OUR CRUISE - DAY 2

Its not something that many wonder, but today we got to experience what your clothes feel like in the washing machine. From what people told me, being on a cruise, was no different then being on land, your not supposed to feel the sea. I must say, if land felt like this … there would be no need to drink, as the world already seems spinning.

To be fair, this all started yesterday, but I figured, why write about it, as im sure its not a normal thing. As I awoke this morning, I found it that if its not normal, then im not sure we’ll see normal at all this cruise. It’s a little disorienting in the cabin. Without windows, its fairly dark. That just makes the moving even more strange. At first I wasn’t sure if I was awake, or dreaming of floating between clouds. A loud crashing cart passing by our door confirmed indeed I was awake.

You would think the motion of the ocean would make you sick, but in reality, it just takes some time to get used to. We got served room service breakfast that brought back memories of our honeymoon. It wasn’t as good as the honeymoon, but how can you beat eating breakfast as you watch the sunrise over the ocean. Smelling the cool ocean air and watching the waves gently kiss onto the sand. Now with that said … it was good, but if you didn’t get enough, don’t worry, you could head upstairs to a buffet and get a omelet or sausage or almost anything your heart desires.

Today was much nicer weather. With the nicer weather also comes the hordes

of people. We got a late start, so that meant that we had very few chairs to pick from. After walking around a bit to explore the outside of the ship, we found a couple at the rear of the ship. Kristy had her mom’s kindle, as I tried to read the old fashion way, by turning the pages. Turning the pages is not easy when you have a consistent rush of wind flowing past you. Apparently we must be moving when cruising, who would have thought? Kristy got to get her first fun and fruity drink of the trip full with a coconut monkey head to boot. The selling point of the monkey head is that it doubles as a coin bank.

Not sure if it was just me, but since kids can’t drink the alcohol, I don’t think many adults will be putting all their pennies in the pretty monkey bank when they get home. But what better way to get a tasty drink, and a nice souvenir for someone at the same time. We moved around our reading spot a few times, but despite the hunt, never found a place with sun. Don’t get me wrong, its nice and warm, but I think the sun might be taking a vacation in Wisconsin right now, as we haven’t seen it since we left.

We got a chance to take a nap in the middle of the day, and then began our prep for the night of fun filled activities. It’s the formal night, so we get to dress up to the 9’s and have an elegant feast filled with dancing and shows. We started the night with a dance show that covered many different styles and times through the ages. Some of the numbers were good, while others were a little tacky.

Our dinner was more interesting, as we had table guests. I mean not really guests, but since the other couple did not show up the first evening, I figured that perhaps we were going to be able to eat alone all trip. They seemed nice, and have been on this same cruise ship 2 times before. They let us know that despite what we heard, the swaying we felt was very much normal, and up to this point in our cruise, its not the worse they have felt. Great.

The meal was fairly good, as we both got lobster and stuffed mushrooms. Despite the name of red lobster, I think we’ll still go for the crab. Lobster is good, but you can’t beat the crab. Kristy finished up the dinner with the warm melting cake, and we were ready for a night on the town … I mean ship.

After dinner we had a little time to kill before our 10:30 show, so we came back to the cabin and finished the movie “up in the air” that we started earlier. For anyone who hasn’t seen it … stop it about an hour in, and call it a movie. The ending is lacking to say the least.

The 10:30 show is for adults only, so I was ready for some raunchy humor. All things considered, the act was fairly tame, but had many parts where we got to laugh. The only part that made it R was that he swore a lot and really that is nothing since Kristy tends to have a potty mouth at times as well.

After this show we checked out the night club scene and realized we were not comfortable enough to enjoy the night clubs, so back to our rooms for a costume change and we went exploring again. We went to one night club and danced a few songs but realized that we could only bounce to so many raps songs and the other bar that had more our music was not open on this night. So we went up to get a snack and checked out the adult only swim area (we will defiantly be hitting this area up tomorrow), and gazed out onto the ocean with the one you love there was no better romantic way to end the evening.

The thing I was most impressed with today is that we have become more outgoing. Whether it was talking with our new table companions at dinner, or asking strangers to take our picture,

we got it done with ease.