it's all her fault
Feb 20, 2007
From: Mom
To: Joey
Hi, see attached. Some things you need to know about this cruise: we will be squished in the cabin (if mom goes and you share with me & Pauline), there won't be any privacy, there is a whole bunch of their relatives going and it will probably be crazy busy, this trip is not about what we want to do, but hanging out with them so we will have to go with the flow. As long as you can be tolerant and flexible it could be a lot of fun; they are fun people.
From: Joey
To: Mom
They serve alcoholic beverages and subscribe to the “buffet” style of eating, right? Then I’m a-ok.
From: Mom
To: Joey
Yes they do, but you pay for all alcohol and it adds up quickly!
From: Joey
To: Mom
Oh. Crap. That may affect my decision. Can you smuggle it in?
From: Mom
To: Joey
Well, I smuggled in some small bottles of wine last time & didn't have a problem. I guess if they found it they would just take it away. Carnival cruise lines is the cheapest one and it is mostly college kids who take this cruise and they get pretty rowdy, so I'm sure they have seen it all.
From: Joey
To: Mom
Oh, I could show them something new, all right. And by something new, I mean reading on a deck chair. In the shade. We’ll see. I can tell you’re doing your best to persuade me not to go. Someone wants all of the smuggled booze to themselves.
From: Mom
To: Joey
I would love for you to go as long as you can go with the flow; I know sometimes you can get irritated when things aren't the way you want them, and that may be the way this trip goes. As long as you are o.k. with that I think we could have a lot of fun.
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I still haven't made up my mind about going. "Crazy busy" and "pay for drinks" aren't exactly what I want to hear when I'm planning a vacation. And no privacy? Fine, as long as everybody is ok with me openly breaking a small handful of laws in our shared room. Isn't that the whole point of sailing in international waters in the first place?