Funny My Life Is!: February 2010

So many of you know, that I went on a cruise the end of January. All I can say, is what an adventure I had. The original plan was to arrive in Long Beach at 1:00 in the afternoon and be able to board the ship at 2:00, but because of the bad weather California was having it was post-poned until 7:00 that night!! Well what are 4 girls without a car or any knowledge of Long Beach supposed to do for 7 hours?? Good guestion right, well first off it was freezing in Long Beach and rainy, so we were cold and wet, and not to mention when I got my suit case from the plane it was like they had dropped it in a wet puddle, water was literally running out of it! AWESOME! I guess we could say Carnival Cruise Lines came to the rescue, kind of! They bused us to a convention center to entertain us for the day and fed us lunch. While that was great and all, it was like the air conditioning was on, it was like an Ice box in there. The only warm clothes that I took with me on this trip was the pants I had on and the Jacket I was wearing!! So we enjoyed our sandwich, but it was so cold in there and there was no entertainment.... Oh but wait, Carnival to the rescue once again, they brought in some clowns!!! That's right, clowns! Not only clowns but the best ballon making clowns in the world!!! As annoyed as I was I couldn't stop laughing about how the day was turning out, when I signed up the cruise I had no idea it was going to start out like this! While laughing and watching the clowns contently; because there was literally nothing else to do, I noticed the clown making this balloon! At first, I thought the balloon was a baby, but soon to my delightment I realize it was a cupid! I asked the clown if I could have it and she said yes!! Not even kidding, this was actually the coolest balloon I had ever seen!! So after that we found out we could go the local aquarium for free, so we went and did that, but no worries every where I went with that cupid balloon I made friends! Person after person kept coming up to me asking to take a picture of it and wondering where in the world I had gotten it! It seriously made everyone's day a little brighter that day! So after all that, they finally annouced that they would start shipping us over to the ship at 7:30 that night! It was utter chaos! But we finally made it on the ship and like 9:00 that night and found out our rooms wouldn't be ready for awhile and to just find somewhere to eat dinner. As much as I wanted to do something fun after dinner I was so exhausted from the day that I had to go to bed. So the next morning we got up and went to breakfast, and just like that I started to feel the movement of the ship and felt a little woosy. That day was just the day at sea so we just messed around and explored the HUGE ship! That night was the formal dinner and it was fun to dress up and have a nice fancy dinner, but once I sat down, I felt terrible again. After dinner I took some motion sickness pills and told my friends I was going to go lay down for a bit, but I would meet back up with them in a little bit to do the evening festivities! NOT, I feel asleep and felt so sick that I ended up staying in that night! So LAME!! Well the next day in Mexico was awesome! Not to mention getting off that ship for a day! I seriousy felt like I was in a whole different world! What is it with the Pharmacy's on every corner with the Men yelling at you to come get "some Viagra for your boyfriend!" every few steps! WEIRD!! We went and saw the Blowhole or should I say La Buffadora! It is only 1 of 3 in the world! It was awesome and so beautiful! Then we did some shopping and bartering with the locals! It was so much fun! I really had a blast in Ensenada! I wish I had more time there! Well we got back on the ship in time to sail away back to Long Beach! I don't know if the captain was in a hurry or what, but we literally hauled butt back! The ship was going so fast and the water was already rough, that that night was by far the worst! And once again I was back in bed before 10:00 that night! And the next day was time to get off and head home! We took a taxi back to the airport and our taxi driver just kept speeding up then slamming on the brakes the whole way. So that didn't help with the motion sickness! Then once we got the airport I felt like I was spinning and still rocking on the ship! I felt terrible!! Once we finally made it back to Orem that night I jumped in bed! It seriously took me like a week to recover! So I guess I can say I had fun, but definately didn't have a blast. Lesson learned, next cruise, Don't go in January wait for when the weather is warm and nice, don't rely on motion sickness pills, get the ear patches, and pack a few warmer clothes, and expect anything to happen!!!