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Day 10 – Sailing South East Toward Puerto Rico

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A day at sea is always pleasant.

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It’s morning and we were feeling the laziness levels hitting maximum capacity, and we didn’t emerge from our comfy cave until a glorious 8:00 am when our breakfast made a heroic appearance.

After a cinematic masterpiece on TV and a thorough scrubbing session, we finally left our cabin around 9:00 am to grace the concierge with our presence for breakfast #2.

As for the kids, well, we released them into the wild to fend for themselves!

I spent the day diligently chronicling the mundane events of my life in the daily diary while Mary pursued her thrilling hobby of needlepoint.

The thinking cap was working overtime!

Our midday adventure involved moseying to the trough for a hearty lunch, after which we retreated to the cabin for a riveting movie marathon.  It was an action-packed day of absolute relaxation!

At 5:00 p.m., we began getting ready for dinner, which is a formal affair this evening. We wanted to go out early and get a couple of formal pictures taken, but we dilly-dallied and did not exit the cabin until 4:54 p.m. when we had to run to the 6th floor and the dining room.

Busy hands are a good thing!

When she smiles, the whole world smiles with her… and then everyone awkwardly waits to see if she is smiling at them or just at the person behind them!

I love that smile!

We sat down at 5:30 pm exactly.  We beat the kids to the table, but they said they were waiting for us on the other side of the dining room!  Sure!

Here they come!

They spilled the tea on their day, and let me tell you, they were busier than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs, attending more events than a kid in a candy store!  They made us tired just listening to their activities.  It is too bad that youth is wasted on the young!

We are ready for many laughs now that the kids have arrived.

We planned the evening, and it began with some additional formal pictures! We saw the champagne tree and just had to get a snap!

I was in a state of shock thing I had just died and went to heaven; a champagne waterfall just for us.

The waiter looked distressed when I asked for the waterfall to be delivered to our cabin!

After destroying the lenses on several cameras, we went to O’Malleys and had a smidgeon of alcohol while we pounded the table to their latest tunes.

We called Becky and wished her a happy birthday; the four of us sang happy birthday, but the Lord only knew what it sounded like in Arizona against the backdrop of wild Irish music.

Happy Birthday, Becky!

The pirate gave a toast to start the evening (BTW, she was drinking Diet Coke!)

They kept playing, and we kept clapping and yelling the lyrics. The artists came to our table, looked me in the eye, and had the nerve to ask if that was me singing or if I was stepping on a cat.

Wonderful music made everyone Irish this evening.

Mark looked up the lyrics online and belted them out like a rockstar! We were all impressed and a little deaf afterward!

Remind us; we have to take his phone away next time!

Time to head to the bow and the Vista Lounge for some hilarious routines.  We again sat in the front row and heckled the comedian; we took it in stride.

After the show, the kids were pooped out, and we just got started. We returned to O’Malleys for an hour before going to our cabin for the evening.

The journey to the top of the ship and our cabin was fraught with misadventures, beginning with attempting to find a restroom as the wine was beginning to work…quite well. Typically, restrooms are everywhere, but they were all relocated somewhere tonight!  We must have looked funny walking cross-legged down the halls.

Then we got on an elevator, which previously must have had a nasty little kid in it because EVERY FLOOR WAS PRESSED.  We had to go from the 5th to the 14th floor, and it felt like we were on a sightseeing tour of each floor. I half expected a tour guide to pop out and start sharing fun facts about every level! I will find that little kid and break his fingers!

Then we had to walk the ship’s length as our cabin was toward the stern (that’s REAR for you land lubbers).

We made it just before the clock struck midnight, and our elevator turned back into a pumpkin!  It was a close call!

About Paul

Just an old retired guy trying to finish out my last years on this planet. I lost my best friend and wife in early 2020. I was blessed again by reconnecting with Dr. Mary Côté, a long-time friend. Mary and I got married July 28th, 2021, and are enjoying life together and plan to spend the rest of our lives being a blessing to our friends and family.
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One Response to Day 10 – Sailing South East Toward Puerto Rico

  1. Kathy Berg says:

    Paul,
    You are an exceptionally good writer snd we so
    enjoy your travel journal!
    Buon viaggio!
    Kathy & Tom

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