i feel a very heavy blog coming on, so i thought i would have a short happy one first.  and here is what i want to discuss between us.  undiscovered awesomeness finally being discovered.  here is the one in my mind which is hopefully soon to be explored.  last minute cruises.

now, the cruise.  i have only been on one, and it was only middling fun.  it was fun because i was there with my sister and not fun because creepy guys kept hitting on us.  it came out at a 5.  but now that i have much more responsibility the thought of being escorted around the leto deck and eating food that other people have prepared is sounding much much MUCH more attractive.  sitting by the pool, sipping a fruity thing and watching the children swim sounds perfect.  walking around saying “yes” to all the food options without having to consider price or preparation sounds like something almost unreal in its fabulosity.  i don’t even care to where we sail i just don’t want to have to think of anything.  most of me thinks that even getting off the boat sounds like too much trouble.

now, the last minute cruise.  we live in a port.  we see cruise ships all the time.  the other day, helicopter was going towards the aquarium and asked if he could go on the big boat.  i said SURE!  then i started to look up the prices of last minute cruises.  they are UNBELIEVABLE.  so far, i have found two i want to take.  one was four nights to mexico and it was $150 a person.  let that settle in a minute.  four nights  of sleeping, eating, and swimming for less than one night in less-than-super-clean best western in the eastern shore.    crazy time.  then i found another SEVEN night cruise for $220 a person.  we couldn’t even stay HERE for seven days for less than $220 a person just on food.  we would SAVE money going on vacation.  and i can assure you there will NOT be a staff waiting to fulfill my needs on the home front.

i realize that there are probably like 10,000 things that i am ignoring like fees and inconvenience, etc. etc.  but right at this moment, i am loving that the last minute cruise exists.  just the THOUGHT of having four nights of not thinking is worth $150 a person.  i wonder how there was any light in this world until i knew of these.  (imagine how crazy about them i will be after we actually TAKE one.  or i will regret every HINT of this blog.  it could go either way.)

so, here the conversation goes to you.  what joys have you recently discovered that you wonder how you lived without.  any worth mentioning?