Life's Journey

We are home from our Great Adventure - a 12 day cruise through the Mediterranean. We loved every minute of it and neither of us were ready to leave paradise to come back to our reality. But it was time to come home. Roy went back to work today to catch up on the past two weeks that we've been away. I had my second round of Doxil chemo treatment today. Talking about reality.. We were thrown right back into it. At least we have fantastic memories of this great adventure that will keep us relaxed. I have been writing blog posts each day of our great adventure. Usually at the end of the day when we are back in our cabin resting I spent time writing. So as you can imagine, there are a lot of posts ready and waiting. I decided to post one a day for the next 2 weeks. So come back to the site often to hear all about it. This post was written on the plane headed to Venice… Enjoy!

Our great adventure has begun! We are currently in the air leaving Frankfurt Germany and headed to Venice Italy. Its been a long hard day of travel. We got up early in hopes that this would help us sleep on the planes and catch up to the 9 hour time difference. This worked for me, but not so much for Roy. He was enamored with the free On Demand movies and live GPS of our flight. I admit it was pretty cool but I needed to sleep. I probably got 3-4 hours total. That should keep me going for a while. But I must admit that I am super sore and tired. Because of the time difference my meds are off track, I predict it's going to take a few days to get everything regulated again. Roy is finally sleeping now on this short flight. It's definitely going to be a long day.

We haven't had any issues yet, knock on wood. Anyone that has traveled with me knows that I will do anything to avoid checking my luggage, but a 2 week vacation requires a bigger suitcase. Sigh. Of course Im already stressed about it not making it to Venice. I mean can you imagine going on a two week cruise without any clothes? Fingers crossed.

We left Phoenix at 7:00am on Monday and get to Venice at 9:30am on Tuesday. For sure that is going to screw with us. But, at least we have time to explore Venice and eat some yummy food This is the one spot on this entire adventure that we've already seen. But, one cannot pass the opportunity to wander the streets and canals of Venice! We arranged transfer from airport to ship through the cruise line. This is the only thing we booked through them - it just seemed easier. We will check into our room, freshen up, and then off to explore Venice. I'm super excited… more to come…

Sending Hugs & Smiles

Sarah