Bahamas Cruise

We had a great time on the cruise. My sister Jessy invited me to accompany her on her gig aboard the Monarch of the Sea. My mom, our friend Mrs. Flores, and our cousin Jenny went with us. Jess only had two performances so we got to hang out a lot. We flew to Florida on Thursday, and boarded the ship Friday from Cape Canaveral. The first day on board we tried to rest up, as we were all tired from traveling. There were three of us in our tiny stateroom which seemed to shrink to half it's size once our luggage arrived. Later that night we were treated to a viewing of the shuttle launch (which unfortunately Jen and I missed). I heard it was an amazing sight. Saturday morning we arrived at Nassau but there was some problem docking the ship so we weren't able to spend as much time there as we would've liked. Jess had to be back pretty early because she had a show that night. So we did some quick shopping close by, and then went to the Atlantis resort to check it out. The front page story of the Bahamas local paper stated that Atlantis had just laid off 800+ employees because of the economy. Atlantis is a beautiful resort and I would love to go back and stay there. We had a quick lunch and enjoyed their pool then had to get back to the boat. We had just enough time to get ready for Jess's show, and the formal dinner to follow. Sunday was my birthday. We were supposed to disembark at Cococay, but were unable to because of high waves. That was a bummer but we managed to have a good day on board anyway. We had a get together in our room with my mom and Mrs. Flores that morning and took some pictures without realizing our hair was a mess! Later I had a facial at the spa, and then we watched the Men's sexy legs contest on deck. It was hilareous. Most of the contestants were recruited by the staff, some with good legs the rest just good for a laugh. There were four judges and the contestants were supposed to impress the judges while showing off their legs and dancing to the Lambada. Some guys really got into it and let their inner exotic dancer come out. After dinner we went back to our room and I was surprised to find our room decorated for my birthday! We celebrated my 29th birthday at the Disco (I've decided it was a good number and I'll just stay 29 for a while). We had a great time dancing to Green light and Womanizer among many others. Monday morning we disembarked and all of us in Jessy's band had a pancake breakfast at the band promoter's house. It was fun hanging out with her group and their wives and getting to know them. The time went too fast, and now we are all back to work. Pictures to follow.