Posts Tagged ‘family’

We’ve been planning our trip to the Caribean (for about 9 years) and have finally booked for March ‘09. It is a rather (a-hem) dear trip that’s straining our piggy bank, so we’d decided not to do anything for Christmas or New Year. But this resolve didn’t stop me from missing my mommy (nope, not even when you’re nearly-40 are you too old to miss your mommy).

And then out of the blue, feeling for me, Marcel surprised me with a booking confirmation (by e-mail!) saying that we were going to the UK for New Year. WHAT?? It was the 29th and the tickets were booked for the 31st! Read the rest »