The #1 reason I love cruising...

is that I go to sleep leaving here:

(Beautiful lightning storm in Maui)

And I wake up a week later here:

(Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska)

I didn't sleep a week. You get what I'm saying yes? ;)

 Saw the first of many of these:

(Humpback whale going for a dinner dive)

I am so excited to get to know Alaska better! It is so spectacular.

Happy Mothers Day to mothers, and daughters who take care of them

My Mama and Baba waaay before they were a mama and a baba:

Isn't my mom so cute?! I hope if I have a daughter she looks like her! I absolutely adore this picture and thought it was most appropriate on this day that celebrates them.
I think being a mother is one of the most selfless acts on the planet. Not only do you tend to the needs of a little human for 18years and beyond, but you give up your body for the sake of it's existence.  I talked a lot about Baba last month but I realized that through those blogs I never mentioned one very important thing. My mother took care of Baba every day for the last ten years of her life and if it wasn't for her care there is no way she would have been able to stay in her home and in her bed until the very end. This sacrifice was so admirable and unique in our society now. So what I am trying to say is that she was a very selfless daughter as well as selfless mother. I think this selflessness is my mom's very best quality and I don't know if I could ever match her astounding ability to put others before her but I will try my best.

MoLo, MamaMo, Motrianna, and my Ridna Mati Moya...
Happy Mothers Day!

High on Hawaii!!!!

Still wish I was here with the hubs too, but had a great time with my BFF's in glorious Hawaii! We had an action packed day at the Dole Plantation, lunch and beach on the North Shore, a stunning drive around the island, a little shopping at Ala Moana mall and dinner back at Waikiki Beach.We had a COMPLETELY INSANE trip getting back to the ship that involved getting lost, ending up on a military base, asking a random man to get in the car with us, abandoning a car and almost missing the ship. Let's just say it was a day and night to remember.

In like a lion out like a lamb

I know they say March is in like a lion out like a lamb but for me it was April. It began with the sadness of saying goodbye to a beautiful woman and ended on top of a canyon in Hawaii. Here are just a few, um two dozen, sample pictures, and when I have more time I will try to post more. The past few days have really made me realize how amazing my job and my life is.  Thank you Baba for giving me so much strength peace, prosperity, and perspective this month!

Just hangin with the girls on an active volcano...no worries

That volcano is smokin!!!

still smokin

My girl Stephanie and I posing with another volcano canyon

Yours truly and the spa team entering a lava tunnel

What will happen if I move?

See how there is nothing around us? That's what we saw. NOTHING!!!

Wailua Falls, Kauai

The lovely Patricia and I chillin by the falls...

...and yet ANOTHER stunning canyon

Happy stance!

Happy stance take...?

Yoga poses done on volcanic rock are spiritual

This picture and the following are all so reminiscent of when Jason and I first met TEN years ago. We used to go to this resort and beach and I have the most wonderful memories here. I missed him very much here today...It was so bizarre to be back in our old Hawaiian stomping ground without him!

Sunset sailaway back onboard...

Goodnight from the Symphony!