(A picture and short story of somewhere you've been on vacation...)
In 2007, I went on a Carnival Cruise to Cozumel with Rach and Kate! So many fun memories, and way too many good pictures to narrow it down to one. Life is always an adventure with Kate! :)
I'm aware that this is completely strange, but my "short story" or the thing that has stuck with me is the memory of us watching Dreamgirls... they had 3 movies on constant repeat through the week, and we mainly left our TV on that channel. At first, we were mocking it and semi-annoyed by all the drama of the musical. But it slowly grew on us, to a point that I remember leaving our room to go lay out, then halfway down the long hall, collectively deciding to go back to watch the end of it first! :) I remember having Eddie Murphy's ridiculous meltdown song in my head all day at the beach. I loved Beyonce's "Listen" song, and Kate loved J. Hudson's drama song. We would all sing along, and I have an awesome video of Kate in her tiny cruise bed belting out the "You're gonna LOVE ME" section with all the passion she could find (see picture below)! Hilarious!! It all became funny by the end of the week. "We are a family, like a giant tree, branching out towards the sky..." I don't know that I've watched the movie since then, but I probably have it memorized thanks to that cruise.
Other memories include the eventful road trip down and the hotel stay in Galveston...
"Pretty good? There's not a dark corner in the entire room!"
The safety class at the beginning where we learned about our lifeboats and life jackets...
Kate and I making sure we got to watch Grey's Anatomy (when Izzie and George got together)...
Taking a cha-cha dance class...
Watching karaoke at night (still wish I'd taken the challenge)...
Talking to JB and Emma and Babah (same cruise, different rooms) at the lunch buffets...
Getting excited every time we found a new towel animal on our beds...
Eating chocolate covered strawberries every day...
"Hey, take a picture of me posted up by the elevator!"
Getting all dressed up and taking tons of pics on the fancy dinner night...
Swimming and laying out all day...
Rach and Kate doing shots at every bar on the ship the last day (15+)
Kate constantly getting to know random strangers...
Dancing with the waitress during dinner...
Getting to know the other family (from Norman) at our table...
Rach and Kate getting super-classy fake tatoos...
"Flying" from the back of the ship...
Watching Dream Girls and Eight Below a million times...
Rach and Kate finally getting their bill and Kate saying, "Ohhhh, nizzzzle!"
So after our Christmas trip to NYC, I'm officially ready to go on another cruise this summer! ;)
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