Complete Slaker

Generally I average about 7 posts a month. In April I wrote one. Yup- one measly little blog. So today I play catch up. I'm going to catch you up on my April, and why I've spend so much time away from this blog. This is going to be a marathon post...so I apologize in advance.

First I spent some time in early April at a Digital Dealer Conference in Orlando. I didn't find the trip to be as educational as it was last year and don't see myself attending in the future. There were some good take aways that I plan to implement in my department. But first I have to dig through my pages of notes and get it all straightened out in my head!

While in Orlando, my co-worker and I decided to find cool local places to eat. We had attempted the first night and drove 15 minutes only to learn the cool local place that everyone loved so much was only open until 7. We ended up having dinner at Chipotle instead. So the next night we were more thorough with our search and headed out feeling confident. We made it to Julie's in about 20 minutes. Although the tacky entrance made us a bit hesitant, once we got inside we knew we found the perfect spot.

We enjoyed a nice dinner on the water, and even watch dusk roll in.

After sending 3 days in Orlando the workload had piled up back in the office. The next days were spent working late and playing catch-up. But it all paid off mid-month when I met my sister in Tampa for our first cruise!

The view of Tampa from the ship

Melissa aboard the Jewel of the Seas

I don't have many pictures from the cruise because I was terrified of international charges and kept my cell phone off. Instead, we used my step mom's digital camera and I've yet to receive any of the photos.

We cruised on the Royal Caribbean ship Jewel of the Seas. It was a 5 day cruise to Costa Maya and Cozumel. We had a blast. While on the ship we visited the gym, read a lot, napped in the sun, spent some time in the pool, ate whenever we felt like it, and made so incredible friends. While docked we took advantage of the excursions and did a jungle hike and toured the Mayan Ruins. Sure, we got completely soaked while in Costa Maya (it rained the ENTIRE time) but it was totally worth it.

When we got back to Tampa I flew back to Philly with my sister to be Matron of Honor in one of my oldest friends weddings! Shayna and I have been friends since we were about 7 or 8 years old and I love that I was able to be part of her special day! Unfortunately she wasn't able to make it to my wedding (as many people couldn't because it was in Mexico), so being there for her really meant a lot to me.

We had to hustle to make it from the airport to the rehearsal dinner and ended up being about 40 minutes late :/ But the feeling of the wedding and the attitude of the bride was very relaxed and no one seemed to mind very much. Everything went absolutely perfect the next day and the wedding was beautiful. More details and photos to come!!

So after missing work for an entire week I was one again SLAMMED when I got back in the office (hence the reason I'd been absent from this blog). The remainder of my April was consumed with my full-time job, working to meet some goals on my new home-based business (which I will explain more in my next post), and making sure to still eat healthy and squeeze in my workouts. April was a whirlwind for me, but a very exciting one. May looks to be amazing and I can't wait to blog about it along the way.