Back from vacation

Well, I certainly picked an eventful week on the boards to go on a cruise! I've been trying to catch up and feeling a bit (OK, a lot) overwhelmed. Sad to hear about recurrences :..( and happy to hear about new grads and upcoming nuptuals :-))).

At the advice of my dear cousin that is a cancer survivor herself (uterine), my hubby and I planned a wonderful vacation to celebrate the end of cancer treatments. It gave us something else to talk about while we were going through the treatments, which was a welcome relief. We were able to schedule it for the week of our wedding anniversary, so we had a double reason to celebrate. We took a Mexican Riviera cruise and had a spectacular time.

Stopped in Cabo San Lucas and went Sandrail (dune buggy) riding. We were caked with fine dust which had clung to our carefully applied sunscreen and had to be scrubbed off, but had a wonderful time riding around the desert and ending up on a beautiful beach with tide pools.

Next stop was Mazatlan, where we went on a kayaking excursion and spent some time refueling afterwards on a warm beach eating ceviche. My arms did get tired, but I wasn't even sore the next day.

The third and final port was Puerto Vallarta, where we signed up to swim with the dolphins. It was an amazing experience to actually be able to touch, kiss, and be taken for a ride with, such beautiful animals.

We spent the next two days at sea, relaxing and eating ourselves silly. My husband, who is an avid fisherman, didn't even seem to miss not having a fishing pole in his hand while on a boat.

It was a wonderful time, and I thought of you all. I turned off my cell phone for the whole week and we didn't even watch the news. The only thing I missed about being out of touch was all of you lovely people.

Glad to be back,
Cindy