ALASKA
So, I received a message/comment on my-space saying that I need to write about Alaska.
For those of you who don't know I recently went on a 7 day cruise through Alaska...and let me tell you what...it was amazing.
I went with 13 family members....the flight and cruise for all of us was paid for by my Aunt Sandy. Yes I know, crazy huh?! Well, this is how she shows love in a way. She did this for us because she wanted to share something beautiful with all of us. We were walking around the deck one night and I see this beautiful mountain and she turns to me, grabs my face and says..."This, this right here is why I did this. To share something beautiful with all these beautiful faces" Yeah, my aunt has money, but she does these things because she loves us...not because she can. My mother had always wanted to see a whale...that's why we went. And once we saw one my aunt told me that that was the reason she did this...to see US happy. To see us happy makes her happy. I honestly can say that my aunt is amazing. Truly amazing. With a capital Z and lowercase ama-ing.
So let me try and sum up this trip...it will be hard.
The basic cruise ship was called the Dawn Princess, which I loved. I learned that when you're on a cruise you literally don't stop eating. We had preferred seating every night for dinner. That means we had the same table and same waiter every night. Our head waiter was Juan from the Philippines and his assistant was Somchai (soon to be named Sunshine) from Thailand. Let me tell you what, I have never had the best service in my entire life. Juan would put my napkin on my lap for me, so it got to the point that I would purposefully not put my napkin in my lap cuz I knew he would. hehe. And Somchai was just amazing as well...one night he even sang us a song in Thai. Also, I ordered a Shirley Temple one night, so every other night Juan would bring me two shirley temples...One Shirley and One Temple. haha. get it?! Anywho. These guys were the best in the world at serving us...on the last night we ate we even took pictures with them and then proceeded to give them hugs and thank them.
By the way...this stuff isn't normal for a cruise. The normal passenger on a cruise has money...my family...does not. My aunt and her friend Lynn were the only ones who were 'sophisticated' the rest of us however.....we knew how to have a good time.
I'm trying to keep this as short as I can...but I could go on for hours and hours talking about this trip...so if you ask me to...I will.
So there were a few stops on the cruise....Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Tracy Arm, Victoria B.C. oh yeah...I went to Canada too...only for about an hour tho ahaha.
At each stop there was the option of excursions...so here's what I did.
On one I went Whale Watching...where we proceeded to see 11 whales in a group two of which breeched!!!!! Also saw quite a few bald eagles and sea lions. Not gonna lie....it was amazing. I'm still getting pictures together from it.
Another excursion was that I went 'dog sledding' with my father. Since it's not as snowy this time of year, it's like training season for the dogs so they run with these sort of vehicles and not sleds. But it was just amazing. I saw husky dogs and it basically made my life. See I used to own an Alaskan Malimute...so yeah...these kind of dogs really mean a lot to me....I think both my dad and I got teary eyed. We got to pet some of the dogs and my dad took quite a few pictures of me with them...you'll get to see them don't worry. And then held some puppies. OMG. This one had these bright light blue eyes. It was just gorgeous. I fell in love again...with the dogs. My dad (in Ketchikan) bought me a little mini stuffed husky dog to put in my car...whenever I get one.
Another excursion was the Lumberjack Show!!!!!! Yeah. I've realized that I want to marry a lumberjack....they are so manly. I never thought that watching someone saw or cut wood would turn me on. But oh geesh. They were truly manly men. The way that this thing was set up was like what they show on tv. There were two teams...two lumberjacks on each...and they competed in different events...log rolling on the water. axe throwing. climbing up a trunk. Seriously....It impressed me.
I did have some issues on the trip tho. I eventually (by the second day) got annoyed by my sister. I kinda wanted to kill her. All her stuff was all over the room (which was small). She wasn't ever really nice to me. I found one of my shirts, that I thought I lost, in her luggage, so took my shirt from home. Basically anything and everything she did made me twitch. But anyways, I don't want to dwell on that.
I bet you want some juice now, huh?!
Wanna know if there were any cute guys on this cruise.
There was this one guy.
My aunt had met this family who stayed in our hotel in Seattle...a daughter (24) and a son (22) the daughter just graduated from masters and the son just graduated from college with a degree in biology.
The son = cute.
His name = not so cute.....his name's Buck.
Basically I ran into Buck quite a few times during the cruise. And my family liked to tease me whenever they saw me with him. For me, it was like he was an escape...I was with 13 of my family members for like 9 days....he was an escape...someone to talk to outside of my family. They started calling him my boyfriend whenever my aunt would mention him...she also wants me to marry this kid. WOW.
To be honest...he is cute...let me tell you more about him.
He was born and raised in South Carolina...he went to a small college there to major in biology. He wants to be a pediatrition so he currently is trying to get into medical school. He's a Christian...he doesn't drink...but he's crazy. He likes to sing...in fact...one night in Jammers (the onboard nightclub thing) he sang Kareoke...and he sang "I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys...and he then told me that in high school him and his friends would sing it to their girlfriends at the time....uh are ya hinting at anything.
His family tho is really quiet. And as you know me I'm very open and talkative. My aunt loves this kid. The rest of my family teased me about it. I liked talking to him. I would be walking around and I would see him...so we'd sit down and get drinks and talk for hours. It was nice.
The night before we were going to leave....he left me a note under my door...saying something like incase we don't get to say goodbye here's my e-mail. I was in my room when he pushed it under the door. Then I heard him laughing in the hallway...(he has a very distinct laugh)...he was talking to my aunt...she told me about it later. She kept saying that he's a really good guy...but she's not trying to "force anything". Um hi. we live in two different states...whatever. I know he's a good guy...cuz I talked to him for hours on end that week.
It was just weird for me to meet someone so perfect for me (so-to-speak). He's a great guy. And I do kinda miss him. But the one good thing is that we have eachother's e-mails and we're friends facebook.
The one thing that did make me laugh about this situation is his name...Buck...who names their kid Buck?! I just don't get that.
But the one issue I had was the fact that my sister would tease me the whole trip about it. "Kelly I saw your boyfriend" or I'd mention something he said about the cruise and she would do the whole "oooooo" thing. It's really annoying. It's like I'm five. And she's always done that. The second I say a guys name no matter who it is she automatically thinks I'm in love with them....probably because I've never had a boyfriend. That's the other thing that sucked. The whole time we had to find something to get Sam (Tim's fiance) and Dan (Sandy's boyfriend)...then there was me...for the millionth time I didn't have anyone to buy a special present for. I know I know...I could buy something for my friends...but it's not the same..in my head at least. I want to go on a vacation and buy something for someone I love for once.
I've also realized that I have extreme jealousy issues regarding my sister. It just seems like no matter what is happening the attention get's turned to her...no matter what. And I'm sick of it...it's always about Sandy Jean. And here am I...the loser who has no boyfriend...probably is never going to go to college again...basically just sucks at life and has nothing going for her. And I can't go everyday seeing her. It just makes me hate myself more. I actually have a magazing of apartments in Cincinnati...like I could afford one. But to get away from her would help me so much with my self esteem.
Oh and the other super exciting thing that's happened recently was something a guy I work with told me. I was walking to my car last night with three people I work with (Drewsky, David and Alana) and as we were walking I said something about this conversation we were having and all of a sudden David goes..."Kelly you really need to find someone". REALLY?! Thank you for telling me that I need to find a boyfriend. Thank you for pointing out something I've noticed for 19 years of my life. This is also the guy who told me that I'm phony and I need to start acting like the person I really am. Why do I let this get to me. I actually drove home last night crying, knowing that this kid was right. I hate that. I hate that I let people like David and my sister get to me. Whatever.
I need to stop bitching. All NeyNey wanted to hear about was Alaska. Sorry.
So anyways. We did stop in Canada for about 3 hours...which with getting off board and on left about an hour. It was beautiful. That was the one place that I did not get a smushed penny from tho.
She that's something you'll learn about me. Wherever I go I get those smushed pennies from those machines. I'm the cheapest present getter ever! haha. All I wanted from these places were smushed pennies (51 cents). I'm amazing.
So I'm positive that my family took well over 1000 pictures combined. See I alone took about 170 on my camera. My mom took about 250. My dad about 250 plus video footage. My aunt took well over 300. And there's also my pappaw and my other aunt and their kids and my sister who took pictures!!!! So if you're expecting to see pictures soon....be patient....cuz I gotta sort them out. haha.
Oh the other thing about the trip that was interesting was that my brother did not go. He decided the night before that he couldn't take the time off work to go and other stuff. Except the first thing he said was that Tony Roma's was going to fire him if he went....well that was a lie. Don't forget my brother is bi-polar. He's the screw up of the family. He constantly lies about almost everything. I would've loved to have him on the trip but we would've been worried about him the whole time...cuz there's a casino on board...and he would spend all OUR money there. My brother has issues. And those issues bleed into our family. The sad thing is, is that I'm glad he didn't come. If he came then I wouldn't have spent so much time with Joel and Alex...cuz when Timothy's around my sister hangs out with him and and cousin's cling to him....which again Kelly gets left behind. What else is new?!
All in all. Alaska was amazing. And getting to spend time with my family was awesome. I got to know my cousin's more and spend more time with them. I bonded with my family. We've made so many memories on this trip....that I will never forget this. My aunt is the most amazing person I've ever known. And for her to do this for her family was just spectacular.
...And again.....this is just the trip in a nutshell....wanna know more?! Just ask me....
For those of you who don't know I recently went on a 7 day cruise through Alaska...and let me tell you what...it was amazing.
I went with 13 family members....the flight and cruise for all of us was paid for by my Aunt Sandy. Yes I know, crazy huh?! Well, this is how she shows love in a way. She did this for us because she wanted to share something beautiful with all of us. We were walking around the deck one night and I see this beautiful mountain and she turns to me, grabs my face and says..."This, this right here is why I did this. To share something beautiful with all these beautiful faces" Yeah, my aunt has money, but she does these things because she loves us...not because she can. My mother had always wanted to see a whale...that's why we went. And once we saw one my aunt told me that that was the reason she did this...to see US happy. To see us happy makes her happy. I honestly can say that my aunt is amazing. Truly amazing. With a capital Z and lowercase ama-ing.
So let me try and sum up this trip...it will be hard.
The basic cruise ship was called the Dawn Princess, which I loved. I learned that when you're on a cruise you literally don't stop eating. We had preferred seating every night for dinner. That means we had the same table and same waiter every night. Our head waiter was Juan from the Philippines and his assistant was Somchai (soon to be named Sunshine) from Thailand. Let me tell you what, I have never had the best service in my entire life. Juan would put my napkin on my lap for me, so it got to the point that I would purposefully not put my napkin in my lap cuz I knew he would. hehe. And Somchai was just amazing as well...one night he even sang us a song in Thai. Also, I ordered a Shirley Temple one night, so every other night Juan would bring me two shirley temples...One Shirley and One Temple. haha. get it?! Anywho. These guys were the best in the world at serving us...on the last night we ate we even took pictures with them and then proceeded to give them hugs and thank them.
By the way...this stuff isn't normal for a cruise. The normal passenger on a cruise has money...my family...does not. My aunt and her friend Lynn were the only ones who were 'sophisticated' the rest of us however.....we knew how to have a good time.
I'm trying to keep this as short as I can...but I could go on for hours and hours talking about this trip...so if you ask me to...I will.
So there were a few stops on the cruise....Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Tracy Arm, Victoria B.C. oh yeah...I went to Canada too...only for about an hour tho ahaha.
At each stop there was the option of excursions...so here's what I did.
On one I went Whale Watching...where we proceeded to see 11 whales in a group two of which breeched!!!!! Also saw quite a few bald eagles and sea lions. Not gonna lie....it was amazing. I'm still getting pictures together from it.
Another excursion was that I went 'dog sledding' with my father. Since it's not as snowy this time of year, it's like training season for the dogs so they run with these sort of vehicles and not sleds. But it was just amazing. I saw husky dogs and it basically made my life. See I used to own an Alaskan Malimute...so yeah...these kind of dogs really mean a lot to me....I think both my dad and I got teary eyed. We got to pet some of the dogs and my dad took quite a few pictures of me with them...you'll get to see them don't worry. And then held some puppies. OMG. This one had these bright light blue eyes. It was just gorgeous. I fell in love again...with the dogs. My dad (in Ketchikan) bought me a little mini stuffed husky dog to put in my car...whenever I get one.
Another excursion was the Lumberjack Show!!!!!! Yeah. I've realized that I want to marry a lumberjack....they are so manly. I never thought that watching someone saw or cut wood would turn me on. But oh geesh. They were truly manly men. The way that this thing was set up was like what they show on tv. There were two teams...two lumberjacks on each...and they competed in different events...log rolling on the water. axe throwing. climbing up a trunk. Seriously....It impressed me.
I did have some issues on the trip tho. I eventually (by the second day) got annoyed by my sister. I kinda wanted to kill her. All her stuff was all over the room (which was small). She wasn't ever really nice to me. I found one of my shirts, that I thought I lost, in her luggage, so took my shirt from home. Basically anything and everything she did made me twitch. But anyways, I don't want to dwell on that.
I bet you want some juice now, huh?!
Wanna know if there were any cute guys on this cruise.
There was this one guy.
My aunt had met this family who stayed in our hotel in Seattle...a daughter (24) and a son (22) the daughter just graduated from masters and the son just graduated from college with a degree in biology.
The son = cute.
His name = not so cute.....his name's Buck.
Basically I ran into Buck quite a few times during the cruise. And my family liked to tease me whenever they saw me with him. For me, it was like he was an escape...I was with 13 of my family members for like 9 days....he was an escape...someone to talk to outside of my family. They started calling him my boyfriend whenever my aunt would mention him...she also wants me to marry this kid. WOW.
To be honest...he is cute...let me tell you more about him.
He was born and raised in South Carolina...he went to a small college there to major in biology. He wants to be a pediatrition so he currently is trying to get into medical school. He's a Christian...he doesn't drink...but he's crazy. He likes to sing...in fact...one night in Jammers (the onboard nightclub thing) he sang Kareoke...and he sang "I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys...and he then told me that in high school him and his friends would sing it to their girlfriends at the time....uh are ya hinting at anything.
His family tho is really quiet. And as you know me I'm very open and talkative. My aunt loves this kid. The rest of my family teased me about it. I liked talking to him. I would be walking around and I would see him...so we'd sit down and get drinks and talk for hours. It was nice.
The night before we were going to leave....he left me a note under my door...saying something like incase we don't get to say goodbye here's my e-mail. I was in my room when he pushed it under the door. Then I heard him laughing in the hallway...(he has a very distinct laugh)...he was talking to my aunt...she told me about it later. She kept saying that he's a really good guy...but she's not trying to "force anything". Um hi. we live in two different states...whatever. I know he's a good guy...cuz I talked to him for hours on end that week.
It was just weird for me to meet someone so perfect for me (so-to-speak). He's a great guy. And I do kinda miss him. But the one good thing is that we have eachother's e-mails and we're friends facebook.
The one thing that did make me laugh about this situation is his name...Buck...who names their kid Buck?! I just don't get that.
But the one issue I had was the fact that my sister would tease me the whole trip about it. "Kelly I saw your boyfriend" or I'd mention something he said about the cruise and she would do the whole "oooooo" thing. It's really annoying. It's like I'm five. And she's always done that. The second I say a guys name no matter who it is she automatically thinks I'm in love with them....probably because I've never had a boyfriend. That's the other thing that sucked. The whole time we had to find something to get Sam (Tim's fiance) and Dan (Sandy's boyfriend)...then there was me...for the millionth time I didn't have anyone to buy a special present for. I know I know...I could buy something for my friends...but it's not the same..in my head at least. I want to go on a vacation and buy something for someone I love for once.
I've also realized that I have extreme jealousy issues regarding my sister. It just seems like no matter what is happening the attention get's turned to her...no matter what. And I'm sick of it...it's always about Sandy Jean. And here am I...the loser who has no boyfriend...probably is never going to go to college again...basically just sucks at life and has nothing going for her. And I can't go everyday seeing her. It just makes me hate myself more. I actually have a magazing of apartments in Cincinnati...like I could afford one. But to get away from her would help me so much with my self esteem.
Oh and the other super exciting thing that's happened recently was something a guy I work with told me. I was walking to my car last night with three people I work with (Drewsky, David and Alana) and as we were walking I said something about this conversation we were having and all of a sudden David goes..."Kelly you really need to find someone". REALLY?! Thank you for telling me that I need to find a boyfriend. Thank you for pointing out something I've noticed for 19 years of my life. This is also the guy who told me that I'm phony and I need to start acting like the person I really am. Why do I let this get to me. I actually drove home last night crying, knowing that this kid was right. I hate that. I hate that I let people like David and my sister get to me. Whatever.
I need to stop bitching. All NeyNey wanted to hear about was Alaska. Sorry.
So anyways. We did stop in Canada for about 3 hours...which with getting off board and on left about an hour. It was beautiful. That was the one place that I did not get a smushed penny from tho.
She that's something you'll learn about me. Wherever I go I get those smushed pennies from those machines. I'm the cheapest present getter ever! haha. All I wanted from these places were smushed pennies (51 cents). I'm amazing.
So I'm positive that my family took well over 1000 pictures combined. See I alone took about 170 on my camera. My mom took about 250. My dad about 250 plus video footage. My aunt took well over 300. And there's also my pappaw and my other aunt and their kids and my sister who took pictures!!!! So if you're expecting to see pictures soon....be patient....cuz I gotta sort them out. haha.
Oh the other thing about the trip that was interesting was that my brother did not go. He decided the night before that he couldn't take the time off work to go and other stuff. Except the first thing he said was that Tony Roma's was going to fire him if he went....well that was a lie. Don't forget my brother is bi-polar. He's the screw up of the family. He constantly lies about almost everything. I would've loved to have him on the trip but we would've been worried about him the whole time...cuz there's a casino on board...and he would spend all OUR money there. My brother has issues. And those issues bleed into our family. The sad thing is, is that I'm glad he didn't come. If he came then I wouldn't have spent so much time with Joel and Alex...cuz when Timothy's around my sister hangs out with him and and cousin's cling to him....which again Kelly gets left behind. What else is new?!
All in all. Alaska was amazing. And getting to spend time with my family was awesome. I got to know my cousin's more and spend more time with them. I bonded with my family. We've made so many memories on this trip....that I will never forget this. My aunt is the most amazing person I've ever known. And for her to do this for her family was just spectacular.
...And again.....this is just the trip in a nutshell....wanna know more?! Just ask me....