Did anyone actually write these essays in school, or was that just something that was made up for entertainment value? The only time I remember anything like it was when my parents pulled me out of school over Thanksgiving to take me to Disney World and my teacher made writing a “what we did” essay part of my make-up homework.

ANYWAY, this past week my in-laws took the family on a southern Caribbean cruise to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. (I know, crazy generous right?) We did all the cruise things: ate until we looked like balloon people, swam in crystalline water, learned local history, and ate some more, just to see if we could. It was a heckin’ lot of fun.

But one of my very favorite parts of this trip was the towel animals. Our room steward, Herminio, was an artistic genius:

Naturally, when I learned their was going to be a towel-animal-folding class, I was there.

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Hello friends!  I was going to post today (really!) but I’ve developed an infection of some sort that’s actually given me two black eyes, so I’m taking today off instead, because looking at the computer for more than a couple minutes at a time hurts.

Hope you’re having a better Monday!