Time

My countdown clock tells me I now have 8 days and 21 hours to go. It is counting down to midnight so I guess I actually have a few more hours up my sleeve before we actually sail. Then again I will probably be awake from midnight in anticipation.
On Saturday (21st) it will be 4 years since Chris died, and then 4 days from then til we go. Four years ago I never would have dreamed I would be going on this cruise.
 When I first saw Princess World Cruises advertised 3 years ago, I always thought that one day I would love to do that. (don't we all dream of doing things) So about 18 months ago I started to seriously think about it, with the motto,  that you really don't know what the future holds so best to make the future the present. When I had finally made my mind up to do the trip in 2011 I was going to do it solo because I thought I may never get a chance to do this again and even though I am  introverted and going alone was a scary thought,  many of the ports included were ones I really wanted to see, so I bit the bullet and told Katie I was going to do it. She being rather cluey noticed that the price for one is the same as for two, so she gets to come along for the ride. Which is rather special having my daughter along to share the experiences. Although missing my first granddaughter's 2 months of life kind of sucks.
 Some of the places we will be visiting were places that Chris and I had dreamed of visiting once we retired. Except it wouldn't have been via a cruise cause Chris never liked the thought of being stuck on a ship for days on end. Think his visions were of The Love Boat ! So even though I'm not retired and won't be with Chris I will be seeing some amazing things and I am very very excited.