Well, it has been two weeks since we went on our cruise and I am just now getting myself back to reality. It's amazing how fast you get used to someone waiting on you hand and foot. Needless to say, we had a blast. Damon and I drove to Kansas City and went to our favorite place for Barbecue. KC MASTERPIECE!!! After pushing ourselves with our exercising and eating we definitely enjoyed splurging on our favorite foods!!!! We got to New Orleans on Sunday and had a lot of fun. We went bar hopping and especially enjoyed Pat O'Brian's (dueling piano bar)! Our ship left on Monday. We had a day at sea on Tuesday. It was pretty rough sailing only because there was really windy. Wednesday we went to the Mayan Ruins and a beach party in Progresso. The Ruins were really cool; however the beach party was kind of a disappointment. We still had fun though. Thursday was our favorite day ever. COZUMEL!!! We enjoyed a day at Passion Island and it was just that. The sand was a beautiful white color and very smooth. I collected lots o shells, sponges and other neat rocks to create a neat collection and happy to say they all made it home safely with none of them breaking. They had great drinks and great food as well! We didn't want to leave. Friday was our last day at sea and boy it was even more rough than Tuesday. We woke up to thunder, lightening and lots of rain. Neither one of us got sick, thank goodness, because there was a lot of people who were.
I did have several moments while aboard the cruise ship where I felt like Rose from the titanic. That's why I just had to get our picture taken in front of the Titanic background. I did hear someone shout on the top deck "I'm the King of the world!" We all kind of chuckled.
Our waitress (Ivana) and busboy (Ferry) were awesome. They did everything for you including putting your napkin in your lap. The only thing you had to do was pick up your utensil and eat. They sang with all of the other wait staff for us on a nightly basis and were fun to watch. Bodee (short for a very very very long Philippine name) was our cabin steward and he made sure that our room was cleaned up at least 3 times a day with fresh towels, trash emptied, etc. At night we came back to the room with our bed turned down, 2 mints on the pillow and a cute towel animal (a different one every night). My favorite one was the monkey he made and had it pinned to the curtains on the window. It was so cute. I'll have to attach that picture later.
Besides the weather on those two days, it was a wonderful trip and I would highly recommend a cruise to anyone! It was several vacations wrapped up into one. We can't wait to go back. We are going to try and go in 2-3 years. It was very relaxing and it was nice to get away and have some alone time with Damon.
We missed the kids and were glad to be back! They had fun while we were gone as well. We are still detoxing them from having grandma and grandpa all week, but we wouldn't have changed anything!
