Well, the vacation plans are no longer so wonderful or concrete. It turns out my mother might not be able to go on the Legend of the Seas cruise. It also turns out the travel agent marked up the cruise price $100pp. I thought she and Royal Caribbean were donating as a thank-you for getting our busines…I didn’t realize passengers were also donating. Quite frankly we don’t have $100pp to donate to the child care center.

If my mother does go on the cruise, then we will probably drop out of the group but still remain on the same cruise. That will save us at least $100. If my mother doesn’t go on the cruise, we have three choices: cancel altogether ($70 fee), go on the same cruise but without my mom, or book a different cruise through the same agent. It’s all messy and I’m annoyed because of the cancellation fee. That is a lot of money for us. Argh.

Also, I had to go out yesterday to replace my cache, which had apparently been Muggled. The park manager said nothing had been turned in, so I just replaced the cache altogether. While crawling under the tree I managed to pick up a tick on my torso, which I didn’t notice until I was getting ready for bed. A got it off for me but it took a while because the damn thing wouldn’t let go. Now I have a sore spot where the tick was. I never want to get a tick again.