7th inning stretch

December 9-10, 2011 - Roatan, Honduras

so this blob should've been about cuba! still upset about that... but i've learned to deal with it. so instead we went to roatan. another one of those places nobody's heard of. so let me fill you in... it's this tropical island out off the coast of honduras. since honduras is too dangerous for us to actually go to, we went to paradise. and SAS restricted us to the island. fine... take me to heaven, and don't let me leave... twist my arm a little harder, please! so we got there on friday. first stop when we get off the ship is to the duty free shop to buy all kinds of alcohol. patron for me, duhhh. cus even SAS told us that this was vacation time... no cultural sightseeing for us! there was 10 of us and we had booked two beachfront villas at this resort in west bay. a van from the resort was there to pick us up. win. it took us about 30 minutes to get there from the ship because the roads were in such bad condition. i thought the potholes on la jolla village drive were bad... nope, not even close.

so we finally get there and check in. there was a little bit of an issue, but it all worked out. once we got all our shit in our respective rooms, it was straight to the beach. it was SO nice. we all got beach chairs and laid out reading our books, listening to our ipods... just enjoying not having to be responsible for anything since finals and everything were over. after a little, all of us went to the bar because the resort had given us all a coupon for a complimentary drink. so nice of them. i got a miami vice (half pina colada, half strawberry daiquiri)... SO delicious! and exactly what i wanted to be drinking as i lay on the beach. but then like an hour after we got to the beach, it started POURING!!!! and it did not stop pouring the entire time we were there. but that was okay. me, maddy, and audrey walked up the street to this little sub shop for lunch. i had a chicken fajita sub that was DELICIOUS. then we walked back to one of the villas. maddy & i laid on the porch in the hammocks, listening to the waves and rain, reading our books and napping. sooo relaxing. so even though it wasn't ideal since the sun wasn't out, we still got to relax and everything. we all kept running to the bar to buy drinks and we all ended up getting dinner there too. eventually we all went to this other hotel down the beach cus a bunch of SAS kids were there too, but it was kind of a bust so we just came back to our hotel. everybody was pretty tired from drinking and running around all day, so we went to bed fairly early.

the next morning we all woke up and had complimentary breakfast at the bar. it was pretty good. it still hadn't stopped raining, so we all went back to one of the villas and just hung out all day. we were all lazy and just reading our books and sleeping around the house. we got lunch and drinks at the bar again, then we had late check out at 1. we took the van back to the ship and walked around the port area for a little bit. but it was raining, and so i got back on the ship. i went to turn in our passports, then showered, and maddy & i crashed and took like a 5 hour nap. woopsies. then i got up and i had to go to my last family dinner. then i came back to my room, watched some friends, and finished my book.

i can't believe roatan was our last port and i'll be back in america in like 48 hours. it's insane. brewer & i are just starting to pack right now. my worst nightmare. i hate packing, and we have so much shit all over the place that i don't even know where to start. i just had work for the last time. so many "lasts" going on this week. pretty sad. but i'm totally ready to get home already. and i know that once i get home, all i'll want is to be back on the ship. but until then, GET ME HOME! haha. tonight we have the SAS musical to go to. and as if i don't already love musicals enough to go, brooke is the female lead!!!! i'm so excited. it should be really fun. okay well i should go start to pack. this is going to suck.

see you all so so soon!! love love love.