Wow. One week left until I fly to England for my Mediterranean cruise. Woohoo! I can’t believe it’s almost finally here. We booked this cruise early in the year and have been counting down the months, weeks and days until it arrives. This is a dream vacation for hubby, son and I, and we plan on living every moment to the fullest.

In the meantime, we’ve been preparing to go. It’s scary how the prep can take almost as much time as the vacation. I can’t even count how many trips we’ve made to our local Super Target to buy clothes, travel-size items, a backpack, wallet (thanks to the zipper on mine deciding it no longer wanted to work early last week), shoes, etc., etc., etc. Then there’s the trips to the pet store to buy everything our animals (2 dogs, 4 cats) will need while we’re gone. My sis is petsitting for us, but we’ve had to stock up on stacks and stacks of food for the animals. We actually bought out every kitty litter disposable container and we still don’t have enough for the time we’re gone. We’re going to have to hit up every other pet store in our area and keep our fingers crossed we can find enough.

The three of us also got haircuts. Can’t travel with the old ‘do, ya know? My hubby and son went the easy route and shaved it all (almost) off. I haven’t seen my husband with his hair cut this short since we first started dating in college and he was a member of ROTC. When he walked into the house I almost fell on the floor. Now if only the old army uniform still fit… Sexy.

I got my hair cut shorter than I expected, but I love the new look. I went with a quick and easy layered bob, with violet and gold highlights. Fun, right?

Unfortunately the photo doesn’t do the color justice, because the highlights are subtle. But I love it.

And even with all I’ve gotten done, I still have so much left to do! At least I know all the rushing around will make the next week fly by.

I’m hoping to update the blog at least once while I’m on my trip, but it’ll depend on if my hotel’s free wi-fi works. Once I’m on the cruise though, I hope to twitter at least every once in a while. It’s 50 cents per text though, on my phone, so I probably won’t be doing it too often. But if you want to follow my trip through twitter, you can find me there at http://twitter.com/ashleighrainejn

If for some reason I don’t get to check in from England, I promise I’ll share lots of photos upon my return. I hope everyone has a great July! I know I will.

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