Day 725-731 in MD, somewhere on the Ocean, Bermuda, MD, NYC

Posted by Camilla on April 17th, 2011 filed in NY Updates

Day 725 in MD and somewhere on the ocean. Early wakeup since I needed to pack up the last stuff , we were heading out early 🙂 So I am lying there in the aftermath of glorious dreams and waking up slowly. Then the woman from the front desk calls at 8 am…she starts telling me that I haven’t paid my bill…so I go off first off I am on vacation why on earth are you calling my room at 8 am??? Secondly I gave my credit card the first night when I checked in if there is an issue with my card then approach me at a decent hour!! Then I hung up on her, got my computer checked my bank account and there it was Comfort Suites and the amount…so now I am even more peeved wtf is this lady talking about. So I call her up and tell her to please feel free to come up to my room and check my bank account, so she goes ohh it wasn’t your room it was the one next to you, so I am all like BS my buddy is in that room and he paid cash in advance and I am willing to testify to that in court!! So she is all ohh it was a misunderstanding…what!! You call someone up at 8 am accusing them of not paying and then it turns out the issue is you have no effing clue what you are doing?? Daaaammn! All I can say is next time it will be Holiday Inn!! For those that know me this is a given, for those that don’t know me…don’t talk to me in the morning unless you can compensate for ruining my after dream mood! ROTFL!!!

Got some breakfast then headed over to the bus that will take us to the boat. All the bags are loaded, people are on board and the bus starts driving…hold up where is Cat! So I get up and shout “Hey where is Cat, we can’t leave without him” Ohh turns out he is sitting in front with the driver 😀 So I sit down and get ready to enjoy the bumpy ride LOL then my phone rings it’s Cat yeah he appreciated me looking out for him hehehe yeah ain’t no way I am going on a cruise without my partner in crime hehehehe

We get to the boat and do I know this harbor…LMAO…yeah another chapter in my memoirs! Go through Security then Suites check in, then on the boat! First stop…the poolbar LOL yep Pina Colada here I come ROTFL needless to say no Gym today! Sat with Tiya and Cat had some lunch some more Pina Colada then we could get to our cabins. Chilled for a minute, unpacked, then it was time for the emergency drill. After the drill, yeah you know it back to the bar LOL had another couple of drinks..yeah the fruity kind LOL Went and checked out the gym set up a personal trainer appt for tomorrow…no eye candy…sniff sniff…LOL

Spent the remainder of the afternoon chillin in the cabin then off to get some food…soo many choices! Ended up with Sushi, Chicken Empenada, baked potato, and salad…yummylicious! For desert had a soft maruingue filled with strawberries and cream…heavenly! Back to the cabin, chatted with Tiya then contemplated out to party or watch a movie…hmm the movie won LMAO!!! After the movie I did consider going out again…for about 30 sec…then the bed and dreamland won!! Went to sleep helped by the gentle rocking of the boat 😀

Day 726 somewhere on the ocean. Lazy wakeup no alarm clocks, no irate desk clerk hehehehe, just the not so gentle rocking of the boat and the sound of the waves outside. Yeah the boat was rocking today! I am so happy I don’t suffer from sea sickness! Wished Tiya a happy birthday then she headed out to have breakfast with her parents. I lazed around then I got ready and headed over to Windjammer café for the breakfast buffet…soo much food…yummylicious!! Had me some eggs and bacon…and to top it off a little cinnamon bun…mmmm…yeah not a swedish one unfortunately but it was quite adequate 😀 Back to the cabin enjoyed solitude then Tiya came back, she was not feeling well at all! She had gotten some sea sickness medication from her mom so she went to sleep…poor baby 🙁 While she was resting I checked out Skyline…it wasn’t awesome but it didn’t suck either, plus eye candy by the name of Eric Balfour is never bad LOL. Tiya woke up around lunch and felt a lot better! She headed out for lunch with Cat, I couldn’t join since I had the personal trainer appt at 3 🙂 So I got ready and headed over to the gym. Got on the treadmill and started walking, and almost fell off, not because of eye candy, this was all due to the boat rocking LOL I had to do the walking while holding on to the handlebar LMAO!!! After warmup it was time for session with the PTr, tiny little slip of a girl from South Africa. First we did a consultation I went through the back accident and stuff then it was time to hit the machines…OMG did we hit the machines LOL I did 3 sets on each machine and in between sets I did dumb bell work for the arms and calf raises for the legs, while stabilizing core since the ship was Rolling, so it went like this:

Rows 3×12
Bicep/Tricep curl 3×12 (6 on each arm, luckily phew!)

Open door exercise 3×12 (no clue what it is called for real but it works this obscure muscle in the back that I still claim does not exist LMAO)
Tricep curl above the head 3×12

Chest press 3×12
Hammer curl 3×12 (6 on each arm, phew)

Shoulder press 3×12
Squats while holding dumb bell 3×20

Knee press with the roll under the leg 3×12
Calf rasises 3×12 normal, 3×12 pliee, 3×12 pointe (OMG those hurt like a MF)

Kne press with the roll over the leg 3×12 normal, 3×12 with feet in pliee position

Down to the mat for abdominals 20 legs straight, 20 right leg on top working right oblique, 20 left leg on top working left oblique, 2×20 with weights holding the crunch and then alternate arms reaching towards ankles…Done!!!! Phew! Non assisted stretching then I signed up for 2 more sessions ROTFL I know I am insane!!! Now I must say that I would rather work out with Mr PTr Hunk but what can I say he is way too far away LOL

Back to the cabin, Tiya headed out for the Captains ball I took a looooooong shower LOL. Chilled for a bit then I headed upstairs for some dinner. Ran into Cat who was there for the same reason 😀 Sushi, salad, lobster bisque…mmmm Yummylicious! Tried a cold Papaya and pineapple soup…not recommended! LOL

Finished dinner went back to the cabin to rest for a bit before the evenings festivities…ran into Tiya she was going to check out the show and then she was going to Karaoke so I told her I was meeting up for the Karaoke…hmmm yeahh when she came back she found me asleep LMAO!! Damn I am getting old…or it’s all that sea air ROTFL!!

Day 727 somewhere on the ocean and Bermuda. Wakeup this morning was an announcement that went out through all the ship…we are delayed and won’t get into Bermuda until Noon and there is a walk for wishes that has been delayed from 10 to 11, ok what time is it! Look at my clock…it is 8:30 am! Seriously!! Well needless to say I am awake now LMAO! Went with Tiya to get some breakfast, bacon and eggs, started seeing land, we cruised by an island that was gorgeous! Bright white sand beaches cutest little pink colored houses…so down we went to the cabin to get the cameras, by the time we got back yeah it was all ocean again and land in the distance LOL so we headed to the bar for some Pina Coladas instead!

Back to the cabin Tiya went to sleep I chilled for a bit then I headed up to the poolbar ent to get some lunch bunless burger, some fries and a salad. Was joined by Tiyas dad, then Cat, then Tiya…Sylvia was downstairs resting up 🙂 More Pina Coladas…yeah no workout today LOL went to the cabin changed into bathing suit then laid by the pool an hour or so…then it got cold LMAO!! Yeah it’s not summer yet. Back downstairs slept for a while then it was time to get ready…yeah full out dress up with high heels and everything LMAO went to get Cat then headed over to the Karaoke…omg I am not sure if I should admire or rant about some of the people that come up and sing, I am sorry but if all you are doing is standing talking the lyrics why do you go up? LOL Cat came and brought down the house…so of course they pushed his second song down the list so he would sing last…hmmmm yeah better than the last cruise where they wouldn’t let him sing at all LOL

Headed upstairs for the pool party got to listen to the band for a bit then we all headed up to the night club, yeah it was all thug music and barely any island music LOL finally they put some island songs on so I get up there and dance, so this young man comes up and goes I’ll let you grind on me…what? Seriously…I gently stopped him and went I am good on my own Thanks!! I am sorry I am not going to grind on some stranger on the dance floor…especially not one that is the age of my son ROTFL Chatted with Cat for a while before heading back to the cabin for some well deserved sleep…hmm yeahh noo I was completely wired I ended up being awake until 4:30 am!!!  Finally went to sleep!

Day 728 Bermuda and somewhere on the ocean. Todays wake up was Not fun! Phone call around 9, Tiya had to meet up with the parents…love you all to death but this is the last time I share my cabin…mornings are made for sleeping LOL Tiya left to step off the boat, I went for breakfast. Back to the cabin, I was contemplating getting off the boat for a minute but sitting here on the balcony just chillin sounded much better LOL so I used the time to update my blog and sit and listen to music on the balcony…just relaxing!

Headed over to my PTr appointment and again she kicked my ass!!!  As last time we did 2 alternating exercises:

Chest press with dumb bells and straight bench 3×12
Stand up and did tricep curl 3×12

Chest press with DB and angled bench 3×12
Bicep Curl on angled bench 3×12 (I am not showing Alan this one!!!!!)

Lateral raise w DB 3×12
Squat with DB 3×15

On the mat did this leg exercise that I will Not tell Alan about either!!! Non stop on each leg:

10 straight leg raise
10 straight leg raise pulse
10 bend knee push
10 bend knee pulse
10 Open leg press
10 Open leg press pulse
10 Forward leg raise
10 Forward leg raise pulse

By this time my butt was screaming…so then we do another set adding on a dumbbell resting on the thigh for extra resistance!!! OMG by the time I was done I was ready to just crawl away LMAO!!! But nooo then it was time for abdominals! Non stop 2 sets:

10 straight leg crunches
10 straight leg crunches pulse
10 right leg on top working right oblique
10 right leg on top working right oblique pulse
10 left leg on top working left oblique
10 left leg on top working left oblique pulse
20 knees at 90 degrees toe tap
20 knees at 90 degrees crunch
20 knees on floor arms going towards feet pulse
20 knees bent with db pulse weight in between legs

OMG was my abdominals burning by the time I was done!!!!

Then we did some core stabilization movements, had to be careful with those though, did these lying down flat:

leg raise 10 each leg
arm raise 10 each arm
leg raise 10 together
arm raise 10 together
opposite leg and arm 10 together on each side
both arms and leg raise together only managed 3 then my back said No!

After that we did some stretching and then I was Done…as in Well Done!! LMAO! Headed over to the pool bar chatted with Cat for a minute then went to Windjammer got me some food, checking, mixings for a nacho sallad headed o the cabin and had late lunch on the balcony! Once Tiya headed out for dinner with her parents I had a looooooooooong shower LOL

Chilled for a minute watched some TV, realized that I had forgotten my sweater at the lounge last night that is not good, I use that sweater at work when I need to meet with big wigs LOL. Headed over to the Windjammer for some dinner, too much fatty stuff so ended up with some sushi and a turkey sallad. Went to the lounge to see if anyone found the sweater, no luck there headed to customer relations, no luck there either! Back to the room Cat called we were meeting up for the Karaoke. We were going full out with the clothes…yeah I was wearing a dress and high heels…looking good in it too LMAO!!! Cat came to the door dressed to all nines in his Blue suit!! Off we went to the Spotlight Lounge. There was talent galore in the room tonight! Lots of really good singers, some not so good, and some Fantastic! Cat got to close the show, of course he had them all up there dancing 🙂 Once the show was over we headed up to the lounge for some dancing, Cat got to sing again, then it was time to head down to the cabin for some sleep!!

Day 729 somewhere on the ocean. Early wakeup…actually it wasn’t, we changed the clocks back so I gained an hour LOL Headed up for breakfast with Tiya, boiled egg on bagel, still warm enough to sit outside but that may change shortly. As we are sitting up there one of the waiters come up and started chatting with us, Jorge from Honduras…mmm yeahh eye candy…ROTFL!!! Finally! Chatted with him a bit then we headed down to the shops to do some browsing. We got to see Cake decoration contest where the Captain of the ship was drowning a cake in alcohol! Back to the cabin it was naptime for Tiya and blog updating for me 😀

Watched The Expendables it was amusing, so the thing is though they put all these big names on the front of the movie cover and it turns out some of them only have 5-min cameos like Arnold and Bruce Willis so not sure how they rate a main listing hehehe everything to get the movie to sell I guess 😀 Chatted with Cat we were having dinner at Chops Grill, the steakhouse on the boat. Then it was time for the gym!

Another awesome session with Kristen, we started on the machines then down to the mat:

Rows 3×12
Bicep/Tricep curl with DB 3×12 (6 on each arm)

Open door exercise 3×12 (I have now googled it and it is called a reverse chest fly! hehehehe)
Chest fly 3×12
Squats while holding DB 3×15

Chest press 3×12
Tricep curl with DB above the head 3×12

Shoulder press 3×12
Calf rasises 3×12 normal, 3×12 pliee, 3×12 pointe

Knee press with the roll under the leg 3×12

Kne press with the roll over the leg 3×20 normal 10 with feet in pliee position 10

Then we hit the mat for the not so lovely leg exercises…yeah towards the end all I could do was laugh!

10 straight leg raise
10 straight leg raise pulse
10 bend knee push
10 bend knee pulse
10 Open leg press
10 Open leg press pulse
10 Forward leg raise
10 Forward leg raise pulse

Then the second set with the additional DB weight resting on the thigh! Owwwie Owwwie Owwwie!!! After the legs it was time for the abdominals again 2 non stop sets:

10 straight leg crunches
10 straight leg crunches pulse
10 right leg on top working right oblique
10 right leg on top working right oblique pulse
10 left leg on top working left oblique
10 left leg on top working left oblique pulse
20 knees at 90 degrees crunch
20 knees on floor arms going towards feet pulse
20 knees bent with db pulse alternate arms going towards ankle

Then I was done! Did the non assisted stretching thanked Kristen for the awesome sessions then went to get some lunch 😀 Came back to the room, Tiya was resting could be the choppy waters that got to her again. I had lunch on the balcony with my Kindle and enjoyed the sea air! Then it was time to pack my bag we had to put them out between 7-12 in the evening for pickup. Got ready for dinner with Cat and Donna, stopped by the customer relations desk again…still no luck with the sweater…ahh well at least I know someone thought I had good taste since they apparently kept the sweater LOL. Met up with Cat at the restaurant, had an awesome dinner! Starter shrimp cocktail, main course petite filet mignon with bearnaice sauce and a cabernet reduction, dessert creme brulee…yummylicious!!! It was an open kitchen and the chef was total eye candy!! Can I take him home…for his cooking skills!!! get your minds out of the gutter people…ROTFL!!! After dinner headed back to the cabin, packed up the rest of the bag and put it outside. Got in my jammies and laid down in bed…started dozing off when Donna called to see if I wanted to go to Karaoke…hmm I was nice and warm in bed, did I really want to head out…Sure give me 5 sec and I will get changed 😀 Headed over to the Bolero Lounge, karaoke was ok, apart from the fact that they didn’t let Cat sing…typical!! Had a last Pina Colada…hehehehe then we all headed over to the Lounge yep needed to get that last bit of dancing in 😀 Ended up not getting back to the cabin until 4 am…I guess I think I am still in my 20’s ROTFL!!!!

Day 730 in MD and NYC. Wakeup at 7:30 am…omg it is Confirmed I am NOT in my 20’s anymore LMAO!!! Body bone tired!! Ahh well if you want to party you gotta be able to pay the prize LOL Went for a last walk around the boat then back to the cabin packed up my electronics then Tiya and I both laid down until it was time to go LOL. Weather in Baltimore was…Rainy! Said goodbye to everyone then headed off to the cab stand, got to Penn Station texted Justin to let him know where I was so he came by. Gave him a little birthday present since I hadn’t been able to do it back in March 🙂 Got to spend some time with my beautiful stepson, then he helped me get my bags down to the platform. Hopefully he will be able to come visit in NY soon. Train ride was very relaxing, back to NYC, caught a cab then I was home! Home Sweet Home! My 2-year anniversary in NYC was today! Alternated between unpacking, packing boxes and relaxing on the couch 😀 Ok fine mostly relaxing LOL Got a message from Alan tomorrow 6 pm is confirmed 😀

Bedtime was early!

Day 731 Sloooow wakeup! Got caught up with White Collar while updating the blog. Yeah I had been writing in a Word document most days but needed to finish up the last couple of days and put it on WordPress. Done with that now it’s time to get to work!

Did a couple of hours of work and then it was time to head for my session with Alan 😀 Yeah I walk in to Definitions…get a smile…and boom my heart rate is elevated…I know it is pathetic!! Had a good session, but it was over too quickly LOL Stretching was awesome…so much better when it is assisted stretching…more painful Absolutely…but so much deeper than if I do it myself! And once again it is confirmed…workout when there is eye candy around is soooo much better LOL

When I got out of the gym I had voice mail from Donna, she had arrived in Manhattan. Sent her an e-mail with my address as soon as I got home. Relaxed for a bit paid some bills, Donna arrived, and now it is time for me to head to bed!

Lotsa Love to all my family and friends!