Birthday Vacation Day 2 - Cruise Day 1

I don't have many photos for this day.  I just didn't take the camera out much on this day.  We had a nice breakfast at the Laquinta that morning, and then got the bags packed.  We took a handicapped taxi to the pier, and got on the boat in relatively short order.

We went to the rooms and shortly discovered that the 4 or so hours Mom had spent on the phone with RC's accessibilty department somehow hadn't resulted in the outcomes it was supposed to.  So then we spent the next hour or so getting it taken care of.  But the end result was we got some very robes in return for all the trouble.

We then went for the spa tour so that we could be entered in the drawing for later that afternoon for free spa services.  And then we went back to the room, and I decorated the room and the door for my birthday.

I'd gotten the supplies to decorate the day before from the dollar store.  So for like 6 bucks we got as good, if not better decorations for the room, as the $30 decorations that RC offers.

I think here is where I will say how much I loved having the window.  Officially it was an "obstructed view"  Yeah, that rope.  It's part of the lifeboat just below our window.  I will rarely pay the extra for the window, but I loved being able to sit in the room and look out at the ocean sometimes.

So then we went to the spa raffle.  And I won an ion thermie treatment.  What is that you ask?  It's this detox thing where they put stuff on your belly and then wrap you in this clay stuff.  Then apply this rather strong electrical current to tense the abdominal muscles for like 40 minutes.  The advertisements say you'll lose 4-8 inches over the application area.

I actually got the treatment on the next day after we were back on the boat after Coco Cay.  I actually lost 12.5 inches over the 5 areas she measured before and after.  And it wasn't like she was holding the tape measure loose before and tight after.  And she marked where she was measuring so it was in the same spots.  You could physically see a difference too.  I don't know that I'd pay $100 for it, but as a free gift it was great.

I will also say here that about a month or two beforehand I had asked for a birthday present.  And I had specifically said it'd be really nice if it was like something from the spa raffle.  Now I was thinking of a massage, but this was kind of neat.  And I really liked the result.  And while the dramatic-ness of the results only lasted a few days, I am still at nearly the same of the final numbers.  So anyway, I'm just happy for the birthday present from God that was probably what I needed if not what I wanted.

So that night we had a very good dinner and then followed it with Ben & Jerry's.  So all in all it was a very good birthday.