Cruising Alaska 2010
February 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
The summer of 2010 was dramatic, tragic, and down right lacking magic. I was laid off from my job at the California State University Chancellor’s Office. In only 5 minutes, I lost my career, my income, and my passion to help improve education for people with disabilities. I pouted for about 1 day and then began my next adventure. Don’t feel too bad for me… I had “retreat” rights which allowed me to return to CSU East Bay where I had worked before, but that’s another story.
I started packing, planning my move back to northern California and realized I had about one week to take a vacation. I wanted something with no stress and a cruise seemed the easiest way to leave it all behind and relax for a week before I put the boxes in a truck and headed north.
Problem was… It cost as much to travel solo on a cruise as it did to travel with someone. No one I knew was on call for my spontaneous decision to escape, so I went online in search of a travel buddy. I found a site called Cruisemates.com. I quickly joined and wrote “Anyone want to go on a cruise to Alaska… next week!?!?!?” I logged out and forgot about it.
The next morning while reading my email, a message said, “Still looking for someone to go to Alaska?” That email changed my life and brought me Cynthia from New Jersey.
