So here I am.
I got back from my cruise on Sunday and kind of slept all the way through Monday and half of Tuesday LOL
You know, before I left I thought cruises were all about relax and sleeping and sun bathing and swimming in the pool.
I couldn't be more wrong. I mean, sure you can do anything but relax and all that, but truth is it can be boring on the long run.
We actually stayed aboard only on Monday, when the ship was in Naples, but after that, we went ashore on exursion every day in a different city, and almost every excursion we chose was in the morning, so no sleeping through the morning for us. On the contrary!
Wednesday morning, when we were visiting Tunis we actually had the meeting point at 7:30 a.m. LOL yeah, I know.
It was so much fun though. I have to say I always had my doubts about cruises, you know, thinking about staying on the ship the whole time, but I'm glad I've been proved wrong.
I've been in 5 different cities - Palermo, Tunis, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and Marseille (Em I SO thought of you while I was there!!) - and 4 different countries - Italy, Tunisia, Spain and France.
Fascinating countries, all of them, but if I have to pick one as my fave I'm gonna say Spain. People are so NICE! It's warm but not too hot, Barcelona is so FULL of history and art and last but not least, you can go shopping without getting grumpy about how much money you spent, because it's cheap. I can't say the same for France, though. Damn they're expensive!
So yeah, I'm definitely planning on going back to Spain as soon as I can and take the right amount of time to visit the city properly.

I made like TONS of pictures but I'll be posting just a bunch of them, because they're really a lot and because I'm lazy :D
AND, since photobucket apparently HATES me, I'm uploading them on couple of facebook album. And I actually had to use two albums cause I uploaded something like 120 pics. Considering I took over 700, that's almost 1/3 of the total LOL
You can find the pics here and here. I'm sorry probably just the ones who are friends with me on Facebook will be able to see  them for now. As soon as Photobucket gets collaborative again I'll upload some there too and edit this post with pics.
You can now see the pics HERE, in my holyday picspam, as you probably have already noticed on your own LOL

Let me know what you think!

As for my getting-back-to-reality process..I'm starting this new little job on Monday. well actually I'm going to meet my 'boss' tomorrow afternoon with the girl I'm going to be the sostitute of. Nothing too exciting, really.. I'll be sort of babysitting a couple of kids, take them after school, make them lunch and take them to the sports centre in the afternoon.
Nothing exciting, as I said. But it's still work, they pay me (quite well actually) and I can be out of the house for 3 afternoons a week, which is SO good giving my mom's grumpiness lately.

It's vacation time for me, finally!!!
I'm leaving tomorrow morning for a cruise on the Mediterranean. We (me and a friend) will be visiting southern Italy, Tunisia, Spain and France.
8 days of complete and utter relax! Yay!
I'll be posting tons of photos and videos as soon as I get back.

Be good while I'm away! LOL

PS: Ok so..I still haven't finished reading Breaking Dawn and I think won't read one more page until I get back from my vacation, 'cause I'm not taking it with me. My friend is waiting for the Italian version this fall so I don't want to take the risk and spoil her by mistake.
I'll be taking Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, though. Thanks EM!!! Love youuuuu!!

We're almost there..Christmas is coming and  I'm really happy cause I managed to have all done in time and I'm all fuzzy with holiday spirit!

Decorate the tree, check.
Christmas cakes, check.
Buying (ALL) the gifts, check.

Plus, my VM Secret Santa task is almost acomplished! Yay! Told you I was this deep into holiday spirit LOL

I have to rant a bit, though..
A few hours from Christmas (my favourite holiday ever) and I'm stuck with a terrible cold! I mean, seriously! Come on! i was perfectly fine yesterday night when I went to bed, and this morning I woke up with a scratchy throat, coughing like mad. Not to mention a reasonable difficulty at breathing properly. God I hate feeling feverish! On the bright side, my mom doesn't bug me with 'do this' and 'fix that' LOL which, believe me is gold!
Well, actually this isn't going to be a real HAPPY Christmas anyway. My grandpa has a surgery procedure fixed in between Christmas and new year's eve, probably on Dec 29 and we're all a bit  shaken. He keeps on saying it's nothing to worry about, bu obviously we worry, a lot.

Btw, I really hope veryone of you has a GREAT Christmas, full of gifts and sweets! Stay cool, see you all in a few days!

That’s it..after almost a month full of N O T H I N G, I’m finally leaving on vacation tomorrow night.

I wanted to do a lot of things since the last time I posted. Like..writing something about the ‘Order of the Phoenix’ and ‘Deathly Hallows’, I was meaning to dedicate some time to my domain, revamping a few layouts, maybe even refresh my LJ style a bit, finishing a batch of icons..and I ended up doing absolutely nothing.
Work stole all my time, tiredness and boredom did the rest. I can’t wait to relax a bit, enjoy some time a the beach, don’t have to worry about a single thing.
I kind of disappeared, maybe you were worried..or don’t even care and that’s fine, I don’t blame you. ;)

So yes, vacation time, pictures will be on their way to lj if I'll manage to get back here before work eats me alive again.
I'll see you all on September 9th. Be good and have fun people!


PS: Morly, hon..I'm bringing Twilight on vacation with me..I'm definitely gonna read it while I'm sun bathing somewhere :D
Love ya!