Last night we booked some of the last pieces of the honeymoon puzzle!
We carefully researched, selected, scheduled, then dropped a truly exorbitant amount of money on our airfare and hotel. To celebrate this monumental occasion, the staggering and painful decline in our honeymoon savings account (seriously, who comes up with these outrageous prices and why are they allowed to get away with it?), and the great relief and freedom of finally having nearly everything that we’ll need securely booked, we took ourselves out for a free (thank you rewards coupons!) dish of cold, creamy ice cream from our favorite local ice cream parlor of awesomeness, Graeter’s, which we savored on a bench outside in the perfect, warm afternoon breeze. It was a great day for ice cream, as evidenced by the appearance of at least 3/4 of the population of Cincinnati in our little parlor, an incredibly welcome change from the swirling storm clouds of doom that have been threatening the Midwest lately.
The plans for this vacation are all coming together and it feels so good to be done with most of the planning! Only a couple more things to book, a few purchases to be made, and a handful of other rudimentary and obligatory preparations to be taken care of and then it should be smooth sailing ahead. Though, as we all well know, smooth sailing is entirely out of our hands and the best laid plans often turn into unexpected adventures. And boy, am I ready for some good hearty adventure! – but preferably the kind that involves awesome sights, surprising detours for the marvelous nature, and great fun rather than, say, the delay of flights, accidents, foul weather or troubling mishaps.
More details to come at a later date. This weekend we’re anticipating the arrival of my sister and her family for a Memorial Day long-weekend visit. We’re so excited to have visitors coming to see us in Cincinnati! We’ll venture down to Kentucky to the derby race grounds, stables and museums. We’ll visit with some retired race horses, tour a bit of the Kentucky countryside, get some tasty eats at the Taste of Cincinnati festival, enjoy the company, cookout, and relax. It should be a grand weekend and I’m hoping this is the last of the nasty weather.
Hope your mid-week is sunny and safe.
