Singles Cruise

In early 2010 I finally got a clean bill of health from my primary care doctor, as well as my hematologist, cardiologist, and endocrinologist.  I was out celebrating my old high school friend’s birthday at Brooklyn Bowl with a bunch of friends.  One of them was leaving in a few days for a singles cruise.  She was worried that she wouldn’t have a good time, and I told her that the worst thing that could happen was that she would end up spending a week sun bathing and reading on a deck chair.  But the potential for meeting new girlfriends and possibly some great guys was unlimited.  I was inspired!  The very next day at work I googled “singles cruise” and found a website for a singles tour group.  Lo and behold, they had a cruise that was leaving in about 4 weeks.  I walked right into my boss’ office to ask if I could have the days off, and when she said yes, I immediately booked the trip.  Not only was it my first singles cruise, it was my first vacation ever without my family.  And I was going completely ALONE!  I was scared, but really excited.  It turns out my fears were for nothing.  I had the best week of my life!  I always knew I was friendly and could talk to people pretty easily, but I thrived in the cruise environment.  I met great people from all of the country and some from out of the country and I went on really fun excursions.  But what was most amazing for me was that I was popular with the guys.  This was a complete and utter surprise to me…a pleasant one though.   And once I decided who I was going to hang out with for the week I had a blast playing matchmaker and hooking up everyone else. 

I created a cupcake metaphor for my trip…The actual cruise, the ports and excursions were the cake, the people who I met and had a great time with were the frosting (the best part) and there was one special guy who was like a peanut butter cup right in the middle of the frosting…more on him in another post.