Alaska

I am off this morning to go to the most luxurious form of hell possible: my family - all of it - is taking a cruise to Alaska. It was Dad's idea, and it seems like a nice one. But then I realize that this means a week with four married couples. Me and four married couples. It's not the married part that bothers me, it's the couples part. It really sucks being the odd one out. I have a hard time stomaching it for two or three days at Christmas, and at least then I can rent a movie or close the door to my room. I'm not sure how this will work on a cruise boat. No TV. No door to my room (I'm sharing with my parents). No escqpe.

I'm sure I'll have a good time. I am just a spoiled brat who can't recognize a good cruise when she sees one. I just don't want to get all moody like I usually do when surrounded by happily married couples who don't have to deal with seperating from one's love on a regular basis. It's tough shit, people! Have a little sympathy and quit calling one another poopie-cutie names and snuggling so much! And it's not even their fault; it's my own uncontrollable anger-slash-annoyance that is the worst part of it. I'm really going to try to stay zen.

I also hear that the median age of these cruise thingies is pretty high. So I'm going to be doing some water aerobics and the like as well, I think. Looking forward to it.

I also think I'm going to try to go horseback riding. It's an optional excursion, and I haven't done any horseback riding since I was a teenager. I think I'd like it. Unfortunately, my entire wardrobe is made up of tank tops, and I saw the horseback riding pictures and I definetly saw snow on the ground, wherever it is they go. So I might freeze my little boo tay off.

Other than that, I'm not so sure what I'll do. I was planning on evening out my tan, as superficial as it is, for a solid week. But then I learned that it's just around 70 in Alaska. So that's shot. Luckily, I have many books. I will read them poolside. At the indoor pool. It's almost the same thing as tanning.

Totally unrelated: I watched Ellen Degeneres' show yesterday. That is some funny shit right there. And I don't even like daytime tv.