I am back from my cruise. It was great, but I am tired. Mercury’s retrograde has kicked my ass (already!) and I think I need to go hide until March…

Updates on the cruise when my brain allows.

EDIT: Some things I learned on my cruise:

1. Bottled water is your friend.
2. Escargot is best swallowed, not chewed. Better yet, put it on a bit of pumpernickel unless you like to overdose on butter.
3. Long Island Ice Tea and 3 tequila shots doesn’t make me tipsy but does give me a potty mouth. Apparently I was quite funny about it.
4. There’s nothing like lying on a beach beneath a palm tree and blue sky. Except lying on a beach beneath a palm tree and blue in Mexico when it’s sleeting in Atlanta and I have a guy named Natcho bringing me margaritas whenever I lift my hand.
5. Mixing MLK’s I Have a Dream speech with Pump up the Jam is just wrong.
6. Most night time events on the ship ended with the phrase “Let’s go to The Dungeon in self-defense.”
7. Cruising with a group of singles was not the awkward train wreck I thought. Goes to show what I know. Jennifer Whalen and the people at Singles Travel International know how to do it right, and we had a great time.
8. Yes, I’ll be writing a story about it.
9. No it won’t be based on actual events (who do you think I am?)

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