{"id":18889,"date":"2026-01-31T13:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/MainSite\/?p=18889"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:08:18","slug":"im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/MainSite\/?p=18889","title":{"rendered":"I’m BACK!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh my goodness!! I had such a wonderful much needed vacation! We managed to get down to Florida right before the major snow hit and I have immense gratitude for my neighbor who shoveled a path from her place to ours and cared for my kitties. My ever compassionate husband offered to let two of our neighbors who do not have a driveway, to park in ours since there was a town wide parking ban from Saturday thru Tuesday. They sent me these pics of our place shortly after the storm passed. They were not sure how the heck<\/em> they were going to shovel out since they were not able to throw the snow high enough to clear the snow banks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, down in Florida we arrived one day early for the cruise and it was rainy and a bit chilly but we got to meet up with a dear friend of mine that splits her time between New York and Florida. She truly is one of my favorite people of all time that I do not get to see nearly<\/em> enough! We had a fantastic lunch and then went for massages from a wonderful and talented massage therapist that she knows. It was a truly great way to start a birthday vacation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next day, we boarded the Norwegian Joy for the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise. We had a lovely balcony cabin on deck 10 that afforded us several wonderful sunset views and a pretty selfie opportunity! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had decided that I was going to try to keep the insanity to a minimum this year and NOT<\/em> try to go to every show humanly possible the way I usually do at concert festivals! To be honest, it has been a rough few weeks with the heartbreaking emotional roller coaster associated with my ex’s immigration troubles and I truly needed to decompress a fair bit – and a cruise seemed like just the thing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E.N.D. Cruise (Emo’s Not Dead) is sponsored by a guy named Matt Cutshall<\/a> and his wife Arielle, who started making a series of hysterical videos in 2019 with the tag line – “Felt EMO Might delete” and he has parlayed that into a very successful clothing line, a coffee company, and sold out cruises featuring some of the greatest bands in the genre. This was their 4th sailing but my first and I really had a great time!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So my priority on board was to see every bit of “We the Kings” possible and I definitely did that! The first evening they did an acoustic show in the mid ship Atrium and I went down early enough to grab a barricade spot! That’s like the “brass ring” of concert going! It was a really lovely set! The next day they did a show in the Joy Theater and my husband, who likes the music but not crowds, came with me to check it out and actually had a really good time! But admits he likely won’t be making a habit of it – lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had the day that we were in Costa Maya off (which I will come back to in a moment) but on the last day of the cruise, which happened to be the day before my birthday, they did a Meet & Greet signing as well as a great show at the H20 venue outside on the aft deck. That one was windy but fabulous! They did a bunch of fun covers and were just really playful and sweet. I also got to bump into Coley, the band’s keyboard and guitarist, on his way into a venue and Travis, the lead singer, in the buffet and they were just so warm and friendly. I truly love that band. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, so Mexico was probably the most relaxing day of all. We booked a beach escape excursion that came with an open bar and so we got ourselves a couple of lounge chairs in the sunshine and I had like four rum punches – because I could! The beach was fabulous and I managed to get into the water for a swim and was just really relaxing and loving life for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Something else I enjoyed a lot was their EMO art gallery where they put a unique spit on some famous paintings. Some of the captions were a riot! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course I did manage to catch a few other bands on the cruise including; Silverstein, Daisy Grenade, August Burns Red, Saves the Day and more. There was also a few giant inflatables because well… it wouldn’t be a festival without giant inflatables!! (or the obligatory towel teddy bear). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All-in-all the cruise was a really<\/em> great time but I don’t think I will do it again next year. Hmm… we’ll see because it is my birthday week again in 2027 and well – I freaking love music. Haha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned for part 2 of the vacation blog where I tell you all about my next favorite part and the wonderful sea creatures that totally won my heart! Love – Mz Suzanne <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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