6.30.2010

Pirates of the Caribbean

From June 4-13, Jordan's parents took us all on a cruise to the Caribbean! It was amazing and wonderful :) It was my first cruise and I had the best time. We went with Royal Caribbean on the Oasis of the Seas, currently the largest cruise liner. It was HUGE. This picture doesn't do it justice, but there is another picture later to show you how big it was. Here is what we did, day by day...

June 4, Friday: After working the night shift (smart move, Melyn), Micah and Jordan picked me up at Huntsman and we drove to the airport. Just a little note here about how awful work was that night: About 45 minutes before the shift was over, there was a code on the floor below us. The code nurse and me (the code aide) ran down with a ton of equipment to help in the code. The code got done 20 minutes after shift change, and I still had to give report. And change. And drive to the airport. We're lucky we made it, lol. We took a flight to Chicago where we met up with Mitch, Allie, and the boys. Then we took a flight to Fort Lauderdale. That evening we went to Chipotle (mmm) for dinner and then back to the hotel to sleep.

June 5, Saturday: We ate breakfast and relaxed in the hotel before leaving for the ship. We couldn't board until 2 PM so we just waited. Mitch, Josie, Jordan, and I decided to go to the grocery store to get water and other essentials like Starbursts. It was SOOOO HOT and humid outside! We were all pouring buckets of sweat and had to carry all our stuff back to the hotel. Yuck! We took a shuttle to the port o call and got all situated. I was pretty impressed with the check in process; it went smoothly and quickly. Jordan and I then went to our cabin and explored the ship with the rest of the family. Josie was our cruise director and lead the tour. The ship was so big! There were different areas on the ship like the Boardwalk,

June 6, Sunday: