It’s good to be home. I spent yesterday reacquainting myself with the couch, and while I woke up this morning ready to jump back into my routine, my body had different plans and knocked me out for most of the day. I caught up on TiVoed shows and vegetated, drinking ginger and garlic tea. Despite all the sanitizing hand wipes on the boat, I fear I may have caught something, so I’m fighting it hardcore. I’ve got too much to accomplish to be sick.
1) Because she has the sense of humor of a teenage boy. The nut discussion she posted on her site lasted the duration of the trip, and even expanded at points. In terms of the nut discussion, my favorite moment happened when I was in the bathroom and she called out, “I’m going to have some of your nuts.”
“You can have all my nuts,” I said.
“I’m putting your nuts in my mouth.”
“Are they salty?”
“Yes, and big.”
This never got old. Seriously. I’m certain others thought we were insane. But the best was at dinner when she asked me if I wanted a bite of her hot beef injection, to which I said yes, and then made sure I drenched said meat in hollandaise sauce. I opened my mouth to speak and she cut me off, saying, “Are you putting your meat in my cream?”
Never. Got. Old.
2) Because she’s up for anything. It didn’t matter what it was – mountain biking in St. Maarten, the world’s longest zip line over water in Haiti, Tai Chi, multiple visits to the buffet… she was down with it, unless it had to do with taking a Purell sanitary wipe before going to the buffet. Seriously, she was so slippery about this. When the attendants would successfully Purell everyone walking through the door, she would somehow slip through the cracks in her own form of protest against over-sanitization. It was miraculous to watch.
3) Because she knows every word to The Parent Trap. And she doesn’t just know every word, she knows every inflection of every word. Brilliant.
4) Because she has a song for every occasion. All it would take was someone saying one line, and then she’d find an appropriate response via song – usually something cheesy and 80s. But the most poignant moment came on Thursday night when we stood on our balcony looking at the moon, and I said, “It’s like summer camp is coming to an end.”
Her response? She started singing the Kellerman’s song from Dirty Dancing. Priceless.
5) Because even though she’s not Canadian, she knows every key point to Brain Candy. Hence the title of this post.
6) Because she’s good with the facilitating of A Ha moments. But you already knew that.
7) Because she loves cheese almost as much as I do. As was evidenced by our glee when we came across the nightclub on the ship, called The Catacombs. It had these odd mannequins against the wall, Roman columns surrounding the dance floor, crushed glass stairs… it was like it didn’t know what era it wanted to be from. Also worthy of note> The resident DJ, DJ Anthony, was named Mr. Trinidad. This was repeated on the PA nearly every time they talked about the dance club. Anyway, it was a sight to behold.
8) Because she’s not afraid to do anything for entertainment. When nobody else would get on the dance floor, she and cool Canadian chick Jen did interpretive dance. When Jen sat down, Sandra crawled across the floor begging her to come dance again. It was sheer brilliance. (Funny aside: when we got back to our room I said to her, “Are you drunk?” With perfect clarity she responded, “I think I might be, as evidenced by my crawling on the floor.” Classic.)
9) Because she reads the most important parts of Jackie Collins novels to me when we’re laying in the sun. Not shockingly, that also had to do with the nuts and meat-themed discussion. (Again – never gets old.)
10) Because she played Christmas music in July. And if there’s a faster way to my heart, I don’t yet know what it is.
Okay. Back to the couch. More soon.
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