Ensenada, Mexico

Hola Everyone,

Well, Josh and I are back home as of yesterday afternoon. We had such a great time on the cruise and partying with our friends. It was a ton of fun! We are still trying to recoup and definitely need to catch up on the lack of sleep we got. It was worth it though!

We all flew from Sac to LA Fir morning which was a great flight...thx for saving us seats Stacey. :) Then once in L.A., we got to ride in a limo and ate breakfast by the beach which was nice. Then, our limo took us to the port where we saw this massive ship...it was huggee! We ate lunch not too far from the ship and drank us some good margaritas! We got to take a trolley which was neat too and boarded the ship around 4ish. Once inside, we got to our TINYYYYYYYY staterooms where I crashed for two hours...I was exhausted to say the least and only got about 3 hours of sleep thurs night. My little nap did me well!!! Then we ate a yummy dinner and danced the night away at a fun club til around 2am!

Saturday came and we woke up in Ensenada, Mexico. We all lwalked around the shops and saw some Salsa dancers at a restaurant we went to. There was also a waiter who was making ppl takes shots of Tequila by tipping their head, pouring the shot down their throat, then picking them up and shaking them! I was cracking up and almost had to take part in it..thankfully I had a skirt on! haha!! My other friends took part in it and got shaken up a bit too! :) Ensenada was a cute place although the kids on the street selling gum was very sad. :( It was hot too...very hot and luckily there was shade. We were there until 5, but since we were missing passengers, we didn't leave until 6ish. I guess people were booing the missing passengers when they came aboard! haha!

Sat night, we ate dinner (although my hubby was veryyyyy tired and wanted to sleep) and had some yummy food! The cool thing about dinner was that you could order numerous entrees and desserts which was nice! The dinner was a formal captain's dinner and so we all dressed up. Afterwards, Josh went to bed along with some others (it was a late dinner) while the rest of us hung out a pool party and then went dancing afterwards which was a ton of fun. I think I got to bed around 3am or later that night!

Sunday we ate a yummy breakfast while floating at sea. It was cool day though it was in the 70s...the wind made it not be a warm day. I witnessed a belly flop contest which looked like it hurt and had me a yummy pineapple drink...literally, the drink was in a cut out pineapple. We hung out at a bar while the guys watched football..go figure! Then we all played bingo which was a ton of fun!!!!! It was a full house and luckily we got seats together. We totally thought we were going to win but nope, we lost. No biggie though...it was a good time! Afterwards, we shopped a bit then met up with some of the guys who were playing shuffle board and got to see a whale too! That was very neat although it wasn't close by. We all then showered and got ready for another yummy dinner where our waiters danced around with different things on their heads and where we did the Macarena. It was the best dinner night...at least I think so! Afterwards, we took part in a game called QUEST where teams had to have certain members run up on the floor to show them the items the host asked for (for ex, a male with a women's bra, shoes and lipstick on! Luckily, we had a cool team member who did that one! :). It was a lotttttttt of fun....a ton! Then we all danced the night away again and got no sleep! It was definitely worth it though!

Monday morning came and it was time to leave. We all woke up by the annoying lady on the intercom who was trying to get us all up...it worked the tenth time around. Seriously, she wouldn't shut up! :) We then took a limo to the airport, flew into Sac, drove home and we got in around 4:30pm. I was nauseous and dizzy from all the activity that day, but sooooooooo happy once we got to see Mia! She gave us this huge smile and pointed right to us. It was priceless!!

Today, we are recouping after a fun weekend. We got sleep which was nice, but still need more! Josh's dad left last night and his mom left today to go to L.A. for business. It was good having them here to watch Mia who did very well for them thankfully! I was definitely worried when we were gone and missed her a ton, but was glad to know she was in good hands.

Can't wait for our next get together! We definitely need to do this more often. :) Pictures to follow soon!

Have a great week,

Cathy