Towels

It seems to be a standard that cruise ships fold towels into animal shapes and place on your bed each night. They always have a towel folding class on board (I've never been to one) and sell books on how to fold them into various shapes. Below are the animals we found each night when we returned to our room. I will post another showing a couple of naughty looking towels.

Monday night this dog was wearing Jamie's sunglasses.

Tuesday night we found the elephant

Wednesday night this cute bunny was stretched out relaxing on my bed

Thursday night was the cobra, although it took us a while to figure out what it was as you will see in my next post

Friday night the seal was waiting for us

We're Back From the Cruise

Jamie and I are back in Austin after our cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We had a fun time in spite of motion sickness the first couple of days. Some of you I have emailed so parts of my blogs will be repeats but will have more details. I will be trying to post something each day now that I have internet access and will also post photos for you to enjoy.

Monday
We took the 4 hour drive from Austin to Galveston to board the cruise ship. We got all checked in and set off on the cruise. After the required life safety drill we were off to change our dinner time. There were 4 time slots offered and they had given us the 8:30 slot which was too late for us so had it changed to the 6:15 time. Jamie started feeling a little queasy as the night progressed but I was feeling fine. Jamie ended up buying some Bonine for her nausea but that didn’t seem to help either. We went to one show which was a not so funny comedian but afterward Jamie decided she needed to go to the infirmary because her nausea was getting worse. We had both bought seabands bracelets to wear to avoid getting motion sickness but they didn’t work for either of us. Instead of seeing the doctor she opted to pick up some free packets of pills they offered at the clinic… which turned out to be the same as the Bonine pills she had just purchased earlier. We went to bed around 9:00 and slept until 9:00 the next morning. Below is a photo of our ship.

Hello From the Yucatan

Jamie and I are here in Cozumel today. We´ve had a fun time so far with the exception of motion sickness the second day out... we were sailing for 39 hours before our first stop and it was a rocky ride. Met 2 ladies at dinner (another mother and daughter) who had some extra patches for motion sickness and they were kind enough to give us each one.... what a blessing that was... we are both fine now. Spent yesterday touring Chichen Itza, the Mayan ruins and pyramid. We have taken lots of pictures but have not found a way or the time to post here yet. So now we are finishing up our morning of shopping in Cozumel and are heading to the beach.

Austin

I made it to Austin safely last night. There were lots of severe storms in TX and LA yesterday so my flight from Charlotte to Dallas was rerouted but we flew north of the storms and didn't encounter any problems or delays. When I arrived in Dallas I discovered that 2 flights to Austin had been cancelled but thankfully mine was still on time. There were about 200 people in line at my gate though who had been cancelled and were trying to get on my flight. I was so glad I had a seat and my flight was not cancelled. I arrived in Austin about 30 minutes behind schedule but I wasn't complaining. Jamie was waiting for me at the baggage claim along with a little 9 year old girl she baby sits for named Lauren. She was adorable. She is about the size of Hannah and has a vocabulary that surpasses most adults. Amazing and so outgoing. We had a delightful ride to Jamie's apartment where we were robustly greeted by Bella. Jamie had to go back to Lauren's house to finish up her job and I stayed at the apartment, took a leisurely bath and enjoyed the down time. Finally went to bed around 11:00 (which was midnight east coast time) and was fast asleep. Today I woke up to sun filtering into the windows and it is a beautiful Austin day. I have the windows and french doors open with a nice warm sunny breeze blowing in. We leave early in the morning for Galveston and our cruise. I think the ship has internet cafes so hopefully I will be able to blog while we are on the cruise. If not, then I am sure to have a lot to blog about once we return.