Bahama Mama

I just love saying that. It's so much fun. Say it with me: Bahama Mama. Haha. Well, I'm back. Did you miss me? I've missed you. Although I've been reading other blogs, I have missed writing on my own blog. At times, I was just craving to write something, but I didn't do that as you can see. But today I'm so happy to be able to share the things that have been going on in my life lately.

So about my cruise. I'll get some pictures up in a bit, but for now I'll write about the trip.

On Saturday night (7-18-09), I got about 5 hours of sleep. We got to the airport and through security on time on Sunday morning, but then we were delayed until 11:30 in the morning because they decided to fix part of the plane, but didn't have the part at our airport. We spent that time freaking out that we were gonna miss our ship, but there were some other people on the same ship and in the same situation we were. We played Scrabble and Uno. It was fun, but still we were freaking out and stressing. Finally we got on the plane and they held the ship for us. It rained a lot while we were down south.

On Monday (7-20-09), we arrived in Freeport, Bahamas. We shopped around a little bit, but I didn't get anything. Then the drinking age in the Bahamas is 18, so my parents took my friend and I to a bar. I'm strictly against drinking (and I might rant about that later), so I didn't get anything, but my friend did. We got bored after a while, so we went back on the ship and went to ride the waterslides. One of the slides goes about 6 inches over the ocean. I got burnt that day. We also saw a funnel cloud almost touchdown. My friend got a picture of that. In the afternoon, we did this really fun line dancing and the instructor was totally cute. One of my favorite parts of these cruises is seeing where the crew and workers are from. Our cute line dancing instructor was from Australia. There was also a guy at the desk by the name of Fabio. He was from Brazil. Our line dance goes like this (of what I can remember at least):

Toe, heel. Toe, heel. One, two, three. Hips to the front. Hips to the back. Motion of the ocean (that's my favorite part). Step, step, chachacha. Step, step, chachacha. Step, turn, step, turn. Grapevine, turn, and clap.

We also did battle of the sexes. Guess who won that one? Yep, the ladies.

On Tuesday (7-21-09), we did a lot of stuff. We were in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. We took a tour of Nassaue. At one stop, we tried this fruit, which was known as a Spanish lime. It was very interesting. It tasted like a mix between a grape, a lemon, and a lime. We got to see part of Atlantis. In case you don't know what that is, it's a huge hotel that has an aquarium in the basement. We didn't get to go into the whole aquarium, but we got to see manta rays and other fish. Later in the evening, my friend and I got off the ship to go take some pictures and the guy at the door asked if we were 18 and if our parents knew where we were. At least he cared. My friend and I did karaoke. My brother had a fan club by the end of the cruise because of all the karaoke he did.

Wednesday (7-22-09) was our day at sea. We played putt putt. Yes, the ship had that on one side and a waterpark on the other. We had dinner in the dining hall. Our waiter was really nice. He was from Indonesia. then we went to the show. Then my parents made my friend and I go gamble in the casino. See, I'm not into drinking or gambling, but I have the pictures. My dad practically made me put the quarter in.

On Thursday (7-23-09), we had to get up uber early for breakfast because we had to get off the ship and stuff. Customs went quickly. But then we had to wait in the airport for about 3 hours. We found ways to entertain ourselves though. We saw some people who were from our town on the same flight as us. Then my friend and I saw a guy in handcuffs on hands and feet. That was kinda interesting.

I'm happy to be home, but at the same time, I miss the all you can eat soft serve ice cream. And my sunburn is still kinda peeling. I'll definitely get some pictures up real soon.