Cruising the Med

No stops today, just crusin' in the Mediterranean! The waters were a little rougher today and boy you could feel the boat move. It was even more so during breakfast when we were on the 11th floor that you could watch the fish decor hanging from the ceiling sway back and forth.

Well, after a woosey breakfast and a motion sickness pill, I was starting to feel a little bit better. I actually tried out the rock climbing wall and it was awesome. I was so scared at first but they told me to climb with your legs and since I knew my legs were much stronger than my arms I just kept saying that over and over again. I made it up pretty quick on my first and only time they said for a beginner. I could really see how you get a great work out that way. Some gal who went before me had a real fear of heights and her husband promised to buy her a Prada bag if she made it to the top!!! I should have made my own deal...darn!

Addie got to do some more swimming in the pool and Harry resumed his position on the side of the pool deck.

We had fun watching the Men's International Belly Flop contest that I didn't do a good enough job of talking my husband into participating. Next they had the Women's Bicep Competition and my dad made mention that I should try for it. I thought he was crazy, I couldn't use the slam to my self-image with all the other beautiful women on board that just didn't give birth to a baby a year ago. But they weren't getting much participation and I saw a girl about my size hop up so I thought what the heck. Well, then all these Brazilian and Spanish women were in line and I felt so stupid. Well, I was last out of 10 women to strut my stuff which actually was great because I could scope out the competition. The gal just in front of me was another American from New York and she had fun with it, but the other "drop dead beautiful" women just laughed and goofed it off. Well, I being a silly person pulled out the one Ace card out that I had. All I could think about was how my dad from the time I was a little kid until now would pretend to blow up his biceps through his thumb. So I tried it out and I also did the Mr. Universe poses to be horribly silly. My heart was racing but I was having a really fun time as all 10 of us lined up to have our fate decide by 5 gentlemen from the crowd.

Well my silliness paid off and I actually one "Ms Athletic Biceps" The gal from New York next to me won the "Ms Bicep" award but the funny thing was that her boyfriend was an Iowa State grad so we had to visit after everything was done. I had to scoop up Addison after receiving my medal because she was scared for me with all the people crowded around. From that point on she was telling everyone how I won a medal for dancing around. Yikes!!!

Since we had found fellow Iowa State grads we of course all had to pose for a picture. The one guy mom and dad met said he was going to submit the picture in the Iowa State Alumni magazine so if you are a fellow alum watch for my crazy swimsuit edition coming your way.

For our last dinner on the ship we decide to try the main dining room again since Harrison didn't want to sleep all day long we attempted to get him down about 20 minutes before dinner time. It was nice to get to visit with the two couples we had met earlier in the week from our tables. One older couple from near Shannon, Ireland who offered a free B&B stay with them the next time we came over and another older couple from Yuma, AZ. They were all very kind and wonderful with our little ones.

Addison got to dress up in her other little dress and pose really special with Grandma Sue and again with daddy.

Harrison slept through most of dinner so when he did finally wake up we brought him to the Windjammer for some supper. He actually picked up an entire hot dog and sat their and ate it like this. What a silly boy!

On our last night the kids hung out with Grandma and Grandpa as we got everything packed up. We were only short a Croc shoe for Harry that we think we lost at a restaurant in Rome. It was a great cruise and wonderful experience with my folks!