Patricia March 18th, 2008
EDITED at the bottom.
For those who don’t know, I’m a worrier. Yes, I worry about lots and lots of things — which I promise that I won’t bore you with here (though of current knitting worry is that I’ll finish my sweater in time for the ‘08 cruise). However, when I put together Sea Socks ‘07, I worried that no one would want to join me. I worried so much that I doubt I slept until the first person called me. For Sea Socks ‘08, I didn’t worry (BIG mistake) and promptly had the original picked out option canceled on me only to find that I could do something even better and more exciting. (Yes, I worried when I had to change plans; I worried while I changed everything; and even though I’m completely sure it was the best thing ever — I still worry.)
All of this worry brings me gray hair (trust me, I have an excellent guy), a coffee/sweets addiction, and to the planning of Sea Socks ‘09.
From the beginning, I have had it in my mind that Sea Socks would be a yearly cruise, going to new places and offering new things. But now I’m trying to pick exactly the right trip for my Sea Socks buddies and keep wondering if straying too far.
To that end, I’ve put up a little poll (can you see it on the right?). What I want to get an idea of is WHY you picked Sea Socks over all the other knitting cruises out there. I’d love it if you’d leave me a comment explaining what it was that spoke to you to pick this one.
I have some outstanding ideas for next year, but I want to know what your thoughts are before I commit to the Sea Socks ‘09 cruise.
(I know that most of you haven’t experienced Sea Socks at all yet, but I’m looking more at the decision making process that brought us all together. If you waiting for the news of Sea Socks ‘09, what is it that you’d like to see.)
Thank you in advance. I really appreciate the help.
Edited to Add:
Ok, I’ve been unclear and I knew that and you guys are awesome because I know you WANT to help and yet you don’t know what I’m dealing with. So, here’s the basic question, I have a few choices of where (and how much) next year will cost — here’s what I’m up against:
1. Go someplace completely new and different. Seriously, the cruise is awesome in its awesomeness. BUT, the prices for the inside and outside cabins are slightly higher and the balconies are um, rather more. BUT — it would be about the coolest thing ever. (But this is nearly a grand cheaper than another knitting cruise that goes to the same general area — so there’s something.)
2. Go back to Alaska (but I worry about the fact that we are doing this in ‘08) that there is a been there done that feeling. If this is best thought — do we think about a one -way up to Anchorage with an optional cruisetour?
3. Find a less expensive cruise — with probably more ‘average’ ports of call.
4. Chuck it all out the window and go to Europe regardless of cost?
(Michael is going to cringe because I’m betting he is thinking I giving too much away, but I have hold the cabins by April 1 and I’ve been restless trying to predict the future.)
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