I Was on Ecstasy for 7 Days

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Yup.

You heard me.

Carnival Cruise Ship "Ecstasy".

And frankly, it might as well have been the drug cause it was a 7 day high that I was miserable to come down from. If you have the chance to take a cruise, do it. If you don't have the chance, do it anyways and worry about the consequences later.

We left on Thursday night, a whole day early and I literally had to pack our bags in about an hour. At that point we didn't even know where we were going because the swine flu had Mexico pretty much shut down. So just as Tish came to pick me up, I checked the website and we were told we were going to Jamaica and Grand Cayman.

We had a fifteen hour drive from Albuquerque to Houston where Billy's cousin lived. We were staying at their house another night before we would all leave for Galveston Texas Saturday morning where our sweet ship was waiting for us.

The trip was decent, started with a needed visit to the local Waffle House where we scared away some of the other residents, the first of many public offenses we committed over the following week. We're loud, proud, and oddly sober when we annoy people.

Now let me explain something very important: New Mexico has crap food. Sure there is the occasional little place hidden in the wall here or there. We've found some halfway decent places, and considering my girth, it's very obvious that places to eat out are around somewhere. But there are certain things that other states have that we just dont. Texas has three things that New Mexico (at least our part of New Mexico) is lacking.

1. Chipotle (Oh heaven . . .  I'm in heaven . . .)
2. Decent Mexican Food. If you're looking for good Mexican food, go to Texas, Mexico or heck, even Utah! You will not find it in New Mexico. Because we don't even have real Mexicans here (just look at Billy) we have "New" Mexicans.
3. Jack in the Box.

Tish and I were bordering on pure insanity when we saw this down the street. We had actually been looking for a Jack in the Box for nearly 10+ hours before we got our first taste. Matt made fun of us the whole time, until he tried it. Now we're all hopped up on the Jack Koolaide.

Other interesting sites we found in Houston . . .

A porn shop next to a gas station . . . it makes things easier for everyone . . .

The World's Biggest Engagement Ring Store. Which prompted an amusing lecture from the rest of us to Billy, insisting that if he likes it . . . he should put a ring on it.

The weather wasn't too bad, except that none of us were prepared for the humidity, which was actually worse in Texas than it was in the Caribbean!

Condensation.

And if it wasn't for this . . . the trip wouldn't have been nearly as much fun. Love ya Tish!





More pics (and videos) tomorrow!