As my readers know, I enjoy cruising, both alone and with a companion. But cruising can get expensive, especially when one wants to take bucket list trips such as cruising the Norwegian Fjords. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that because I qualified for Social Security survivor benefits (I was married for 11 years, and was widowed at the age of 39), that I could get a payout on my late wife's account before converting the payments to come from my account.
Today, I received the survivor benefit payout, and I can now afford to take a cruise out of Los Angeles in the Spring. Hopefully, I'll be able to visit my uncle before this cruise, as he doesn't have many years to go on this planet, and I want to see him while he's still (sort of) vertical.
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Now, the big question is: Where do I want to cruise to? I can easily afford a 7-day California Coastal cruise. And I can afford a 15-day Hawaii cruise. But which one makes more sense? That's the question I must answer soon, as I will miss having RQS with me even more if I were to take the longer trip.
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