(I paid off my $100,000+ student loan about 27 years ahead of schedule so decided to celebrate)

2001

Next I had to pay off the nearly 5,000 square foot house and plan for retirement...

... so I saved my pennies, used coupons (which is like kryptonite to most women), & then retired at age 48 to travel the world.

Here is a list of many of the cruises I took, not including traveling elsewhere via plane/car.

(I had some difficulty digging up my history, but this should be the majority of them)

 2022

This was a quirky road trip across America (i.e. biggest ball of twine, etc).

The trip was expected to be 2 weeks. Instead, it lasted 7+ months (600+ quirky stops)

I had a blaaaaaaaaast!

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