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TO SMOOTH SAILING AND LASTING FRIENDSHIPS

5/25/2016

 
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Yep, this is THE Diane from the comment section of almost all my posts. And she's going to kill me.
Diane is as real as it gets; frank, funny and fastidious to a fault.  She irons her tee shirts. I'm imPRESSED!

Jimmy does most of the ironing in our house given his propensity for wearing men’s shirts.   I suggested a dry cleaner.  

Suffice it to say, Diane is the better housekeeper.  But I digress.
 
My best friend doesn’t travel.

We all know where I stand on the subject of travel.  

“Travel is so much work,” Diane reported several months ago while packing for a trip to Texas.  

“Visiting your daughter is not travel,” I countered.  “When’s the last time you stepped outside your comfort zone?”

“And your point is?” Diane shot back. 
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Say hello to Alan, Diane's husband. He is good at having fun, just like Diane.
The familiar question has become a catchphrase for foregoing the inevitable and endless debate between good friends well versed in the dogged determination that comes with four strong personalities.  I’ve taken to following Diane’s lead with her husband, Alan, when he attempts to confuse and distort (or perhaps entertain) with convoluted logic; logic that may work for the VP of Operations when it comes to employees but not this veteran math teacher.   

My point is, after five years of coaxing, cajoling and eventually simply chilling when it comes to the subject of travel, Alan and Diane suggested a cruise.  As far as I can see, no logic is behind this latest development! We head for Alaska next month.
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Holy holiday!   I’m so excited to be traveling with my friends; I think.  I just have one question. 
​Does this put the onus on me to deliver a good time?  
   
I know nothing about Norwegian Cruise Lines.  I know my first cruise almost twenty years ago came with a patch of rough seas and a bout of nausea.  Ugh!

Wait!  Alan picked Norwegian; more convoluted logic. 

Good!  I’m off the hook.  We’re all free to pay good money to be miserable away from home if we so choose.

More thinking . . . . . . . . ! . . . . . . ? . . . . . . ! . . . . . . ? 

You know there “. . .  ain’t any surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”

I think that was Mark Twain.
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Maybe I’m overthinking the travel thing.

​Who, me?  Overthink?  
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Obviously, Lynda has just as much spunk (and potential for getting into trouble) as I do.
Hey, I still like my bossy big sister despite traveling with Lynda and her husband Rod on two separate occasions; once to Iceland, a second time to Ireland.  Besides, Lynda had nothing to do with our birth order.  In fact, as the middle child, I’ve lived up to my rogue potential with considerable aplomb.  I’m your (wo)man when it comes to stirring the familial pot.
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Chris will confirm; I can get in hot water even with the absence of water.
I just barely survived a trip to Death Valley (literally) with my younger brother, Chris.  Poor thing; he has so little patience for three bossy big sisters, particularly one that also qualifies as that annoying traveler who is obsessed with digitally capturing every single solitary second of the trip. 

Apparently I have a tendency to sleep late, too. 
 
Holy hotbed of hindsight, bro; why didn’t you speak up!  Put it out there.  We’re all mature, quirky adults; which brings me back to Diane and Alan.
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Traveling is risky business.  I think Tom Cruise should get credit for that tidbit of insight.  So, too, is putting yourself out there to enrich and transform your life and your relationships.     
 
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No near, just dear for new friends Joan & Jerry; they live in central Florida. We travel Europe together as much as our budgets will allow.
​And yet my most fulfilling travel experiences are those shared with old friends, with new friends, and with family. 

Here's to smooth sailing, to speaking up,  and to lasting friendships, family or otherwise!

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Joan
5/25/2016 12:40:33 pm

Nice to see you Diane and Alan. Don't kill Sherry. She'll be fun to travel with, and we need to have her saved for our trip in October. Watch out for Jim, though; he tends to wander off.....or maybe he''s just looking out for all of us. He's fun, too, but you just have to listen for his subtle comments.

Sherry
5/25/2016 06:14:32 pm

You are so right about Jim wandering off. We'll have to outfit him with GPS.

Diane link
6/1/2016 11:37:22 pm

I enjoyed this blog soooo much! No room for "killing" anyone. The laughs just kept coming. Thank you! I will be watching more carefully the pictures you snap of me in the future. That "killing thought is now lurking it the background....again.

Sherry
6/2/2016 01:03:54 pm

But you always take a good picture!


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