General Update!

So, I've been enjoying this cruise!  It's been a super nice time just to relax, and do whatever makes me happy. I didn't do a rundown of the last two days, so I'll update you guys of everything I have been up to.

Day 1:
I pretty much lazied about all day.  When we arrived on the ship, our room wasn't ready, so we went straight to lunch.  Here, I had some super spicy Mongolian stirfry, some chicken fingers, and french fries.  For being a buffet style meal, it was pretty good.  Then, afterward I signed up for my Thursday Excursion.  I'll be going with some of my family to a private beach, with a capacity of only 20 people.  Here, there will some personal chefs, and some personal bartenders.  With the chefs, we can go into the kitchen while they are cooking lunch, and help them/learn the recipes.  I'm pretty stoked about that.  Before and after lunch, we pretty much have the beach to ourselves.  There will be some hammocks and some snorkling gear, both of which I'll be excited to use!  When we finally got into our rooms, we lounged around a bit until the mandatory saftey briefing.  Then... We departed!  I spent some time watching New Orleans pass us by, and then it was time to get ready for dinner.  For dinner, I tried Escargot, and had the flatiron steak, french fries, and Mac'n'cheese.  Everything was DELICIOUS!  After dinner, I found the giant chess set, played a kid, barely beat him, then decided it was time to explore.  I spent the late evening, until 11:30ish, walking in the solitude of the night.  (See my next post about that).  Finally, I went to bed and had a wonderful sleep.

Day 2:
Today I was super lazy, and it was amazing.  I started the day with breakfast and working out with my family.  After cleaning up and taking a bit of a break, I went and explored the ship some more.  Not surpisingly, I ended up back at the chess set.  There, I played 3 more games.  Two more against my opponent from the previous night (His name was Tyler), and one against a new opponent named Donald.  All three games were pretty intense, but I managed to win them all (Record until now: 4-0).  It was also fun to discuss and watch other people playing chess.  After some more relaxing in the room reading, I made my way to the Wine Seminar, where I proceeded to get slightly inebriated, and learned a lot about a few of the more common wines.  The biggest thing I learned was that the flavor of the wine is very much dependent on what you eat with it.  It's still blowing my mind how much of a difference it made.  Then, more wandering!  I cheered on one of the ladies who was at our table during the Wine seminar, as she played in the finals of the slot tournament.  Continuing on, I relaxed in the room for some more, had some whiskey, and then made my way to the Formal dinner night!  Here, after all of us taking pictures, I got to have more delicious delicious food.  For starters, I had the vegetable Spring Rolls, some white stuffed mushrooms, and Alligator fritters.  I didn't enjoy the Alligator that much, but it still felt nice to be trying different things.  And then, the main course... Lobster, giant shrimp, and prime rib!  For desert, Chocolate Melting Cake with Vanilla ice cream.  Needless to say, I was stuff, and thoroughly satisfied.  I didn't last much longer after that.  I played some Chess with my Dad (Now 5-0), proceeded then to get dominated by him in Mini Golf (Extreme hard edition xD 20-30mph winds), then retired to the room, watched some TV, then collapsed in the strongest food induced coma I've had for awhile.

Day 3:
Today is pretty quiet, since we are at our first port.  All I've done today is eat breakfast with the family, worked out with the family again, relaxed in the room, and beat myself in chess.  Here soon, we'll be planning on going into the city and see what they've got for sale.  Tonight, I'll probably go check out some of the clubs and maybe the comedian.  I'll let you guys know probably first thing in the morning!


P.S. -  Posts are going to be far between, and clumped together.  The internet here sucks horribly, and it's very limited.  I hope to get on at least once a day, but we'll see how it goes.