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<.< since when are their shuls in air ports??

>.> nd what's a dof yomi shiur.. a noun?

*waves*

was at the last siyum too- <50,000 people, just in the one stadium.

I flew by continental airline..

Ummm sooo this vacation was fun! I'm back, I'm nearly black, and its now almost time to hit the sack. (I had to rhyme)

Lets see.. my first time onto a plane was very hecktic, I wasnt expecting my ears to pop like that (i had gum though! xylitol gum, it makes your teeth whiter n stuff. and its natural stuff. or something like that.) I was a tad nervous I kept thinking of scenarios like in LOST how the plane just blew up. But then I ended up sitting to this really cool guy who was really fun to talk to the entire flight there. I really liked him. Umm.. and the plane served these sandwhiches which were the size of a pebble kinda, which I thought was weird I wasnt expecting a meal on a 2 and a half hr flight. *shrugs*

The first night in florida wasnt too great. Mainly because my parents luggage which was overweight ended up going to denver colorado rather than florida with us. It had the tickets to the cruise. Luckily however, we flew into florida a day before the cruise and we were able to get the suitcase back 4 hrs before we had to board the ship.

The ship was stunning, it was Royal Carribeans Enchantment of the Sea. And I must say it really was enchanting. The crew loved doing their job I've even spoken to them, they were like "we work everyday for 6 months at a time on 12 hr shifts, and we love this job." they were all happy with it! It was so nice. The crew had 53 different nationalities, all of them knew multiple different languages to communicate with each other I thought that was really cool. Also the ship was really stable. You didnt hear the engines at all, and it literally felt as if you were walking on solid ground most of the time (except for when we ran into really harsh winds, it was stable, but you could tell you were going up and down. not that i minded, I dont get seasick apparently.)

On the ship there were art auctions, competitions of which I participated in.. Though I thought that some of it was inappropiate because there was this one competition called "The Quest" where everyone got into groups and and innocent little game became the raunchiest thing ever as soon as they started emasculinating men by making them skip around the room with another man in arm, or making them cross dress.. It wasn't a pretty site to see because I hate to say it.. Some girls really should've kept the bras on, just as much as most of the guys should've kept their shirts on. I also participated in the belly flop competition, I lost though because my flop was more dive than flop yet it was still a flop at the same time.. It was just a really sloppy dive. I meant to flop though. There was bingo too! My dad spent $800 on bingo during the cruise, I won $700 in art and I gave it all to my parents. Lets see.. oh my brother and his girlfriend tried hooking me up with this girl on the ship, and it turned out she was neo-nazi (she didnt know I was jewish, or gay so this was good!) I just hooked her up with another guy on the ship and told her that i would rather have her as a friend. It seemed to work. I dunno why though. I just ran away and never said a word to her after that. There was a mans sexy leg competition on the boat but I thought it was too raunchy so I left that. There was a love and marriage game show on it too where we had a newlywed, a couple married for 15 years, and a couple married for 58 years compete against each other to see who knows their spouse best. They all ended up winning because it was embarrassing for them all. It showed that most men don't know bra sizes for beans, and that some girls have no problem embarrassing the living crap out of their husbands (as one announced that her husband is extreamly flatulent. and this was played for a whole day on the ships television.) the ship also featured its own band of singers and dancers that they performed plays for the ship and they were very good and some of them were really talented and come from impressive backgrounds!

After the ship left florida, we went to ocho rios jamaica the waters was beautiful there and I loved the excursion part of it. I went snorkling in the coral reefs and it was refreshing and stunning. Except I had to stay close to my sister to make sure she didnt get lost and she ended up kicking me in the chest several times during the excursion because she freaked out and though that she couldnt touch anything when there were only 2 things she shouldnt touch - the fire coral, and something else. she doesnt pay attention to most things though, and her main role during the trip was playing a ditz (she even lost her cell phone, and almost became a citizen of jamaica when she lost her seapass.) I also went into the town after the excursion, I didnt really like it as much as the waters.. Although I got to see them do fire limbo, it was plagued with beggers and we had to leave before it got dark out because they have a bandito problem.

After the ship left jamaica, our next stop was the cayman islands, which were also stunning. I didnt do an excursion, instead I laid out on a beach. I forgot the name of it. I'll have to ask my mom sometime.

If there was anything I could change about this trip it would be my brothers girlfriend. We took her along and she was a royal pain in the a** to me and my brother the entire time. She has irritable bowel syndrome, and cant eat most things (anything that includes caffine, eggs, or wheat is what shes allergic to.), and like my dad gave her vitamins that would help cure this problem for her, but she wont take them. And when she broke out in hives and she didn't carry any benedryl or some other medication to fight the allergies, I offered her some of my benedryl which I always carry around in case if I accidentally ate fish or something (I'm highly allergic to fish.) she threw the pills back at me and yelled out "I'm a trooper, I'll survive this I dont need your help!" (2 days later she broke down, cried, and went out to buy benedryl, but rather than taking a normal dose, she had to overdose. like a dumbass.) also I didn't like how when my brother pulled a muscle in his leg (because he doesn't work out correctly, or stretch.), she said that she has no sympathy for him and didn't care because she has an herniated disc in her back and has to live with pain and she is used to it (as she takes her alieve (which she ran out of so I gave her mine which I also carry in case if I end up in pain after my 6 hrs of tennis) any time she really feels it.) she was a major killjoy on this trip. Shes also the type that can dish out a joke, but she cant take joke. And her jokes usually have me as the butt of them, so when I'd joke back, shed get mad.. Umm.. yeah in this case.. I use my rule - If you cant take, don't dish.

Aside from that minor thorn, the trip was overall extremely great and I really only had to deal with her at mealtimes because there was always something to do on the boat and I was always having fun elsewhere.

I would like to take a cruise around the Mediterranean eventually though. That would be so fun.

Women. We're SO dramatic.
Of course if my boyfriend did something to his leg I wouldn't leave his side if it was possible...even if I had a herniated disc.
However, I can see myself getting really irritated with hives and yelling at anyone trying to help. You kinda have to view that from her perspective. sweatdrop

We girls have a funny way of making boys love us. I sometimes even wonder how it works. Boys will go through so much for you...They're basically the most resilient creatures known to man.

I'm happy to say I'm not like that either. I don't treat men like dirt, and don't intend on it. By the way, the "d" word isn't in my vocabulary either. biggrin

wintersmith