Days off here I come

It seems that 3:30 a.m. is as good a time as any for updating the blog. I'm in the homestretch of the third of three 12 hour night shifts which have on the whole not been too bad. I had the house to myself on Thursday during the day as the shore captain finally made his way out of the snowbelt and home to catch up at the plant. I put a pork roast on, made brown bread and caught up on the laundry as well as taking the dog for a walk in the brisk air.

We had a few minutes before I left for work to do some discussion about vacation plans with the decision being that Bahamas sounds like a nice alternative as we've never been there. If we can come up with something cheap enough we'll go for it on the already approved vacation the end of February. The shore captain promised to "check online tonight" but didn't come up with anything new and I emailed the travel agent who couldn't match my find either so after a bit of research I'm thinking that this one fits that criteria as there's a great sale on:
http://www.augustabaybahamas.com/

And speaking of traveling, I'm including links here to a travel blog:
http://www.soultravelers3.com/

A nice collection of blogs to read:
http://www.more.ca/attitude/reviews/10-blogs-you-should-be-reading/a/30614?utm_source

Now this one which brought tears of laughter to my eyes and reminded me of a few decades ago:
http://barefootfoodie.com/ 

Now the vacation planning continues and I've written a beseeching note to the manager asking if the second part of my vacation (as I wasn't able to have all of it when I requested) can be March 22 - April 2 as I've found a great cruise deal to the panama canal on Holland America :
http://www.panamacanalcruise.com/fastdeal.cfm?deal=14966&sp=y

As the shore captain said "but next year we're certainly going to Cuba" and of course I don't have a problem with that but there is only so much vacation to be had. As I wait it's necessary to amuse myself by filling my days off with small pleasures. On Monday my work buddy and I are heading on a Frenchy's run to Yarmouth, Saint Bernard, and Digby and the only decision needing to be made is where to eat lunch. Ah small pleasures.