Cococay - Royal Caribean's Island Tuesday




After a night of sleeping like the dead, Cycles and I were REA-DY for a day in the sun. We read the daily compus (Ships agenda and entertainment info) that had been slipped under our door. According to our daily planner (the compuss) we are arriving at Cococay in about an hour! YAHOO!




After rapidly turning into our beautiful selves, we go to the breakfast dining room. **Note, we could've went to the buffet, but given the choice, I want someone to serve me. For some reason, food tastes better when someone serves it to me**




I had two orders of smoked salmon (YUMMY!) with capers, lemon & onions. It came with a bagel, but I was all about the salmon. Cycles... well I'm not sure what she had, I was excitably consuming my salmon. (I'm not a total gluton, I haven't had smoked Salmon in years, and this was some good fish!)







Before we were done wolfing down our breakfast, the captain came over the load speakers (The speakers next to our room were DEAFING! There was no sleeping through her (the captain's) accouncements).







"I apologize but due to weather, we are not going to be able to tender at Cococay. We will have alternative activites availalbe, please look in your compus (the ships itenerary) for more information." the captain says in her deafing voice.







Cycles and I just look at eachother with disappointment, but hey, we will make the most out of it.







By day two, Cycles and I are starting to get a bit stir crazy. We are use to a bit more activity and entertainment, so the thought of staying all day on the boat, isn't really appealing. All that being said, Cycles and I are optimists, so we suck it up and prepair to enjoy our day on the boat.







We head downstairs to our Ode-de-tolíet (our room) to change into ship clothes (it was cold on the ship) and decide to take bit of a nap. Cycles has a headache and I'm kewl with reading in the room, as long as the bathroom door is closed.







After a few hours of reading and napping, hmm what to do?







Cycles being the adult kid she is says "Look, there is an adult Coloring class"



Sleeply I respond "Maybe we can draw penises"



Cycles "Good idea!" (There is a reason I love this women!)







Before our Adult Art studio class, we go for our feeding. The dining room had some great food, of course, and we ended up meeting some nice women from huntville AL.







Just to prove what a small world it is, Cycles has some family and knew all about their home town. Of course since we are all about food, we find out that, one of the ladies owned a hamburger joint (Soul burgers).







After feeding our face... again, we decided to fight off the nap that is threating by having some cocktails on the topmost bar (deck 14) where the adult drawings are going to take place.







It's always nice to have a cocktail before drawing penises.







Soon, the adult art class begins. We are all hyped about getting to draw adult things. I haven't played with colors and makers in so long, I'm actully excited. (Note to cruise ship, adult "kid" activites are cheap and entertaining)







We sit down with our fruity umbrella cocktails, awaiting our instructions. Imagine our disappointment when the guy gives us a card with outlines of a beach scene. Where is the Adult part of this coloring session? Oh... it meant adult ONLY.







Being the good sports we are, Cycles and I embrasse the activity and color our beach scene with pastels. My picture turned out looking like something a 3 year old could've done. (My artistic avenues are more on the technology side) Cycles, on the other hand, looked like a work of art. She did pixilazation with pastels (not easy to do) and it turned out gourgous.







After completing our art projects, we people watched the people crazy enough to be at the pool. The weather on the ship was less than 65 degrees with at least a 30mph wind. It was COLD! At least too cold for us Florida girls.







After our 2nd cocktail things get a bit fuzzy. I think we shopped a bit...







The BEST news came that afternoon, the Captain was going to dock us at Nassau early. 7pm that night. (We weren't suppose to arrive until the Day 3 morning) YAHOO! Cycles and I were VERY ancious to get off the boat! In fact, I think our pants were one fire, we wanted off so bad.







Our cruise mates (from the dining club) talked us into eating formal dinner and then going to Atlantis. Hesently, we agreed. A good thing too, or Cycles and I wouldn't have gotten our Lesbian pictures take. Yeap, you hear me right... lesbian pictures. Apparently the photographer thought we were together. We thought it was soo funny, we went with the poses she suggested. Surprise, surprise , we ended up buying two of those pictures. :D







Dinner was delicious, as always, but since I was so ready to go ashore, I can't really recall what I had.

After dinner we were on our way to our room to change into pants, when Aussie, our Stateroom attendent (for lack of a better term, the person that cleaned up our crap in our room) asked us about the room's odor. Cycles let him have it. I feel the need to prefese this with the explination that cycles is usually always an sanguine (My new favorite word), lovin life gal. However, after that loaded question... Cycles couldn't take it anymore. (Which was nice, since it saved me from lashing into him)

Cycles, in an irrated maner says to Aussie "No, it does NOT smell any better! It smells like a shit storm happened in there and we haven't had one bowel movement in there since we got on this boat"

Aussie in a scared voice "I've been trying to clean it, but it doesn't seem to work"

Cycles, getting louder "BECAUSE it's coming from the drain! That damn thing is always talking to us with it's stinky breath!"

Aussie, looking scared"..."

Cycles in a more calm voice replys "It's not your fault Aussie. You have been cleaning that room like a man on a mission. And it smells good for a bit after your done, but... then the shit monster of the drain starts talking again (I think she was refering to the gurgling, but I wasn't about to ask) and WHOOO it smells like a sewer!"

Aussie "I've called my supervisor and he is talking to guest services about getting you another room. Please go upstairs and get the room key. I will help you with your bags when you get back"

Cycles "Well this better be quick because we have plans tonight"

Aussie just looked a bit like a deer in the headlights. Stunned and frighted.

**Note to self... never piss Cycles off!

Sure enough, we get another room on a higher floor that doesn't stink and even has a huge window. Yahoo... Thanks crazy... I mean tenacious Cycles. (Honestly, I was going to do the same thing Cycles did, so I think she handled it wonderfully)

we followed the group to Atlantis (the hotel/Casino). Eventully we figured out how to get over to the island (Atlantis is on a seperate island, but is joined to nassau's Island (Paradise island) by a bridge. The ride on the mini-bus was... interesting. Since I had consumed a few cocktails, I was a bit loud and my jokes were a bit colorful. At one point the bus was bouncing soo much, the back seat (Yeap, I sat at the back of the bus)was making soo much noise I said something like "I haven't heard that much squeaking since the last time I had crazy monkey sex" Cycles promptly broke out laughing (I Love that women... in a platonic way of course. Not that she isn't attractive... well you get my point) joined by a few of our companions.

Atlantis



Atlantis is a hotel with a huge casino. It's known for it's beauty, aqurarious, and luxuiry. The entrance of Atlantis is guarded by a HUGE metal scuplture of peguses trying to jump free. The bonus for us was, if you go to Atlantis at night, you get to see most of the aquariums for free! They have million gallon tanks and the biggest stingrays I have EVER seen. The sea horses, the jellyfish (under black light, so they glowed) and the stingray's dance, were my favorites.



After the fish watching we all wondered around the estate. The fountains were beautful . I suspect they would've been more beautiful in the sun, but at night they where amazing. The sculputres were impressive and the 25000 a night room (it's a bridge between the two wings) was massive (we only saw it from the outside, of course).



While viewing the 25000 a night room, I couldn't help but think, that I would like to date someone that could stay in that room. with that though, we were off to the Casino.



The Chihuly (http://www.chihuly.com/installations/atlantis/Art/at23B.jpeg www.chihuly.com/.../atlantis/Art/at38_home.jpeg) glass scuptures were breathtaking. The three inside the casino, was the highlight of Atlantis, for me. Although the 500.00 minumin blackjack tables are a close second. Cycles and I were looking for a few dates, but there were only two men and they looked a bit to serious for our tastes.







Not knowing where else to go and since our campainions were tried, we headed back to the boat for a bit of shut eye.







The next morning... well that's a differenty story! Can you say PAR-TY?







Cruisin' Cosmo

We arrive at the port around 12:30ish. As we wait in the boarding lines, we chat about all the great things we are going to do. We can feel the excitement and anxiety (do they have their passport? Did they remember their underwear? What about condoms? Ya know the STD rate is high in the Bahamas) of the fellow passengers.

After going through security and using my passport, for the first time, Cycles and I board the boat. 1st stop... our room.

Our carry-ons with wheels are anxious to find their new home in our small... Umm cozy room.

Da Room

Our room was like a dark sleepy cave on Level 2. It had two beds (Since, we aren't that close!) and zero windows. You would think that not having a window would be bit depressing...but that is far from the truth. Combine no windows, cold ac, and the rocking motion of the boat and you have the recipe for a coma!
As with all Cruise ships the room leaves a bit to be desired, but who cares. We didn't spend an abundance amount of time in the room anyways, besides falling into the coma like sleep that happens while on ships.


Before heading off to the feeding AKA Buffet, We go to the samples party. Basically a samples party is where the ship offers samples of the various products/food that they would like you to buy. How much better can it get than sampling rum?

I point excitedly and say "Look, there is Sushi samples, lets try one... or 5!"
Cycles responds reluctantly "I'm not a big fan of Sushi, but I will try one"

We wait excitedly for our sushi sample. "Tuna please" We both say to the sushi girl.
After a brief dribble of soy sauce the delicious tidbit goes right into our drooling mouths.

(Have you ever had a moment when you know EXSACTLY what another person is thinking? And you are thinking the EXACT same thing? Well, that happened to Cycles and I. )

"OMFG, This is the worst thing I've ever tasted! Where is the trash can?!" cycles and I thought after a brief chew of the horrid thing called a "Tuna roll". It was the WORST piece of Sushi I have EVER had!

Since we didn't find anywhere to spit out the NAS-TY piece of fermented fish, we sucked it up and swallowed the aberration.

"I hope we don't get sick" Cycles says, with her face looking like she just ate a 1000 year egg.

"Me too... I just want to forget about it ASAP. Lets try the rum!" I said, while wanting to wash my mouth out with soap.

After washing out mouth out with rum (coconut, mango, red ruby vodka, coffee liquor), we decided it's time to eat.

While walking up the 9 stories of stairs to the buffet, Cycles says "This is a nice little work out"

I reply "Yeah, we should always take the stairs, so we earn our buffet"

Cycles agrees to my outrageous suggestion, so that leaves us taking the stairs almost the whole trip. Damn me and my big mouth. :)


The buffet was huge. It was a myriad of food ranging from lunch meat, fruit, soup, and pasta, not to mention the lemonade, tea and water to consume. (NOTE: Sodas & Juices cost extra)
We stocked up and begin our eating frenzy of 4 days.
**I thought that being a vegetarian while on the boat would be difficult, but I was VERY wrong! It was easier than eating out in Orlando!**

After lunch, we meet with our fellow cruise companions. A 10 friends from a dining club Cycles and I attend were on the cruise too. In fact, the head organizer was the one that arranged the cruise.

Eventully the vast amount of food got to Cycles and I, so we went to take a nap while the ship departed for the Bahamas.

Our long nap concluded, we headed off to look at the ship and meet for dinner (Dinner was at 8:30). While in the process of looking around we found the "Theater" and watched the comic on stage making clean jokes about the boats toilets and various ports of call. Cycles and I were enjoying the humor (even though it was clean), when one of our cruise companions laughed so hard he gave our feet a lemonade Vodka bath.

Knowing our feet were no longer thirsty and bemoaning the fact that good alcohol had been wasted, Cycles and I decided to headed off for dinner.

If you haven't notice yet, life on the boat is all about eating. You eat breakfast, then relax. Soon enough it's time for lunch. Relaxing again. After a nap, Dinner isn't far away.

Dinner was Great! I had Caesar salad, chilled berry soup (like a berry smoothie), Mahi tempura, and a fantastic dessert. (I don't remember what kind of dessert, I had so many they run together)

After dinner Cycles and I were going to rectify the problem of Cycles change purse being too full at the Casino, when Jennifer from guest services flagged us down. Jennifer wanted to know if the smell in our bathroom was gone yet.

(Earlier, when we were taking a nap something in our bathroom keep gargling. Eventually our room was full of stink gas and neither one of us was the cause )

We went down to check on the smelly room situation. It did smell a bit better, but it still wasn't completely stink free. Shutting the bathroom door, we waited for the maintenance man to make his appearance. Unfortunately, he was at a loss too.

With our food settling, the cold AC, and the rocking of the ship, we soon feel asleep.

It's amazing how much you can sleep in one day...

Stay tuned for Day 2...

Cruisin' Cosmo

Obviously my cruise is over. I really considered paying the extra money (.50 a minute) for internet while on the ship, to post a blow by blow account...but I was on vacation and I REALLY wanted to stay away from my life support/nag called "The Computer". However, since I have been graced with and phenomenal memory (Did you hear that? It was the sound of my nose growing.) I will deliver my vacation escapades in vivid detail.

Monarch of the Seas with Royal Caribbean was our cruise boat. Our voyage began Monday Feb 23 2009. My chic friend, (a wonderful women that is my platonic friend. We had to make that clear to the cruise people.) Cycles joined me for the cruise experience. And THANK GOD she did! Good Girlfriends can make anything spectacular!

Before I begin the tales of my travels, Lets do a bit of prep work.

When traveling on a cruise there are a few things you need to know.
1) There will be days you will probably be at sea (check your itinerary). That means you can't get off the boat unless you want to swim home. So make sure you bring some entertainment if you aren’t crazy about bingo.

2) You can't always predict the weather, so be prepared (unlike Cycles and I).

3) Your cruise companions are important.

4) Make sure you bring the necessities.

Cosmo's List of Necessities
- A good book (or two). I brought Eat Pray Love (More on that book later).
- A pair (or two) of club clothes. Ya never know when parting will happen.
- A camera with extra batteries. Important for those drunk pictures.
- Bring Meds. Allergy, Sea sick, aspirin... any medication you think you might need. But keep in mind, don't take your whole medicine cabinet
- A beach towel. You don't want to pay for the ship's beach towels if you loose it!
- Sunscreen... A MUST!
- A collapsible bag. Ya never know what goodies you might by on the islands. **I brought this back. It’s strong, very small and doubles as a shopping bag. **
- Your common cents. In many countries, if a foreigner and a citizen get in an accident. It doesn't matter if the citizen runs over the foreigner, the foreigner is in the wrong. So be careful! Your in their country!

Cosmo’s Two Cents:
- If you are single, bring Condoms. Ya never know when you might get lucky and the Bahamas’ STD rate is staggering!
- Well drinks (vodka, gin, rum…ect) are cheaper than the “Tropical” drinks.

Cosmo's List of things to NOT bring
- Your cell phone. Leave it at home. International charges are expensive, and besides this is YOUR vacation.
- Drama.
- Stress. Try to leave your stress at home. Don't worry about the kids, your job, or your newest fling. Just try to enjoy yourself.
- Lots of cash (or at least cash for the boat). Don't spend your money at the Casino. The win rates are horrible on a ship! Remember, cruise ships follow international laws, not US laws.
- Too many sun dresses when the weather is below 70. (Cosmo made this mistake, more about this later) Just because you want it to be warm, doesn't mean it is. (Again, a Cosmo mistake)


Stay tunes for Day 1 of Cosmo's Cruise Escapades!
Crusin' Cosmo

Gong... Gong... Gong...

"What the F**K is that noise? And why does it keep going OFF?" I thought in my half zombie state. Eventually I realize it was my monk type alarm. (My cell phone has this kewl gong alarm, it's really pretty soothing... or at least less obnoxious than my regular alarm which sounds like a fire truck has suddenly appeared in my bedroom)

After over a week of not having an alarm, a person can get spoiled. Unfortunately, today was Monday, so it was back to work after my nice long lazy vacation.

It's strange how fast a person can get use to waking up with the sway of the ocean and a never ending buffet of scrumptious food. It took me about 2 seconds to get use to the Crusin' was of life....

Now it's back to reality. :(

Non-Crusin' Cosmo

I know you must be wondering what the strange title means. Well it’s an intro to my latest vacation of course. My boyfriend and I went on a 7-day epic journey covering 4 states and too many miles to count….even for an engineer.




It all started in Las Vegas, which is where the hooker comes in. I knew it was legal there but I was surprised at how much advertisement there was for it. We past a guy in an orange shirt that said “Direct to your Door in 30 minutes”. I decided it would be fun to take a picture with him since legally picking up a hook seemed so extreme due to my naïve upbringing. Well I didn’t realize that I was wearing an orange shirt too and so the picture looks like I am one of his “employees”. I better not let my mom see that picture! We decided our $40 would be better spent on an all you can eat buffet so we went to the Bellagio hotel for their world famous buffet. It was the best buffet I have ever had in both quantity and quality! We stayed for TWO hours. Six plates and eight desserts later we finally waddled out. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”? Can someone please inform my hips of this! At the time I decided we were “training” for day two of the journey, which involved a hike down Grand Canyon so the carbs were necessary to prep. It sounded good at the time.

On day two we journeyed to the Grand Canyon and started our hike down. We didn’t prep except for eating bunches in Vegas and we didn’t know if what we were doing was commonplace or not. Being from Florida where the elevation is zero is sure seemed extreme. At least gravity was on our side but it still took 4 ½ hours to get down. Some of that was due to needing a picture every 10 feet. It was beautiful and we wanted to document it all. The best part was we didn’t finish the hike until after dark. The last two miles were in complete darkness with just a little flashlight to help us not fall off the trail and into the Colorado River. It worked and we made it to the ranch for the best dinner ever….or maybe I was just very hungry. After dinner I went to the girls camp to sleep with a bunch of women I didn’t know. I was a little nervous about this but my boyfriend informed me he did it all the time and it was easy. He didn’t earn any girlfriend points with that little comment. But I met the girls in the morning and they were awesome and we became instant friends.

Unfortunately what goes down must come up and on day three we journeyed up the canyon. As the signs all stated getting to the bottom was optional but getting up was mandatory so we were on our own. We were laughing in the morning how we made it through the heat and decent and the dark and the only thing missing was torrential rain. It was a joke at the time since it was totally sunny but by lunchtime it started to downpour. We just kept on hiking since there really wasn’t much else to do and as it turned out it probably helped us since it would have been too hot without the rain. We ran into one of those odd people we meet on every trip. You know the ones who like to act like they know it all and like to share their opinion even if you obviously aren’t interested. When we mentioned we were from Florida he said “well congratulations, most of MY people from Florida can’t make it” in a very derogatory tone. So I decided to mess with his head and said “really. This was easy. We have this ride at Disney World….except its air-conditioned”. That seemed to put him in his place or at least confuse him enough so we could get away. It really wasn’t too bad of a journey. We just went slow and steady and a mere 8 ½ hours later we were up! We had some soreness and blisters but we didn’t fall in the canyon so that makes it a total success in my mind.

The Buttes come into play on Day 4 when we went to monument valley Utah. There are huge rock formations called buttes and mesas just jutting out of the ground. It was spectacular to view. I found a rock that had the best echo I’ve ever heard. I could almost recite the preamble to the US Constitution and hear it all repeated back to me. We took some pictures, did some yoga poses and had a small snack while we soaked it all in. I only wish I could have done a full yoga class in that location.

Day 5 brings us to the biker part of my title since we mountain biked down a mountain at a ski/snowboard resort. I’ve done mountain biking before but usually you have to spend a lot of time biking up just to enjoy a quick downhill. Most bikers like to say “you have to earn it” when talking about the downhill but I figure if I pay for the lift ticket then “I earned it”! We used the ski lift to go up the mountain which felt odd without a board on my feet and then the bikes were hooked to the back of the next chairs. So we spent all day chair lifting up and biking down. All the fun without all the work and I am totally ok with that!

These were just a few of the many highlights from our epic journey to the West. I love vacations since they are a time of adventure and a time of living in the moment and they create lifelong memories. I hope you enjoyed my vacation as much as I did and that you get a chance to travel soon and make many wonderful memories to last a lifetime!

Rummy “It’s a dry heat” Runner

Now that I have your attention I have to let you know that Gay Head is a just a town on Martha’s Vineyard and was part of my latest travel destination and adventure. Fortunately there was no truth in advertising but we did have a good time snickering about it. We did see several Fairies… I mean Ferries but that’s not the same thing at all. Yes I know I’m 40 now and shouldn’t still act so silly but who says I have to grow up. Speaking of no truth in advertising I didn’t see a single vineyard on Martha’s Vineyard. Maybe it’s a bad crop year or something. We did see a cornfield when we were cruising around in our bright blue convertible rental car. I would have thought the property there would be too expensive to grow corn but maybe this was special “vineyard corn” and sold for $10 an ear. Who knows? Martha’s ice cream shop would have been a better name for the place since there was an ice cream shop on practically every corner. I felt bad for the poor overworked cows. We quickly got bored of the ice cream so we took our unsuspecting rental car on some major off road trails. These were jeep trails and not made for a sports car. It was fun for us but probably not so much for the car. No worries we returned it in one piece and still had some funny stories to tell and pictures to show.

Our vacation was mostly to Boston but somehow that just didn’t make as good of a title for this blog. We watched the fireworks down by the Charles River. It was a great show until the smoke blocked out most of the fireworks and we were just listening to the booms and looking at smoke. After the smoke show we had to cross over a 10 foot wide bridge to get out of the park with 599,998 of our closest friends. The best thing about the event was the drunken partying people afterwards. I ran into 3 women singing patriotic songs. I convinced them to sing Neil Diamond’s America with me much to the dismay of my boyfriend since I had been teasing him all day with that song. Out of nowhere I would sing a line or two or just shout “Today”. It’s amazing he puts up with me.

I also did some cone skating on the fourth. As if just plain old inline skating isn’t hard enough, this group weaves through cones placed just a few feet apart downhill on their skates. I call it rubber legs. If you’ve ever seen it you would know what I mean. I do ok but my legs just don’t seem to bend as well. While I was skating my boyfriend went for a walk. He returned with a pina colada in a coconut. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. This wouldn’t have surprised me on our recent trip to the Bahamas but somehow it just didn’t seem to fit in with Boston on the fourth…kinda like combining hot dogs and a fine wine. But we’ve determined that it is perhaps possible to get a drink in a coconut anywhere in the world and will be testing this theory at our future vacation destinations. Yellowstone coconut coladas here we come!

Another fun activity on our vacation adventure was the Historic Pub Crawl. It’s actually called the Freedom Trail and passes several historic sites but seems to pass a lot of bars along the way too so we made a few extra stops. Supposedly a lot of the decisions made by our founding fathers were made over a pint or two of ale. So I think from now on I will make all my decisions that way. Should I take this new promotion? Think I’ll get drunk and then decide. This could get interesting.

To top off my vacation I got picked for the ‘random’ search at the airport for both my departing flights. Apparently I am a major threat to national security…good to know. The search on the departing flight from Orlando wasn’t bad. It was faster than the normal line and I got felt up by a cute girl – could’ve been worse. The way back was a different story. It took close to 30 minutes. They even checked my oh so suspicious skates for chemical residual. Other people getting the “special treatment” included a black girl in spandex pants (hard to hide anything in what she was wearing) and a very well dressed foreign looking man who said “I’m glad they are doing searches”. I was thinking “yeah I’m glad they are searching you too but I think the spandex girl and I are pretty safe bets”. I’m surprised they let the Girl Scouts go through without a strip search! No telling what was in their cookie boxes.

It was a fun trip. If it sounds at all like I’m complaining it’s just me trying to find humor and entertain you with some of the more colorful experiences. I think it would be fun to live in Boston since I like big cities and there was so much to see and do. But I think I would change my mind when the temperature dropped below 60 degrees. I’m a warm weather Florida girl after all.

Rummy “Boston Haaabar” Runner

I’m soo excited. ALL of us Drinks with the girls are going to Atlanta GA this weekend! It’s a VERY quick trip that entails lots of chatting, eating (of course), maybe some shopping & auditioning for a TV show.
Of course, I can’t take the credit for organizing it, Tini has been the road trip leader!
We are leaving Friday night. You know that that means…jumping on the beds in a swanky hotel room. Hmm is motel 8 swanky? Maybe in a supernatural hotel room, kind of way. (Have you ever seen the hotel rooms in the TV show supernatural…Lets just say they are Retro)
Wonder what kind of trouble we will get into & people we will meet? Strangely enough, us girls, don’t get to spend a lot of time with each other. We are SOO busy doing kite boarding, car shopping, and socializing that it’s hard to get together.
So watch out people in Atlanta, GA! Here comes Drinks with the Girls!
Travelin' Cosmo

Okay....just went of a short five day vacation with my immediate family (baby bro, who just turned 20, my mother and our grandmother)....and boy was that ruff...oops, did I say ruff, I meant fun...uh... yeah...fun! Doesn't this ever get easier? We did it for a good reason....by baby brother will be heading to Iraq soon and his activation starts in just a few days...and it was a chance for us all to spend a bit of time with him. Man, he just seems so young still! I guess some of that may change in the next year and a half...not to sure what I think of all that just yet.
Anyway....love them all but I just feel to old to do family vacations anymore...it was just weird being stuck with them on an island, in a small cottage, beautiful setting...strange company.
As much as I love my family, I just couldn't help but feel like a caged animal through the whole thing. We are all sooo very different and are at such different places in our lives. It's surprising that there were only two small arguments during the whole trip...yeah! and Sadly, I'm very happy about all this ...had the trip been much (just another day or two) longer, I KNOW it would have been at least 3 times the amount of arguments! Thank GOD that it was a short trip, that was really all any ones schedules would allow on such short notice, phew!
All I know is that I kept thinking...man if I were here with this person or that person...this place would be sooo great! There are so many cool little outing we could have gone on but we had Granny with us, and what's night life to these people, oh I know...it's a soft Pallow! My baby bro would do the night life thing, but he is still a year to young for that....grrrr! And really financially wise, timing couldn't be worse for me! And we all know it's really all about me...uh...okay...maybe not.
Really though...now that I have gotten all that out of my system, It was really nice and we did all get some quality time in together. I got some great bird photos for my mother (she is a big bird fan) and a few good memories with the kid brother. We did a little fishing together and thankfully he was the only one to ever catch a thing! Had he not, that could have started another little fight...God knows...I can't hardly help myself with him...and I would had to rubbed it in big time, had I had all the catches or just the biggest;) Got to love siblings!!
Well I off to help him pack...seems I know a bit about this deploying stuff...seeing I've done it a time or two before myself...weird thing is, he actually listens to me on this kind of thing and wants my help...huh...well guess we all have to grow up sometime...bummer. (That goes for the growing up part too;) )
Keep Safe and keep Living your dreams...!
Tini