its my husbands 40th next october. his history of ill health is in my previous threads. we would really like to go on a cruise and want to book it soon and pay it off monthly. however just told daughter who has just started year 10 and she has just burst into tears saying its an important school year etc not the reaction i was expecting! i feel he deserves this and would really like him to be away on his actual birthday the 18th. would it be awful to be off school for a week? she will see some amazing places that could come under history!