Breathtaking.
Working for Disney has defiantly given me the opportunity to do things I never thought I'd get to do, things that I probably wouldn't have done had I still been in the UK. Purely for the lack of motivation to actually get up and do (lets call that laziness shall we?) or lack of funds and lets face it..I'm making enough to do this kinda thing so to be honest, Id have been a fool to not take the opportunity whilst it presented itself.
I'm not gonna bore you with every single little detail of the cruise, you can see what we did by the photographs on my fb, but id say this it the most important thing that happened for me as its been a goal of mine forever.
Mexico (where i went on this cruise) is the most beautiful place I've visited so far. I was so worried that the weather was not going to be great anymore as theoretically, for us, the weather should be wet, cold and miserable and in Orlando, the temperature is certainly starting to drop. Some days, I feel like I'm home and need to wrap up warm to hide from the cold, where as other days it almost as hot as it was in the summer. Its an odd sensation, its freezing but there a crystal clear blue skies or I'm sat sunbathing and we are coming to the end of NOVEMBER!! Its crazy!
But Cozumel, Mexico was perfect. Probably a little too hot but I believe for living in Orlando over the summer, my body has acclimatized and I don't suffer as much as i would do if i was just on holiday.
We docked at something ridiculous as 7am and we had to be off the ship for 8.15 as we had booked an excursion to swim with Dolphins at a national park on the Island. Now, Dolphins are my favorite animals, snaps for originality, but they always have been. They're such beautiful, graceful and peaceful creatures and so intelligent, whats not to like?!
Ever since i was little, Ive wanted to swim (totally went to write 'sleep' there...) with Dolphins, from the moment i first visited Sea World and Discovery Cove, I was hooked and would always badger my parents about doing that, but as most parents, the answer was always 'No, its too expensive' I now understand that it IS so expensive to do, so when the experience of swimming with Dolphins, in a natural environment, in Mexico, for less that $150, presented itself, of course the answer was gonna be HELL YES!
My god, it was amazing, i can't even describe how i felt.
We paid for a 'Dolphin push, pull and swim' package, which consisted of being pushed along by your feet in the water by the dolphins nose...incredible, hanging onto the dolphins fins as it pulled you through the water as you laid on its belly...incredible, and having photographs taken the whole time whilst we played with the dolphin. I'll just add in here, to make it even more amazing, there was mummy dolphin and baby dolphin...i mean come on..who could ask for something more perfect than that?!
Its one of those moments that'll stay with me for the rest of my life. I still can't believe Ive done it, in such a beautiful place too and it just made the holiday that much more special.
Bar Vegas, the cruise with Jenny and Jenny (no that's not a typing duplicate, I went with 2 Jennies, and yes, it was bought up the entire trip that they were both called Jenny, I just don't think they could grasp the concept!) is the best thing I've done so far, and as mentioned earlier, I never would have done it if I wasn't living in the states..
So now its back to..well not reality...another bubble. It took me a couple of days to get rid of my sea legs. There were defiantly times when I was walking in the kitchen, where I'd be swaying when stood still or veering off at an angle whilst walking. A very odd sensation but thankfully its stopped! Definatly had cruise blues as well, as we all do when coming home from a holiday, but not as bad as, as I said, it still warm and sunny over here, so its not too bittersweet.
Its strange, we were only away for a week but the reception i got from people when i returned home and to work, was phenomenal. Made me feel really loved and valued. And if that's the reception i got from people I've only really known for a matter of months, then it makes me a little more excited and relaxed for the reception when end up going home.
Talking of home, I have 10 weeks left, as of today actually (I'm talking about leaving on a Thursday here) That's 2 months on the 27th in reality. When you say it in months its not so bad...I'm not gonna entertain weeks anymore. Its disgusting.
I'm gonna change the subject i think...its slightly too depressing for this time in the morning.
I went canoeing on Tuesday with a bunch of friends for Jenny's birthday. (subject change or what?!) It was fantastic, such random thing to do but random things always end up making the best day, and it really was. There was 8 of us and we drove to Wekiwa Springs, about 45 minutes from here and it was like a little country park. We literally just spent 2 hours paddling up a river and back again..saw so many turtles and a few alligators, it was amazing! Like on of those things you'd see teenagers do in a film, just for fun because its in their back yard. It was so peaceful and i was just in awe of the beauty of the surroundings. We swam in the spring as well, which was a little cold, but a lot of fun. Half the time Alex, and I could reach the floor for being too short so that was a little scary, and the bed of the spring was covered in mossy hair like stuff and felt disgusting if you stepped on it! Joe threw the mossy stuff that was on his foot, in my general direction and sods law it would land on my head...had black crap dribbling down my face which was vile. I'd have reacted and probably flown at his if it wasn't for the fact i physically could move without the fear of slipping in the rocks i was stood on and cracking my head open on the ridge behind me! But it was an amazing day and another memory i will treasure forever. Quite content with the fact I can go home with all these little stories about the awesome things I've done and be one of the only ones of my friends to say 'Ive done that'
I feel I've spent a large portion of my morning writing this..probably as i woke up stupidly early and couldn't sleep anymore..strange as sleep has become a huge part of my life now, more so than when i was at home so I think i may try squeeze in a cheeky nap before having to get up and sort my life out for work and partly because I'm away with the fairies and keep loosing my train of thought...no change there then!
I'm gonna sign off before i frustrate myself even further as I'm literally say on my sofa playing with my hair (a sign I'm bored and loosing interest, it means other things too but right now, we'll go with that, that fits my mood)