So as most of you know, I decided to celebrate big for my 21st birthday! I was a BLAST! I would recommend that
everyone should go on a cruise at least once in their life. Anyways...here is a play by play of how my 2 week celebration went down.....
***WARNING: LONG LONG POST....SORRY***
My friend Bryttni flew down to hang out with me on my actual birthday. Since my b-day was on a Thursday, I didn't really do much. I had to work that day so I settled for going out to dinner with some friends. And if any of you know me, you know that I yet again went to Olive Garden for my b-day dinner. For some reason, I always end up there! Haha! The food was tasty as always! For my birthday, some of the people at my work bought me a special present....a REAL LIFE PIMP CUP!!!! I have wanted one for years a
nd years but I never got one! I was literally running around the office showing EVERYONE how awesome this thing was! It seriously made my day! I also got flowers, cake, and cards :) I was loving it! On Friday, I was still in Phoenix but had taken the day off of work to just relax and finish my packing. I went and got a pedicure from this awesome lady. If any of you are in the area, you should totally check out Smudges Boutique to get glitter toes, jewel toes, minx nails or whatever! Lisa does a FAB job!! After my pedicure, I followed it up with a 80 minute massage and a 40 minute facial! I was so relaxed that I actually fell asleep during the massage!! I found this awesome place that was doing 80 minute massages for a 50 minute price, plus I got $10 off on the facial. Needless to say, I could NOT pass that up!!! After all of my pampering, I went home and finished my packing. I didn't take me too long since I had started packing about 2 weeks prior. Ha! I was so excited/nervous for the next day that I could hardly eat or sleep for that matter.
nd years but I never got one! I was literally running around the office showing EVERYONE how awesome this thing was! It seriously made my day! I also got flowers, cake, and cards :) I was loving it! On Friday, I was still in Phoenix but had taken the day off of work to just relax and finish my packing. I went and got a pedicure from this awesome lady. If any of you are in the area, you should totally check out Smudges Boutique to get glitter toes, jewel toes, minx nails or whatever! Lisa does a FAB job!! After my pedicure, I followed it up with a 80 minute massage and a 40 minute facial! I was so relaxed that I actually fell asleep during the massage!! I found this awesome place that was doing 80 minute massages for a 50 minute price, plus I got $10 off on the facial. Needless to say, I could NOT pass that up!!! After all of my pampering, I went home and finished my packing. I didn't take me too long since I had started packing about 2 weeks prior. Ha! I was so excited/nervous for the next day that I could hardly eat or sleep for that matter.
The next morning, I caught my flight to Vegas. Stephanie and I ha
d decided to meet up in Vegas so she didn't have to drive all the way to LA by herself. She picked me up around 9am and then we started the long journey to California. We arrived in CA around 2ish which was perfect. That gave us 2 hours to make it onto the boat. Once we got on our boat (Norwegian Star), we found our room which was located on the 8th floor, close to the center of the boat. Shortly after getting on the boat, we had to attend a mandatory life saving drill. We pretty much learned how we would have to use the life boats in the event that the Cruise ship went down like the Titanic! After the drill, we made our way up to the pool deck for some good food and music. It was kind of chilly so we decided to go back to the room and see what events wer
e going on. After looking over the agenda for that night, we decided a little retail therapy wouldn't hurt and headed down to one of the gift shops on the boat. While we were there, we met a few people. There were two older ladies from Texas that were really funny. We kept running into them over the next week and every time we saw them, we referred to them as our "Cruise Mom's". We also met Jeremy and Randy who we appointed our personal tour guides/body guards. Later that night, we went to an 80's dance party where we met a group of 4 guys that were all from Washington. At this point, we had pretty much met everyone our age on the boat! Ha! Seriously! After shaking our booties well into the night, we decided to go to sleep and made the journey back to our room.
d decided to meet up in Vegas so she didn't have to drive all the way to LA by herself. She picked me up around 9am and then we started the long journey to California. We arrived in CA around 2ish which was perfect. That gave us 2 hours to make it onto the boat. Once we got on our boat (Norwegian Star), we found our room which was located on the 8th floor, close to the center of the boat. Shortly after getting on the boat, we had to attend a mandatory life saving drill. We pretty much learned how we would have to use the life boats in the event that the Cruise ship went down like the Titanic! After the drill, we made our way up to the pool deck for some good food and music. It was kind of chilly so we decided to go back to the room and see what events wer
e going on. After looking over the agenda for that night, we decided a little retail therapy wouldn't hurt and headed down to one of the gift shops on the boat. While we were there, we met a few people. There were two older ladies from Texas that were really funny. We kept running into them over the next week and every time we saw them, we referred to them as our "Cruise Mom's". We also met Jeremy and Randy who we appointed our personal tour guides/body guards. Later that night, we went to an 80's dance party where we met a group of 4 guys that were all from Washington. At this point, we had pretty much met everyone our age on the boat! Ha! Seriously! After shaking our booties well into the night, we decided to go to sleep and made the journey back to our room. 
The next day, we spent on the ship! We found some activities to keep us busy but we were ready to be in Mexico! We dressed up and went to dinner that night at a Tex Mex place on the ship. The food was alright but I think I was just to nervous to eat much since we were going to be in Cabo the next day!!!! After dinner, we went to the White Party where the had great music, snow, fog, and GLOW STICKS! We again worked off all of that food by grooving on the dance floor! haha!
The next morning when we arose, we could see the shoreline! I was SO ready to be off the boat and couldn't wait to see Mexico. To get off the boat, we had to take another little boat (also known as a tender) to the dock. Once on the dock, we navigated our way to the taxes with the help of our two tour guides. We then took a taxi to a beach about 15 minutes away from everyone else. I was so nice. There were little shade umbrellas and the water to amazing! While the guys went surfing...well they tried to go surfing but there weren't many waves, me and Steph did what we do best....laid on the beach! haha! Don't worry, I did wear sunscreen so I didn't get sunbru
ned. After about 2 hours, we decided to head back to where everyone else was. So we got back in our taxi and drove toward the dock. We decided to have the driver drop Randy and I off so that Steph and Jeremy could run back to the boat to grab more money and drop off the surf boards. While we were waiting for them to get back, we ordered some tacos and I met older couple. John and Francis (Franny) were really funny. They told us that they wanted to head to this place called Cabo Wabo before getting back on the boat so we decided to tag along. We told them that we needed to wait for Stephanie and Jeremy to get back before we could leave. A few minutes later, they showed up and we started to make our way down the streets of Mexico on foot. As we were walking, I felt this stinging sensation in my arm...when I looked down, there was this little black bug so I smashed it! Later on I would find out that this little bug had a big bite! It looked like I had some strange muscle on my arm! haha! On our way to Cabo Wabo, we met Diana! She is an awesome, free spirited girl!
ned. After about 2 hours, we decided to head back to where everyone else was. So we got back in our taxi and drove toward the dock. We decided to have the driver drop Randy and I off so that Steph and Jeremy could run back to the boat to grab more money and drop off the surf boards. While we were waiting for them to get back, we ordered some tacos and I met older couple. John and Francis (Franny) were really funny. They told us that they wanted to head to this place called Cabo Wabo before getting back on the boat so we decided to tag along. We told them that we needed to wait for Stephanie and Jeremy to get back before we could leave. A few minutes later, they showed up and we started to make our way down the streets of Mexico on foot. As we were walking, I felt this stinging sensation in my arm...when I looked down, there was this little black bug so I smashed it! Later on I would find out that this little bug had a big bite! It looked like I had some strange muscle on my arm! haha! On our way to Cabo Wabo, we met Diana! She is an awesome, free spirited girl!
The next day, we spent in Mazatlan! I really enjoyed Mazatlan the most. The vibe was just laid back and fun. When we first got there, Stephanie, Jeremy, Randy, Diana, and I all took these littl
e buggie type taxis around. I seriously felt like I was on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disney Land! It was AWESOME! Once we arrived at the beach, we found a restaurant that had an awesome view and grabbed a few tables. We decided to rent a jet ski for an hour and let me tell you, I LOVED IT! I seriously was screaming and laughing the whole time I was riding it! I don't know how I EVER lived without riding one of those things! When we were coming back in, I thought I would do this cool back dive off of it...well it didn't work out so well. The water was about 2 ft. deep and I just ended up rolling my ankle pretty bad! It's still swollen! haha! It probably didn't help that 10 minutes later I was up dancing around on it! After a few hours of hanging out, we met up with this couple that Randy, Diana, and Jeremy had met earlier on it the trip. Tim and Sam are actually from Scottsdale (which is about 30 minutes away from where
I live in AZ). We all decided to take a taxi together and we totally made the right decision. Our driver was so freaking awesome! He drove us all around so we could get awesome pictures. The guys were having a blast acting like monkeys while hanging out the back of a moving vehicle! haha! Once we got on the boat we made our way back to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We had all signed up to take part in a Murder Mystery dinner. I was pretty stoked about it. About half way through, Tim spilled the beans that he was in fact the murderer! We all laughed forever about that whole incident. Haha!
e buggie type taxis around. I seriously felt like I was on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disney Land! It was AWESOME! Once we arrived at the beach, we found a restaurant that had an awesome view and grabbed a few tables. We decided to rent a jet ski for an hour and let me tell you, I LOVED IT! I seriously was screaming and laughing the whole time I was riding it! I don't know how I EVER lived without riding one of those things! When we were coming back in, I thought I would do this cool back dive off of it...well it didn't work out so well. The water was about 2 ft. deep and I just ended up rolling my ankle pretty bad! It's still swollen! haha! It probably didn't help that 10 minutes later I was up dancing around on it! After a few hours of hanging out, we met up with this couple that Randy, Diana, and Jeremy had met earlier on it the trip. Tim and Sam are actually from Scottsdale (which is about 30 minutes away from where
I live in AZ). We all decided to take a taxi together and we totally made the right decision. Our driver was so freaking awesome! He drove us all around so we could get awesome pictures. The guys were having a blast acting like monkeys while hanging out the back of a moving vehicle! haha! Once we got on the boat we made our way back to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We had all signed up to take part in a Murder Mystery dinner. I was pretty stoked about it. About half way through, Tim spilled the beans that he was in fact the murderer! We all laughed forever about that whole incident. Haha!
The next day we spent in Puerto Vallarta. The day started off kind of slow and we were all kind of grouchy. We ended up renting a car instead of trying to take taxis everywhere. It was actually a SMART idea! For $50 we got to see whatever we wanted to! We drove down to the beach to get some grub and then headed up into the jungle to find a waterfall. We had heard there was an awesome one and we did find it! There was a rope swin
g and waterfall slide! At first I was scared to try the rope swing but then I figured...What the heck I might as well! So I did it and screamed the whole way haha! After that, me and Steph made our way up to the waterfall slide. Again, I was scared to go down...but with a little push, I was on my way! It was awesome! The water was cold but it felt nice in the hot weather! After spending a good 4 hours up in the jungle, we decided to head back down. On our way down, we took alot of amazing pictures and had a great time laughing, screaming and joking around!
The next two days were spent at sea...and boy was I ready to get off that boat! There are only so many magic shows and movies you can watch without feeling bored! The first day wasn't too bad because we spent the whole day at the pool. The second day, however, was FREEZING! I was in sweats pretty much the whole day! On Saturday, we were back in LA and after getting off the boat and spending an hour in parking lot traffic, we were finally on our way to VEGAS!
Upon our arrival in Vegas, we met up with Stephanie's Fiance, Cody. Later that evening, Laura, Ian, Jessica, Dixon and T-bone all came down to hang out. We went to dinner at PF Chang's and I gambled for the first time. It was quite the experience! I won $0.03!!! Awesome! Laura won $25 on one machine so we decided to try her luck on ano
ther. She pulled the lever and won again. We started screaming and jumping up and down. Soon enough, there was a crowd of about 10 people around us asking how much she had won! When they found out it was only $18, they just shook their heads! We were pretty stoked about it haha! After dinner, everyone left back to UT and we made our way back to the hotel to sleep! I was so worn out from the whole trip that I just wanted to be home! The next day, we went to the Wax Museum in Las Vegas. I was kind of disappointed. The figures didn't look real at all! After a fun day, I got on a plane towards home! I was so so so so so happy to be home! Marty missed me bunches!
Anyways...that's pretty much most of my whole trip. Sorry if it was super long! haha. Until next time.
xoxo
Megs
