So I want to go on a cruise. A homeschooling cruise with the whole fam damily. The homeschooling cruises are really reasonably priced, and we need a vacation badly. And I'm not saying a camping trip with the trailer, that involves packing the trailer, buying the food, cooking the food, cleaning out the trailer, unpacking the trailer, washing all the dirty laundry.... You get the point. I love camping. Very much so. But the fact is, we haven't ever gone on a "real" vacation. You know, a vacation where you get pampered. Where the only thing you have to worry about is whether to have grapes or oranges for breakfast.
I get easily excited about stuff. Show me something cool, and I need about ten minutes to know exactly that this is what I want (or not). Heck, it took me 2 seconds to say yes, when my husband proposed ten years ago.
I don't like to spend a whole lot of time thinking through an idea... then thinking it through again... and then considering what might go wrong, or trying to come up with reasons why it's a bad idea. I suppose my gut feeling usually doesn't fail me, so jump in and swim, right?
Well, the man I'm married to doesn't function this way. He needs all the information, look it through, calculate, process, and yes, sometimes it seems like he is actually trying to find reasons against something. I'm not holding this against him. He is the way he is, and I suppose that in a way my jump right in attitude and his let's think and process this first attitude mix well, although I'm certain he gets as frustrated with my approach to new idea as I get frustrated with his hesitation.
I still want to go on a cruise. I want to spend the day with other homeschoolers, do workshops, hang out by the pool, see nothing but ocean around me, and eat without having to cook and clean up the kitchen afterwards. So all I need to do now is to create a portfolio with all the necessary information and pricing, then present it to the boss for consideration. I shall keep you posted. :)
I so hope you go. You will have so much fun. And then I hope you go again next year when we can go with you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't walk until I was 18 months old....but I walked across the room, when I did. I wanted to be damn sure I could do it before I did it.... Still very much that way to this day. But I'll make decisions still very quickly. A "maybe" is not a decision, and very maddening. I call it "analysis paralysis."
ReplyDeleteA few years ago after my uncle died, my aunt shared with me that when he was still able, she loved to travel with him. But he fell ill with a terrible slowly debilitating disease for which she took care of him for the last several years of his declining life. I told her to go, travel, there is no reason not to! In fact, I said, if you want, I would love to go with you! I said, if you make all of the arrangements, tell me what I owe you, you map out a trip of your dreams. We went on a cruise of the Mediterranean. We had a most fabulous time. Santorini, Greece was heaven on earth. And we were treated like royalty. She has since found new traveling companions and has not stopped. She is 82.
I say go. No. Wait. GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Vacations are necessary. You'll have a ball traveling with like minded people (although don't you find many home-schoolers very right wing christian? They definately are in my neck of the woods!) Just watch how the little extras add up. You don't have to pay extra for the guided day trips. Get adventurous and explore on your own. That's what Ogre should spend his time researching...what to see/do at specific ports of call....
Yes, go. You'll have memories for a life time. Priceless.
My Hubby's the same way. If I want to convince him something is a good idea I better do my homework first.
ReplyDeleteAfter 15 years of marriage I can pretty much guess now what his arguements will be but sometimes he can still surprise me.
I hope you agree to go, sounds like a wonderful vacation. And I couldn't agree more about the camping, I absolutely LOVE it but a pampered vacation it is not.
A multimedia presentation might be nice! ;)
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