I’m currently sitting here in the atrium on the final morning of the Rock Boat. The hours of sleep each night became less and less as the week went on, so my whole body, mind, and equilibrium is in a state of confusion. Luckily, my brain and motor skills are functioning (barely) to write this blog for you Rock Boaters to read as you get off the boat.
You know you had fun on the Rock Boat when:
-You hear your alarm going off in your sleep, and yet your body refuses to acknowledge it for about five minutes. Seriously, I heard the alarm in my dream this morning, and my body just said “NOPE.”
-You look in the mirror and just burst out laughing when you see yourself.
-Your eyes are so bloodshot they resemble road maps.
-You try to run a comb through your hair and it gets stuck.
-You have to McGuyver an outfit out of clothes you’ve already worn twice, picking the stuff that smell the least like casino smoke.
-You see your cabin steward bring a blow-up doll out of the room next door. Not kidding.
-You walk around looking like a deer in the headlights, afraid that if you close your eyes at ANY point you might fall back asleep.
-You turn your Sign & Sail bill into a paper airplane so you don’t have to look at it.
-You tell people not to talk to you. Not because you lost your voice, but because you’re afraid of the words that might come out due to pure exhaustion and delirium.
-You can’t stop smiling.
-You look at other guests and a nod is enough emotion to convey everything you’re feeling.
-You can’t wait to get home to tell your friends how amazing your life has been for five days.
-You try to write a blog chronicling the end of the cruise, and you seriously can’t remember what you did five minutes ago, let alone yesterday afternoon.
-Your disheveled co-worker slumps down next to you and just starts laughing hysterically for no reason. Apparently, whiskey and Jagermeister is the reason.
-You have the hardest time picking your favorite moment.
-You now have a place in your dreams that you can escape to whenever you’re having a crappy day. You know you’ll be able to close your eyes and hear the claps and na na na’s of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixer’s “4th of July,” feel the ground shake during Gaelic Storm’s “What’s the Rumpus,” and see the sun set over the Caribbean Sea as Zac Brown sings “Toes” up on the deck.
-You realize that your body hates you for not sleeping for five days, but you couldn’t care less because your eyes and ears love you for giving you these memories.
Adios, and vaya con Dios Rock Boaters! That was certainly one for the ages.
What about you? Leave a comment to tell everybody your favorite “You know you had fun on the Rock Boat” moments.
-Steve