Cascading downwards

I got back from vacation on Saturday! yeah, I know, I was so very visible with the posting and commenting. Uh ... I was catching up on other stuff? (still am)

We had a great time just lazing around on the boat. Caught up on a few movies (not as many as I had originally thought), read a few books (ditto). I don't know where the time went.

Saw Mom and George when we docked in Florida, which was nice, since I don't think we've seen her for at least a year. We went to see Kennedy Space Center, which was pretty interesting. Great IMAX film (which actually required the funny glasses. I felt like a dork, but everyone else was wearing them too).

I am still pretty pale, but a nice rosy pale now. Except my calves, which are lobster red. I wanted them to look less fish-belly with skirts this summer, and went overboard.

And guess who was on my cruise? What Not to Wear! They evidently did a makeover where they all went on vacation with the victim, and did the shopping at the ports in the Bahamas, and did the reveal on the ship. No, I did not go (getting tickets involved getting up way too early for a vacation day). But if you see a What Not to Wear episode on a cruise, that's my ship.

I really need to update this more often.

So, attended the ALA conference two weeks ago. It had its moments, but I don't think I'm going to something that big again for quite a while. Definitely not alone - walking through the exhibits with someone else would have been much more entertaining. I missed a lot of the talks I was interested in because they were too early in the morning - I was coming in from a suburb, long commute time. Shame about some of them.

I did manage to meet up with a few people from online - libwitch and a whole group of MetaFilterites. Very fun.

Then I went down to Newport News and visited family and friends. Finally got to meet my nephew (who is already a year old).

And then had an exhausting drive back up to NY, but which did not involve any accidents or tickets, so: good trip.

Separate update on this weekend coming next.

I am off! I will not be reading or posting for a good week (not that the latter is that unusual).

So, tomorrow I wake up at an unearthly hour, for a good cause, to fly down to Florida for our anniversary cruise (can you believe 2 years already?). 7 days of no computers, mucho lounging and reading, lots of good food and sex. At least, those are the primary goals.

Everyone have a great week!

Since I had Veterans' Day off from work, I took vacation on Friday and made arrangements to go see my mom for a long weekend. It's the first time I'll see her since the engagement.

I wanted her to see my dress, but unfortunately it's been discontinued and wasn't in any stores.

So imagine how happy I was to come home Wednesday night and discover the dress had arrived! So I took it all the way to Florida with me just so mom could see it. Couldn't have been timed it better if I tried.

We got an important part of the wedding plans nailed down: the honeymoon! We both wanted to take a full two-week vacation at least once in our lives, and Rich really wanted a cruise. So we booked this itinerary, on this ship, in a cabin like this (I know, so illuminating when you don't want to follow links. To summarize: western Caribbean/Central America, Celebrity Cruises Summit, deluxe room w/ veranda).

And now I'm repeatedly going to the site and drooling over the shore excursions. Which we definitely plan to actually do this time. I just keep changing my mind as to which ones I like.