hawaii or bust

{lahaina}

since schools started again, i'm going back to my poor sleeping habits again. this morning i woke up around 4:30ish and couldn't fall back to sleep. just knowing that the alarms going to go off keeps me awake plus i was thinking about hawaii and how much i miss it. {seriously, i have a heartache because i miss it so much} and it didn't help reading flirting with forty either since she writes about it and mentions all the places we visited. i still need to go through all of my pictures and post the highlights etc... will do soon. i hope. but for now i can tell you about our cruise. the cruise itself was great- got us to each island and got to sight see. the food was good too. not outstanding but decent enough. the rooms were tiny but we did manage to fit all four of us and our luggage but we were not in there for long. just to sleep + shower. now norwegian cruise line i would not recommend. they sold a boat and i had a hard time getting my in-laws booked onto the new boat, our room was dirty- left hair pins from previous travelers stayed in the room till i threw them out, the person who cleans our room hung those car air freshener's in the bathroom below the sink, can we say ghetto style?? had to wait over an hour and 30 mins one night for dinner- there was 17 or so of us but they said that we didn't need reservations, etc.... every night we were told different things. cant wear shorts if dining in one of their fancier restaurants, come on- this is hawaii!!!...and the buffet style dinner was chaotic!! i almost got hit daily in the head with other peoples plates. everyone was walking everywhere trying to locate the different types of food they had. and the entertainment wasn't very entertaining. this cruise line was for an older crowd that's for sure. i've been on 3 other cruises before this- all carnival and they are what they advertise- the fun ship!!