Yes! I just took my first cruise :) it was wonderful... Sunshine, rest, occ. cocktail, people watching. eating, rest, enjoying the stars from the upper deck at midnight. I soo enjoyed my time off and away. I hope you can bring yourself to do the same :) I found it refreshing. Enjoy the fresh air :)

vicariously, imagination,

man, i'd like a night away, just to one of my brothers / sisters or good bud in state college.

drink too much , talk too much, eat too much, likly to laugh just the right amount and then sleep past 8

away, man i'd like to be in a pub and strike up a conversation with a member of the fairer gender, God just to have some playful banter back and forth and fell normal for 15 minutes

God i miss that part of me, i don't have that to give to my kids anymore, I'd like for that that to sprout, i fear it may never

from the time to manup , .... i hit bottom and "pussed out" (sorry for the term), i'm slowly meanding, the bachbone is straightening, the funny bone is healing ---- still on the gallows humor kick, the wish bone is back together and i have a wish started........ the gentle bone ... the real smile at notice the wonder in the world, the pink in a cloud, then skip n hop of a neighbor kid with thier grammy - i remeber the smile comimg freely, now i am aware of the stimuli but my heart is heavy

thansk for the post...as a haha i probally shouldn't take that cruise right know, i'd be the guy that fellow crew passenger were talking about, high socks black loafers and all ..... if let the hair grow i could have a "boss" comb over

I have to be honest. It's been 6 years since I moved out of my marriage, and I am yet to go on a holiday by myself. I've travelled alone, which was scary in itself, though. Catching planes and putting my car in parking by myself was all a little daunting, but I was determined not to miss out on the trips, and I managed:) I found that people are remarkably kind to a woman seen travelling on her own, especially if they are travelling alone as well.

I've been on a few holidays to the beach where I can go to feed the dolphins and have thoroughly enjoyed some time alone during each one. I tend to invite my daughter and her little family along because otherwise they wouldn't get a holiday at all. It backfired a bit this year, though. We all got sick, and so began weeks of illness, pneumonia and two stays in hospital for me!! Bit scared to organise another one just yet!!

I'm looking forward to a time when I will feel I can venture off on my own, to enjoy a cruise or a tour. I know that other people do it and have a good time, so why not us?

love and hugs
kamary

I have spent many a weekend away at the cabin, and that almost killed me at first. It was our retirement dream, so I waited a year to go back.

The first summer, I cried every weekend. But now I love the time I get ther.

What I struggle with is taking the kids somewhere by myself. I want to take them to the Dominican this Christmas, and I am so nervous.

I can't let them run wild as they are still young, so can we have fun if I have no one to tag team with. If were all at the beach , the kids hav to get out of the water if I go to get a drink. If my son wakes up at 6 am, he has to wait until my daughter and I wake up to go for breakfast.

If I find it to hot in the sun, they have to leave the water to come to the shade. Not having someone to tell will be so hard.

I still have not vacationed on my own...I just cant bring myself to do it and I dont really know why...aarrgg...Big Hugs...Kathy

I LOVE going away by myself now. I just get a book on CD, and drive.

I am already dreading Christmas, and am determined that the boys and I go somewhere. However, they are 19 and 22 and may not like that plan. They also may be at their dad's (though I highly doubt it). If they do not want to go somewhere with me, I will go somewhere by myself.

Yes, I've done it. I had a great time in Mexico. I speak some Spanish so the hotel's chef and I swapped recipes and talked about cultural food insights. Definitely an education for me! Another time, I was diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease, so I ran off to Hawaii. Best pictures were a sunset after too many Blue Hawaii's - son was going down and so was I, taking pictures of the sunset all the way down. As it turned out, the tentative diagnosis was wrong, but I certainly loved my trip!

I've done it for work many times. I usually tack on extra days if it's a nice location so that I can sightsee. It's definitely not as much fun as with a companion, but I have not wanted to pass up the chance to see San francisco, or Seattle, or charleston. I find that when traveling, it's not weird to have a drink alone at a hotel bar, and the bartenders and sometimes other business travelers will chat you up. Would never go to a bar alone at home.
My sister was single all her life, and she got tired of wIting for a companion to go to Italy with her, so she went with a tour group, where she knew no one. Got to know a few, and had a great time.

Traveling was something my ex and I loved to do, and I admist, that first business trip pulling my bag up the walkway to the plane all alone, I almost lost it, thinking about how we'd never do it together again, but I,m glad I got past that and can go and have a bit of fun.