i bet y'all didn't expect that one, huh?!

*picture borrowed from google images- not sure who i could credit as the photographer

my best friend amy had a cruise planned for may, but the person she was giong with is no longer able to attend....so, because i have been the bestie since kindersarten, guess who she asked to go with her?!?!?!?!? MEEEEEEE!!!!!!! i can't actually afford to go on the cruise, lol. i'm digging myself out of debt right now, and doing a GREAT job digging too. i've been very proud of how well i have been doing with my budget and debt digging. BUT after my horrendous year in 2008 i promised myself i would LIVE my life. i no longer want to be able to say "i wish i would have done that." from now i am doing whatever makes me happy. plus, i think i will be able to pay this off pretty quickly. amy has already paid for the whole cruise, so she said i can pay her back in small increments after the actual cruise (what a great best friend!!!!) and i'm trying to pay off the flight, hotel in miami, etc off before we set sail. AND i'm putting away as much cash as i can so that i won't need to take any money out of the bank for shopping. oh, i just cannot contain my excitement. i love life. i really feel like i am living! in may i will be going to haiti, jamaica, grand cayman and bahamas. in july i will be going camping with my best friends and rylo will be coming up north and i cannot wait to see my boys- especially my crush CM ooooohhhh lalalala, in august i will be (hopefully) heading to baltimore to watch the sox; in september i will be going to virginia for my quarter century birthday celebration and andrea and al's wedding. (i went to VA in january, too) do you think i could make it to georgia in october or november? will i have any more money???? so 2009 is a year of traveling for me :)

i'm not sure how 2010 will pan out in regards to traveling. i'm a bridesmaid in four weddings soon. trisha's in december of 2009, holly's in may of 2010 and sarah's in july of 2010. then i won't have a wedding until michaela's in the early summer of 2011.

maybe i can go to VA in march of 2010, or on a cruise or all inclusive vacation in september of 2010 and then georgia in november of 2010.

then in 2011 i can do virginia in the beginning of the year and do georgia in the summer and then big vacation in the late fall.