How to be a Tourist: Cruise Ship Edition

~~Pack a bathing suit~~.
Pack several bathing suits.
Bring shorts.
And several pairs of open toed shoes.
Don’t leave your balcony door open and try and open the door to your room.
Drink so many pina coladas.
Constantly ask people if they like pina coladas.
Bring a book you’ve been putting off reading due to the emotional strain it will put you under.
Finish that book and have a good cry.
Don’t check your work email!
Don’t pay for the internet to avoid the previously mentioned work email.
Find out way too late that your neighbors are pretty cool people.
Go on a galley tour (seriously though, it’s really impressive how they manage to make that much food for that many people multiple times a day).
Spend at least one night making a semi-drunk semi-fool of yourself.
Spend all your time in the adults only section of the ship because it will be 100x quieter than the rest of the ship.
Find your favorite spot and just avoid your entire family there (I snuck away to the Starbucks/bakery
Go to the sushi restaurant.
No, really. You’ll be dreaming about it the rest of the trip.
Sit by a pool for at least an hour every day.
Force yourself to relax for the first time in at least 2 years.
Seriously though… Sit by the pool. Especially during one of the many movie screenings.