I didn’t get my wrap up done at the end of the month because I was out of town on a cruise. I’ll be recapping that because let me tell you – I have stories!
- It was a Panama Canal cruise. Guess what I didn’t see? Yeah, the canal.
- I got robbed but the thief brought my stuff back a few hours later.
- I got a marriage proposal in Honduras.
It was a wild trip. And then the fun is just beginning when we got home. We have a rental property and our long term tenant is leaving. Oh boy, you will not believe the condition she left the house in. Buckle up for story time over the next month or so!!
I read 24 books in February. Here are the books from before the cruise.







That is:
- 2 audiobooks
- 3 nonfiction
- Set in England, Canada, Australia, Nigeria, and Connecticut.
During and after the cruise I read:

















These are:
- 1 nonfiction
- Set in Oregon, England, California, Canada, India, and Massachusetts.
I did add some new places to my reading map this month.
I can’t wait for the stories. It sounds like you had an adventure. I’m impressed that you got any reading done. 🙂
Can’t wait for all the stories! I see Tiktoks all the time of renters who leave apartments / houses in a disgusting mess and wonder how they themselves were living in such conditions. I mean, I’ve talked about the hoarder-like condition my own sister was living in, but the difference is hers was just STUFF. There was no trash, bugs, rotting food, or even a single dirty dish in the sink. But on Tiktok the apartments / houses themselves are filthy…walls, floors, trash, bugs, damage…
Anyway, I’m sorry you have a renter story but I do look forward to hearing about it. LOL
Also very curious why you didn’t get to see the canal on the canal cruise!
What a lot of stories you brought home from your trip. I would have loved it if a thief brought back my stuff, and he probably would have—my stuff would be pretty disappointing to a thief!
You read a lot of books!
It does sound like a wild trip, congrats on your engagement ( Im assuming you accepted). That weird that your thief brought your stuff back, i wonder why the change of heart?
https://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-sunday-post.html
I didn’t accept. My current husband pointed out that he probably has better health insurance. Lol