Well our flight to Tampa was about 6 hours long...we left bright and early 6:30 AM and was in Tampa headed to our cool hotel by 4:20 PM. The second we walked out of the airport the humidity hit us like a ton of bricks! I couldn't believe that people could even live in those conditions LOL. I literally felt like I couldn't breathe. But after a few hours I was used to it. We waited for Rachel and Matt to get in from Louisiana but they ran into awful traffic and didn't get in until after midnight so Spencer and I spent the evening at the Tampa mall drooling over the expensive Prada, Gucci, Chanel...purses, jewelry, clothes and stuff at Saks....then we went to a movie to burn some time, we saw Date Night, that is a pretty cute movie after the movie we walked around Tampa a bit, went to the liquor store and then ordered some pizza and watched TV in our big comfy bed at the Intercontinental Hotel!
The next morning we finally got to see Rachel and Matt...it was the first time I'd seen her in 10 years! She is still as itty bitty as she was 10 years ago LOL. We talked a bit, ate breakfast then after we headed to the port to check in and hop aboard our fun ship! If you could've seen our faces when we all saw the ship you would've laughed, we were amazed! We had never seen a cruise ship before and had no idea how huge it would be. As we were walking to the check in I got anxiety all of the sudden...what if I forgot my birth certificate? What if I lost my paperwork or ID? What if we get turned away for some reason?? But we moved right on through the lines with no problem and was on the ship within 40 minutes of getting to the port. By noon we were sitting on the Lido deck enjoying a daiquiri! It was super hot and people were eating at the buffet, other's were smart and were already in their swim suits and laying on the deck gettin some sun. We just walked around and took a tour and was amazed at the fact that we were in Florida, on a ship, getting ready to head into the Carribbean!
We sat around for a while, and got everything moved into our rooms and was settled and grabbed some lunch by about 3 then we walked up to the top to get a good spot to watch as we departed Tampa and set sail. It was amazing to see the land get further and further away and slowly see nothing around us but pure blue ocean! Once we were out for a while, the music started, the drinks were flowing and the fun began....
so I don't have time to finish and the site is not letting me upload pics as fast as I'd like....so I promise I will get on ASAP and finish the story and post some more pics(as if there are even people reading this LOL)
