Countdown Begins! 19 days to go!

On November 20, Dave and I will be departing from Port Canaveral on a Royal Caribbean cruise! It will be in celebration of our 8Th wedding anniversary. When we were making our plans, Dave asked me what cruise line, which room I wanted, what date, etc., and my attitude was, I don't care! I really don't care! I just can't wait to get out of here! Things have been so hectic lately, and cars have been breaking left and right, and kids are getting sick, stuff just keeps going wrong, upsetting stuff keeps happening, or good things, but things that require us to adjust or things that steal more time away from us just being us... I just want to get away with my husband! The fact that our three day getaway will be on a cruise ship to a beautiful island is just gravy to me. Also, neither of us have ever left the country, been on a boat in the ocean (or gone on a cruise, or been on board a cruise ship). I am so excited about the entire thing! We have booked and cancelled so many cruises in our marriage (I kept getting pregnant, and then I couldn't leave Anna for those 2 plus years of breastfeeding, or we kept having to spend money on other things, or whatever it was...) that it is hard to believe that we will actually be going this time! I don't think I will completely believe it until we have dropped the kids off at school and are boarding the ship! I keep mentally packing our suitcase. It will be so great. A nice little pocket of fun and relaxation and together time before we go into the Thanksgiving through New Year's stretch. I just keep praying that our whole family will be healthy. I mean, if the kids are a little sick, I am totally leaving them here. I figure my parents did a great job taking care of me when I was sick as a child, so they can handle it. And if we are a little sick, we are totally going anyway. I am just praying for either total healthy or just a little sick. Just no pneumonia/hospitalizations or explosive stomach viruses. Will the food be great on the cruise? WHO CARES! Will the waters on the beach be infested with jellyfish? WHO CARES! Will it rain the entire time? WHO CARES! I am just looking forward to three days of alone time with Dave. Three days of being able to carry on entire conversations, from start to finish, with no interruptions! Three days of being able to sleep whenever we want, eat whenever we want, FREEDOM!