Upon turning 40- day 1

I am now 41, but last year I turned 40 and decided to celebrate the new decade by going on my first cruise (from Ft. Lauderdale to Key West to Cozumel, Mex.) with my mother and sisters Debra (Dee) 5 years older and Danielle (Dani) 1.5 years younger.  The next few entries are from my diary of that trip which was kept on my cell phone notes file.  Later, I will probably come back and edit these and maybe think about the entries on different levels, but for now I am posting them as is as a little snapshot of what I was doing the first 5 days of my 5th decade.

Diary May 27, 2010 (Welcome to 40 and a little nausea)
Day 1 of our cruise was great! We all arrived the evening before and stayed at my Uncle Bill's house near Orlando, got a good night's sleep and then got up at a leisurely pace and drove to the Everglades Port in Ft. Lauderdale to board our ship. Boarding was easy and uneventful. We got settled in our tiny but nice state room then went through the safety drill and were rewarded with a fun dance sail away party.

We had dinner early. Then Dani went to find her luggage which was "detained". Dee and mom saw a show and I took some much needed alone time in the room. I was really tired and the boat rocking did not help, bit I feel better now. Later we all met at the casino for a King favorite pastime, playing the slots! In the end I lost 10 bucks. No profit but at least I did not lose my shirt!

Next mom and I went for an evening walk around the ship an Dani and Dee went to watch Dani sing karaoke. Mom and I caught the tail end of her first song. Mom went to bed and Dee and I watched her last song. She was a hit of course. Then we stopped at the piano bar and we all sang for another hour after which I went to the room leaving Dee to tend to Dani. Good luck with that! Today being my birthday made everything even better! Big day in Key West tomorrow. More later.