For our honeymoon, we decided to take a cruise. After much debating, we decided it would be our best bet to avoid cell phone and blackberry reception. (and actually, we were wrong. Cell phones and blackberries work on cruise ships. So I just turned mine off!) We wanted to go our of New Orleans or Mobile, since Marc was running that half ironman in Florida. And we wanted to leave early in the week of May 12. Our only real option was the Carnival Fantasy, leaving May 12 for five days out of New Orleans.

All in all, we had a good time. We relaxed and got some sun, and I read six books. But the food was AWFUL. Just horrid. And while we made the best of it and enjoyed ourselves, our shore excursions weren't the best.

But it was just fabulous to get totally away from work and just have fun with Marc. After getting married and two of the busiest work weeks to date, I needed to rest and relax. And that part of the cruise could not have been better.