consciously) we see them as an opportunity to get our batteries recharged, to connect, to rest. And as far as I'm concerned, I would never have to change that philosophy!
We talk about a European 'vacation,' or a 'vacation' to the mountains to go hiking and sightseeing. Sounds like a lot of work. For now, we're perfectly content to pull up a chair, read a book, close our eyes and do nothing for a good week.
Pictured (L to R): Mary and I in front of some Norwegian viking symbol aboard the Norwegian Sun. Troy taking shot at arm's length. Mary looking out over Roatan, Honduras. Troy with Atlantis over his shoulder. At the port in Nassau, Bahamas. And, oops, how did a picture of the Nassau Starbucks get in here?
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