Lazy days with sun and fun

Back in February my company decided to surprise us with a contest of sorts. Make x amount of sales and you get a trip to the Bahamas with a guest of your choice (provided that they were an adult).
In May I found out I was going to be going!! Our trip was at the end of July/beginning of August.
Mom and I had a wonderful time but here is the recap....
I drove to Charlotte on Sunday night and got up extra early to be out of the house by 6. We made it out by 620 "mom time". We drove to Charleston to get on the boat and stopped a few times on the way for food/bathroom breaks/stretches/etc. We were able to get on the boat early and had lunch, then explored, and then got our swim suits on and laid out until dinner.
Dinner was set for 8:15 each night. The first night, there was a cocktail party for the group and then dinner. I was seated with one of my coworkers and her sister, along with some other people who are lenders and their wives. By night two, we ended up switching up the tables a bit.
Dinner the first night was not good. (the food wasn't) I ordered a chicken dish but the chicken was dry and there was pasta all in it. On the menu is had no mention of pasta. So I just ate the chicken. We were all so tired from the day that we called it a night as soon as we could get out of dinner.
Day two was a full day at sea. I made the most of it. Woke up, went to the gym, got breakfast, laid out, got more food, laid out, called it a day from the sun, ate dinner, went to bed. Dinner was better the second night. It was formal night and I was SO excited to wear the dress I had gotten. It was hot pink and form fitting, just above the knee. Loved wearing it!! I had prime rib along with Mom. There was dancing at dinner and the waiters knew all of our names. I was impressed! We tried to make a late show that night but ended up going to an early show instead. It was full of singing and dancing.
Day 3. Woke up, went to the gym, then I walked outside on the deck to see us going into port. It was so pretty. All the different colors from the buildings and the greenery was awesome. We all had a big day ahead of us since work paid for a day at Atlantis. We had to be at breakfast early and then meet our group to then get a taxi to Atlantis. It only took an hour to finally get tickets into the place but man was it worth it! The greenery, the views, the hospitality, the beaches, ahhhhh. Send me back!
Mom and I decided to go to the beach and some of my coworkers followed. We had beach chairs and the whitest sand and bluest water I had seen since St Maartin. After a couple hours at the beach, we were starving and went to the pool in search of food. Mom and I settled on splitting a burger and water and laying by the pool for a couple of hours. After getting unsandy from the beach, we walked around Atlantis before getting a taxi to the port. When we got back to Nassau, we walked around the straw market and splurged on ice cream. We made it back to the boat in time and watched as people were running because they were late.
Dinner was very good this night and there was a lighter crowd. Again at dinner, there was dancing. I ordered lamb and Mom did too. We called it an early night this night too.
Day four was fantastic. I could go on and on about this day. Mom and I booked an excursion to go biking 12.5 miles. When telling people this, they thought we were crazy. We got up early, had breakfast, and then met our group right outside the boat for a fun filled day. They took us by bus to the outdoor excursion place to get our bike and find our bike tour guy. His name was Leroy and we were the "biker family". Before leaving the start line, we got fitted for our bikes, ordered our lunch and got sunscreen on. Leroy gave us all water to take with us and we were off. He stopped us a few times along our route to talk about the culture, land, etc. We saw the dolphin area, tahino beach, and a beautiful garden area. We ended the bike tour at lunch time, got our food and much wanted/needed water. After lunch we went shopping. I got a home made coconut cookie type thing and Mom got a pendent for her necklace.
They had a van come take us from lunch over to the beach. We went to Tahnio beach. Ahhh it was magnificent! Before even leaving to go on the cruise I mapped out where I would like to go in the event that we were out doing things on our own. This beach was the top of my list and it did not disappoint. We had chairs, umbrellas, music, soft sand, and clear water. To top it off, Mom got us some local beer. We drank the beer and at the coconut thing I had bought earlier. It was delish!
We had to meet our van by a certain time so time was short at the beach but so worth it.  We were dropped off at a local shopping place and let out to shop and then were transported back to the boat.
Dinner was very good again and I got up and danced at dinner. The waiter insisted.
Day 5 was not so awesome to start off with. We got up and the sky was iffy. So we got breakfast and monitored everything. Lets just say it wasn't beach weather. The weather was so bad that we saw tornados on the water. Thankfully it cleared up by 1pm so then it was pool time. We had another mostly full day laying on the beach reading and sleeping. It was perfect and I did not want it to end. Dinner on the last night was good with Mahi Mahi and my one and only desert on the ship of coffee ice cream cake. YUM! After dinner a bunch of us went to a show called the marriage show. Boy was it funny!! Side splitting funny. It was a great way to cap off the night and the trip.

By Saturday am, we were up early, packed, had breakfast and left to bring out luggage off the ship. The trip was fantastic and it was nice to have an excuse to not answer emails or phone calls.