I should have taken out the barrette and used a darker shade of lipstick before having this picture taken. But it reflects the imperfections one lives with when traveling - one can't bring a full makeup kit along on a cruise and have room for other things that are needed even more.
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RQS and I have been trying to figure out a way for us to take another cruise that fills two requirements: (1) To allow me to meet with my 90 y/o uncle in Los Angeles, and (2) To allow RQS to meet with her cousin in San Diego. There are not many options that fit both requirements, but I recently found one that does.
The cruise I found is a 7 day round trip cruise out of Los Angeles that goes to San Francisco, then Monterrey, San Diego, and Ensenada, MX before returning to Los Angeles. The drawback? The airfare may be almost as expensive as the cruise. RQS can't justify spending money for her share of a trip to DC, a California coastal cruise in the Spring, and a Bermuda cruise in late Autumn. I don't want to travel without her, but I might do so in order to see my uncle while he's "vertical."
Assuming that I take this 7 day cruise instead of the 15 day Panama Canal cruise I once looked at, I might decide to take it in Marian Mode. But I'd need to travel to and from LA as Mario, so that I have the freedom to meet my uncle in the way he knows me. Otherwise, I'd do the whole trip as Mario. And that would depress me.
So, what would you do in my shoes? Any suggestions?
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