I am a happy man!

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As some of you may recall next week I leave on my vacation......er...."missions trip" to Hawaii and then the 5 night cruise back to Los Angeles on beautiful Pride of Hawaii NCL ship.

This trip was not in our budget but about six months ago I stumbled across an unbelievable deal on this cruise as they are repositioning this ship from Hawaii.

Because no trip was in our budget this year I got the least expensive cabin available which is of course an inside one. I have been very aprehensive about it because we have always had a balcony cabin and enjoyed them immensley.

I knew that there was a possibility the "upgrade fairy" might call from NCL but I have never had a call before and we don't have budgeted the five or six hundred dollars it would take to upgrade anyway.

A few weeks ago our tickets and luggage tags arrived preprinted with our cabin number on them, etc so I knew that all chances of a miracle upgrade was probably over.

However tonight my phone rang and a nice lady said she was from NCL and asked if I was interested in upgrading from my inside cabin to a balcony one. I hesitantly asked her how much and she said $105.00!!! I said "per person or for both?" and she said "total for both of you". I almost shockamooed right there in the mall. I said a resounding "YES". She said just a minute then came back and said it is actually $104.48 total. I had told her "so you are the infamous upgrade fairy I have always heard about but never heard from before!". She laughed and said yes. I told her she made my 2008 start off right and I think she was glad she had called a grateful person.

Then I was afraid it might be at the front or back of the ship and we like midship because it is smoother and also a higher deck but she got us midship and on deck nine!!!!!!!!!!!

This is also a reminder that from next Wednesday afternoon (1/30) until February 11th you guys are on your on.

Don't split any more organizations and start new ones and don't run off Thad. If NLYP makes it back after I leave for vacation try not to ban him again before I get back.

If Thad finds a wife call me!!!!!