Cruising

DH and I recently talked about someday going on a cruise; some cruises leave from the nearby port of Galveston. I can't imagine going on a cruise with the kids while they're so small. I have this irrational fear that one of them would fall overboard. Adding fuel to my fire is a friend of a friend whose child may have been molested while on a cruise.

I then consider taking a cruise with just DH. It'd be a great break for us. I know we'd enjoy some time away just the two of us.

And then I watch news shows like tonight's Primetime, which features people who have disappeared from cruise ships. One man somehow fell overboard in the Gulf of Mexico and swam for 17 hours before being rescued. The others all disappeared, all with little to no trace. And most of them with different cruise ships, so it seems I can't just rule one or two out. Years ago I had heard that the reason the ships weren't registered in the US was for legal reasons, and the other countries' courts were much more lax. Women could be attacked and raped on board and there would be no recourse because it happened in international waters (at least this is what I recall).

Yeah, I really want to take a cruise now...