February 11, 2008

  • Real life resumes

    One of my least favourite aspects of a long-anticipated vacation is that it's inevitably short. Then it's over. Then you have to get back to business as usual.

    Mind you, that won't stop me from vacationing! But there's always a bit of time after I come back from a great trip when I wish I was still on it.

    So now that my cruise has receded a couple weeks into the past, I find that I'm getting back to normal in most ways. The sunburn has peeled... the bags are all unpacked... my next editing project is on the way... but I'm stealing a moment here to remind myself what the cruise was allll about.

    blissTour of exemplifying photo!

    (Cruise director's voice):

    Okay, if you look to your left you'll see the main reason why this cruise was so cool.

    Imagine, if you will, having emerged, blinking, from the arctic wilderness that is Canada, to find yourself suddenly enjoying a balmy Caribbean noon. There is not a cloud in the sky; there is not a speck of land on the horizon (or is that Cuba, way over there? No matter.)

    You have exchanged your parka for a bathing suit, and your snow shovel for a mojito. You are reclining on your very own deck chair on the Lido deck of a massive cruise ship. The sun presses down on your stunned pallid skin.

    In front of you through the rail, you behold a pop concert in preparation on another part of the deck. Soon, Sarah Harmer will be entertaining you with her beautiful songs as you sip your mojito on your deck chair on the cruise ship under the sun, in the middle of the sea...

    And there's always that waterslide. You've got that in the back of your mind for when you've finished pinching yourself to be sure it's all real.

    *sigh of bliss*

    P.S. Those are my husband's legs, not mine!!! *laughter*

    CG

Comments (5)

  • Fun! Fun! Fun! "The sun presses down on your stunned pallid skin." Hee. I like the visual that your skin is thinking, "What do I do, now? I'm so...warm?! And bare!?"

  • I think your rock cruise sounds like vacation paradise!  So glad you enjoyed, but it's nice to have you back home.

  • Ooooo, sounds soooo good! Glad to know those aren't your legs, I was scared for a minute lol

  • Did Sarah sing "Pendulums"? I would love to hear that song live. *jealous* To me the hardest part of coming back from a cruise is having to eat like a normal person again. Where is my cute Indian waiter with loster bisque?

  • Your P.S. Hahahahahah! LOL I'm glad you had a good time. Some day I will have to order a mojito and get a clue what it really is...

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