July 2022 - Alaskan Cruise

(Just a quick note:  If you are landed here because of a comment I left on your book blog, you might be more interested in my review blog, Carstairs Considers.  But you are very welcome to stick around here, too.)

Well, I didn't intend to leave this blog alone for 10 months, but here we are.  Time to start catching you up on everything I've been up to, isn't it?  (Beyond time, actually).

When last I posted, it was July of 2022.  When that post actually went live, I was on an Alaskan cruise.

I'd been wanting to take advantage of some deals for a while, and things finally came together.  Alaska wasn't my first choice because I had only been on one cruise before, and it was to Alaska.  But I went, and I had a good time.

Unfortunately, the ship was having engine troubles, so we essentially missed two ports.  But the two ports we did stop in were great.  I went rafting on one of the stops, and zip lining in the other.  It was fun to see places I'd been with my family six years earlier again.  And we made one additional stop I hadn't seen before.

I went by myself, which had some good points and bad points.  I do love the freedom of doing what I feel like when I feel like it.  Unfortunately, by the end of the week, not having anyone to really talk to was getting to me, and I was ready to be off the ship.

I got to hang out with a co-worker who lives in the Seattle area when I got back, which was an added bonus.  She played tour guide in Seattle, which I hadn't been to in decades.

Sadly, I brought an extra souvenir home with me from that trip - Covid.  I was sick for about a week, although after the first couple of days I started to feel better.  I'm still working from home, and I was able to work just fine most of the time.  I did take one afternoon off, and the next day was when I was really starting to feel better.  I am glad I was able to work from home since it was busy (actually, it's always busy) at work, so I didn't have to miss anything due to being sick.  I would have hated to have all of that land on my co-workers.