Cruising Day combined with Nate’s Birthday turned into a full day of celebrating Nate.
If you do nothing else, go watch the video at the bottom of this page, which sums up the day pretty well.
Organizing
Got all my laundry back, and started to re-organize all the clothes. Also took all the starbucks mugs and packed them into a suitcase under the bed for now to save some room. Headed out after a little bit to go find the fam to start with all the activities for Nate.
Lunch
Started with lunch in the dining room, which I almost never eat. Nate had bought himself a “It’s My Birthday” hat from the shops, so was getting sung to all day, which is fun (for him I guess…)
Pub
Sat in the pub for a little bit doing some work, before they joined me right before dinner.
Dinner – Izumi
Got dinner at Izumi for Nate’s birthday. Brought the card that we had sneakily gotten yesterday at the stationary store for Nate, and had a great meal. We even got the photographers to come up and take some of the photos for us.
Second Dinner
We went down after Izumi to the Dining Room to see our waitstaff. I was just wanting to get some ice cream, but Mom and Nate can really eat, and got their Lobster and Shrimp from formal night. I couldn’t even bring myself to take any pictures cause I felt like I was going to throw up just watching them eat more food.
I ended up retreating back to the room for a bit to digest and lie down for a sec.
Snacks in the Pub
Headed back out around 11pm to go do more activities with some of the younger folks on the cruise to try some more snacks and celebrate Nate in the pub (and open some of the fake Pokemon cards he had bought). Lots of fun catching up with people and just celebrating.
All culminating in yet another Happy Birthday for Nate.
I think I would die. Also why I escaped to do my own thing for my birthday in Hawaii :D.
Vibe Check
4 parts joy
1 part disgust – for the sheer amount of food consumed at TWO dinners
Feedback
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Matti 
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