Cruise Disembark: Home
Last night was our final night aboard the ship. We had pretty much gotten everything we could together so this morning once we were ready we packed up the last bits and headed off the ship. We didn't bother trying to get breakfast on board. We knew there would be a mad rush at Windjammer and since we didn't check any of our bags we were allowed to get off the ship earlier than everyone who did check luggage. We made our way up to deck five where we were to get get off and were happy to find that there was no line. Just a steady stream of people disembarking but no waiting or hold ups. We made it into and through the terminal in no time and found where we were supposed to get our bus to the parking lot. There was a shuttle already there but there was also many people in front of us so we knew we would have to wait until the next one came along. Much to our surprise an employee told us that there was only one seat left on the bus but we could both go if one of us was willing to stand. Of course Peter said that was no problem so we boarded (much to the frustration of the large family that was waiting in front of us) and got to our lot in just a few minutes time. We found our car and off we went. After stopping for some McDonald's breakfast and some gas I called my mom. She said the kids were doing great and asked us not to come home until after 4 so she had time to take them to their "Meet the Teacher Day" at the school and then have some time for the kids to get the house cleaned up and ready for us. No problem with us, we were hoping to get to enjoy some more time alone before we returned to the real world of school and work days. While we on the ship I got a voicemail about a piece of equipment I had been trying to rent from the hospital for the baby I just had. Finally there was one available so we drove to Daytona to pick it up from the hospital. Once all that was completed we drove back to Port Orange where we got pedicures to sooth our feet. I got a new blue color on my toes and Peter enjoyed a nice foot massage. Last week we had taken Oscar (our van) to the shop because he was having some serious AC issues. A friend from church runs the Tuffy in Port Orange so we had taken it to him. We got word once we got back on land that the car was ready and happy again so we drove just down the street and picked it up. From there we went to Red Robin for lunch and had some amazing burgers. We don't get to go there often because it is so far away from our home and we rarely have a reason to go to Port Orange. It was about 2:00 when we finished up lunch so we decided to go next door to the movie theater. I had no clue what was playing but Peter had been looking at the movies earlier in the day and thought Elysium looked interesting. I find that I enjoy movies better when I have no clue what they are about because I can't form any expectations about them. Peter gave me a quick synopsis of what it was about and it didn't sound terrible so we got our tickets and enjoyed the movie. It's funny how we spent our whole week together but somehow we still were in no hurry to return to it all. When we finally made it home the children were very happy to see us. We showed them all our pictures from our trip and gave them their presents and told them about how much we missed them. Then we unpacked our stuff and resumed normal life. We enjoyed our final few hours though before we let tomorrow and work and back to school stuff hit us. We had a great week and are very fortunate to be able to get away and celebrate our marriage that God has blessed us with. We look forward to many more wonderful years together.
posted by We are the Taylors @ 7:37 PM
0 comments
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home