Guess who's back?

Sound the trumpets: I am back in New Jersey.

I'm thrilled. Really.

My cruise was fabulous and full of fun times on the Carnival Valor. I'll spare you the details, but some highlights include our grand transfer bus from Fort Lauderdale Airport catching on fire, shopping in Grand Cayman, glorious beach weather in Honduras, kayaking in Belize and swimming with dolphins in Cozumel.

Oh yeah, and there's the migrant Cubans we found floating next to our cruise ship. Hilarious!

Check out this news story out of Miami: Cruise ship encounters migrants at sea, and feel free to click the slideshow to see even more pictures of the Cubans. (I was trying to squeeze my camera between the other 3,000 people trying to take pictures on the one side of the ship). We're famous--whoo!

MIAMI -- Passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship spotted seven Cuban migrants floating on a raft near Miami on Saturday.Two women were on the 10th floor of the ship "Valor" when they spotted the raft about 5:45 p.m. The ship was returning from a seven-day Caribbean cruise.The women said they were able to communicate with the group of six men and one woman by shouting. The Cubans gave the women a phone number to relatives in Miami, and asked them to let family members know they were alive.

Ship workers contacted the Coast Guard and provided the dehydrated Cubans bottled water, Carnival said. The ship stood by until a Coast Guard cutter arrived, then continued to Miami.Passengers took photos of the Cubans, who said they had been in the water for about five days.It is unlikely the migrants will be allowed to stay. The U.S. has a wet foot/dry foot policy regarding Cuban migrants. Those who reach U.S. soil are generally allowed to stay. Those intercepted at sea are returned to Cuba.