*CRUISE*

JANUARY 9TH

Today we arrived in New Orleans around 1:30.  We drove around aimlessly because we were lost.  We sat around for an hour, maybe more, waiting to board the cruise ship.  Once we were on we found our rooms and waited around for our bags to get their because Eryn and I put the wrong room # on the tags.  After we got situated, we explored the ship.  We got a bite to eat and explored some more.  At 6:30 we went to the top deck for the Launch party.  After we ate again we played shuffle board on the top deck.  We walked around on the inside of the ship to the Casino, gift shop, photo gallery, and a few resteraunts...where we stopped for a little snack.  We also went to a comedy show at 8:00.  I called Spencer, and talked for about 5 minutes.  We walked around some more and discovered the dance floor, where we spotted some large persons "trying" to dance.  That got scary, so we went to bed.

                             (Foggy, windy, chilly)

JANUARY 10TH

Today I woke up at 8:30 and got Jaryd up.  We looked out at the ocean for a few minutes and decided to take a walk around to the ship a few times.  We walked around once and then went back up to the room to get Eryn and for me to change into shorts.  After jogging/walking six laps, dad came and got us for breakfast (Sports Bar and Grill).  After breakfast, we all layed out for about 4 or so hours...  Jaryd and I then went to this teen thing on board and met a few kids our age.  We palyed Scatergories at 3:00 and then at 4:00 we got into teams and did a photo hunt.  At 6:00 we all got dressed up and went to a formal supper.  After supper, we went to the Observatory Lounge and listened to some very pathetic karaoke singers.  At 10:00, we went to the Stardust Lounge and watched "Country Gold."  One of the dancers pulled dad up on the stage and he attemted to dance with a selected few others in front of about 500 people, so that was fun. 

                                  -Day at Sea-                (sunny, 79 degrees)

JANUARY 11TH

Today we woke up at about 8:30.  We arrived at Cozumel Mexico and docked at 10:00.  We ate breakfast at the Sports Bar and Grill and got dressed and ready to get off the ship.  We walked around the town and looked at some T-shirt and jewelry shops.  We got back on the ship at 1:30, ate and put our swimsuits on and went back into town to catch a Taxi.  After a 10 or 15 minute drive, we arrived at the beach.  We swam, layed out, and dad, jaryd, and I jumped off the water trampoline.  We took a taxi back to the ship, and got ready for supper at the Trattoria.   We had a Polish waiter....coolest guy ever, he mad a mouse and rabbit out of a napkin for us.  After supper we went to the Stardust Lounge and watched the most insane juggler i have ever seen.  Then we went to bed.

                     -Cozumel Mexico-            (sunny, 82 degrees)

JANUARY 12TH

Today we woke up around 9:30.  Eryn and I went joggin around the track. We met dad and jaryd in the Stardust Lounge, they were playing BINGO. It was about 3:00 when we got off the ship because the boat took sooo long to dock. We met up with some other people on the cruise and we all went to the CSI Orphanage.  We got  a tour of the orphanage and met the 14 kids who lived there, all very adorable! (ricky and glen!!!). Andrew took our family and another couple snorkeling for an hour or so. We got back on the ship ate supper and went to the Caribbean Deck party, what a blast.  The Assistant Cruise Director pulled eryn and i out on the deck with 14 other girls and we got into teams of 4 and picked a guy to dress up as a girl.  Our guy lost because he was drunk and wouldn't let us dress him up very much.  After that, i hung out with jaryd and his little possee of friends, we talked and what not then i went to bed.

                               -Roatan Honduras-          (sunny 86 degrees)

JANUARY 13TH