How did I get so lucky?

DVC Jen

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Easter morning and DH and I are talking about - stuff... life in general, worries, upcoming vacations when he announces he is not going to worry so much anymore. Life is short, bills will get paid, but we need to enjoy this one life we have. That is when he told me to book the cruise I had been wanting to take for summer of 2018. I was shocked! So I went to the DCL website, started looking at different options and found an Eastern Caribbean on June 16, 2018. We have done this cruise before but it went to St. Maartin this one goes to Tortola. I loved that cruise and have always said I would like to do it again. Then DH reaches into his wallet, pulls out his credit card, drops it on my desk and tells me "book it before I change my mind". So... I did! I booked for the four of us - DH, myself and our two adult daughters. Not sure daughter #2 will be able to make it. She graduates college next month and has no idea where she will be or what she will be doing then. She is a dancer hoping to get into a company.

This will be our 4th DCL cruise. We are also thinking about a December, 2018 out of Galveston if they become available. That one will be just him and I for our 32 wedding anniversary. Our last DCL cruise was in June of 2013 on the Fantasy. We loved it even though it rained most of the time. I was even able to snag one of the extended veranda rooms at the back of the ship.

I am trying really hard to not get toooo excited because we had a Dream cruise booked for June of 2015 and ended up having to cancel it. DH ended up in the emergency room due to a horrible and rare reaction to Claritin. The horrendous deductible we had due to that ended up costing us that cruise. I am cautiously and optimistically excited for this one.
 
We feel the same way, our oldest will be a SR in higher school next year and our daughter will be a sophomore. We dont know where they'll be after HS, so we're enjoying the crap out of taking as many vacations as possible with them right now. We've got 5 cruises booked, (2 DCL and 3 Carnival), in the 14 months.

Congrats and enjoy it!
 

That's great! Some people save their money to buy stuff, we use our money to buy memories and experiences. Go and have some memorable experiences! :thumbsup2
 
I am trying really hard to not get toooo excited because we had a Dream cruise booked for June of 2015 and ended up having to cancel it. DH ended up in the emergency room due to a horrible and rare reaction to Claritin. The horrendous deductible we had due to that ended up costing us that cruise. I am cautiously and optimistically excited for this one.

Get travel insurance now.

And start saving up for a deductible to stash in savings?

Claritin? I thought my naproxen allergy was weird enough!
 
Life is short and you get only one. Fill it with memories and those you love. Fingers crossed that life plays nice and you make it back on to the cruise that you love.
 
Get travel insurance now.

And start saving up for a deductible to stash in savings?

Claritin? I thought my naproxen allergy was weird enough!


We will get travel insurance that is certain. We have for our last three cruises and will for our fourth. Yes Claritin of all things - and a generic version of it too. He got severe vertigo. So bad he was sick to his stomach and couldn't walk unassisted. Rushed him to the emergency room and they had a hard time believing it was the Claritin. He went through numerous tests to rule out a heart attack as well as a stroke. Thank goodness everything came up negative. I have never felt so alone in my life as I did sitting in his cubicle in the ER waiting for him to come back from test after test. It was very scary. We don't even allow Claritin in our home now.
 
Yes I agree with your husband. And excellent choice on the cruise. I think we will be on the same ship :)
 

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