Vacation update

Anon pointed out that I never posted about our vacation. I totally forgot, with surgery and starting a new job, so here goes. Sorry about that!!!
So, once we finally got to Galveston and onto the ship, we got some time to explore the ship, which is HUGE. You can see the pics on my Flickr, I never did try the big slide in the main pool. So, they had art auctions most nights, with free champagne. I spent an insane amount of money on art, stupid free champagne did it. Wonderful pieces, but still, my wallet still hurts from that! So, we missed the sit down dinner the first night, but went the second night, for the formal dinner. There is a picture of us with the crew, Carnival really has a fabulous crew, and I think I want to work on a ship after my kids are grown. It seems like the coolest job ever! So, we spent the first night and day at sea, with pretty good weather, although it was pretty windy. We finally got to Progreso, which is a really neat city to explore. We went into the downtown area, and had breakfast at this little Mexican cafe, amazing food, and it only cost us about US$6. So, we walked around, shopped, and then headed to the beach. I had my hair braided, then we rented a waverunner. The water was great, we rode around for a while, and then went combing the beach for shells. Of course, at this point we're drinking Coronas, and thoroughly enjoying the sunshine. So, we board again, another night at sea, with rain. There were tons of things to do... shows, kareoke, casino, just hang out on the deck, pretty much whatever you could think of to do. I spent a decent amount of time hanging out on the decks, or sitting by the windows reading. One thing about cruise ships, or at least this one... they are FREEZING cold. So cold that when we would get off the ship, my camera took 20 minutes or so to adjust, and take a decent picture. So, we get to Cozumel, and the weather is kinda iffy. We rented a scooter, and took the long way around the entire island. I didn't like Cozumel as much as Progresso, the people were pushy, there wasn't as much to do unless you wanted to spend a shitload of money, and the public beaches weren't very convenient. We actually never made it to the public beach, but we did have brunch at this awesome place by the water, with the best fresh salsa I've ever had. We did go down on the sand for a bit while waiting for our food. We made it back to the downtown area near the port, and had to hunt down a tattoo shop to buy a replacement stud for my lip ring, lost on the scooter ride. Some more shopping, and we headed back to the port, for drinks at Senor Frogs. Finally, the weather had cleared up, but now it was so freaking hot we could barely breath, so we got back on the ship a bit early. The rest of the cruise was a blur of drinks, dancing, laying out, and just being lazy. We did end up in the casino, although we swore we wouldn't, but it was a lot of fun. All said, it was a great time, I highly recommend Carnival for an affordable cruise experience. The only thing I would have changed was choosing an adults only cruise, because there were close to 400 kids, and the parents of some of them were not the most observant people. Thank god for the topless deck, no kids allowed, for some peace and quiet. So, go on over to my Flickr badge, and check out the pics. :)