Coach
Husband & I returned home on Thursday from a wonderful vacation! We decided about ten days earlier to book a
cruise, something neither of us has ever done, and spend time relaxing,
unwinding and resting. It was a perfect
antidote to the busy end of the school year and truly started our summer off.
Not that we are actually taking summer off.
Monday CH begins teaching summer school through July, followed by
Coach’s School {I am convinced this is just a way for all of the coaches in TX
to get together for a guy’s week} & then two-a-days. I will start the Master Reading Teacher
program on Monday that runs through July.
But for now we are basking in the glory of nothingness to do and the
afterglow of a vacation.
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Carnival
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We
drove to Galveston on Saturday morning and embarked on our journey. Almost as soon as we were onboard and settled
I was by the pool. Basically I lived
there all week. We ended our evening
with dinner in the buffet dining room that night and went to bed early. The end of year exhaustion from school hit
hard!
Sunday
was CH’s birthday & a day at sea! We
laid out by the pool, napped in our stateroom and had a delicious dinner in the
dining room. Our wait staff surprised Coach with his personal birthday cake. We also experienced the Comedy Club on board
the ship! It was so nice to full on
belly laugh for 45 minutes; talk about stress relief.
Monday
docked us in Progresso where we did a little shopping and then returned to the
boat for a rousing game of Putt-Putt and more pool/reading time. Coach was a burnt crisp at this point so he
spent his time at the EA Sports Bar catching up on Sportscenter and debating
schemes with other sports fanatics. That
evening we watched a fabulous show that married the showgirl dancers and an
illusionist! We had dinner in the dining
room once again and decided we could eat like that every night for the rest of
our lives.
Tuesday
we disembarked in Cozumel! Some sweet
friends had visited Cozumel on their cruise earlier this spring and found a
quiet place to snorkel and lay out on the beach by just asking their taxi
driver! We followed their lead and went
to Sky Reef for the day. Coach snorkeled
for hours while I stuck my face in the water once to say I did it, and then
proceeded to lay out on the beach. We
returned to the ship for more pool time, a long reading session in the library
on board, a Dive-In Movie after dark and more yummy food in the dining room.
Wednesday
found us sailing for home and we indulged in different activities onboard. That morning we attended the Towel Animal
Seminar, where we learned to fold towels into towel animals and followed it up
by watching the Towel Animal Theatre. We
found time for a little bit more pool action, ate a leisurely lunch, read on
deck, watched the Big Easy Show that was a fantastic display of dancing,
costumes and vocals and finished with our last night in the dining room.
Thursday
we returned home and immediately back to reality! Pulled in the driveway at 3:30 & I had a
meeting at school at 5:30. Overall we
loved our first cruise! Another one is
definitely in our future plans and we are so excited to go {possibly} with
friends on this next round! I am so glad that we went for it and took a
vacation as soon as school let out. It
might become our new normal actually! The immediate relief and nothing to do
was incredibly relaxing and I already feel rejuvenated to take on summer.
