First Day on the Ship

Today was our first day on the cruise ship – I can’t believe we made it!  All that planning and coordinating and we’re finally here – wow.   My first task once we stepped on board was to look into my internet options, which turned out to be pricey.  As anyone knows who has been on a cruise before, they charge you for everything (except food of course).  They had a game going on as soon as we boarded for $1,000 in shipboard credit (that’s a lot of internet minutes!), so I dragged Daron all over the place to collect “stamps” from different areas so we could enter the drawing.  Daron wanted to chit-chat with everyone we met (8 months of not working will do that to a guy), while I was on a mission!  We collected our stamps and entered the drawing at the Sailaway Party.  Lo and behold, the very first name they pull from the pile was MINE!   I headed down to the guy with the microphone while the entire ship’s population was watching me (yikes) and promptly forgot where I’m from when he asked.  “Um, Colorado, Fort Collins” tumbled out of my mouth, backwards of course and the MC repeats it for everyone to hear in case they missed my dorkiness the first time.  What a girl will do for the internet!   In my haste I neglected to read the fine print of the game – they weren’t awarding $1,000 in shipboard credit; instead the various prizes added together were worth $1,000.  In the end I won two martinis at one of the onboard bars, a $14 value.  It’s not 30 days of internet, but at least I can console myself with some “free” alcohol.  J