We met Judy and Kay in the Windjammer for breakfast . After breakfast Kay and I headed to the shops
to look at the sale items. The T shirts
were on the pool deck so we went back up to look there. Kay said she wanted to see the Sexy Man contest
by the pool so we stayed and watched that.
We decided the old women they chose to judge were more disgusting than
the men they chose for the contest. We
left and went to the Park Café which is in the Solarium. After critiquing the area that had obvious
design flaws with the hot tubs overflowing anytime someone sat in them onto the
deck making for hazardous walking to the plastic plants they have decorated the
entire area with that must have been with the ship when it was built 12 years
ago since they are no longer green but have turned an unusual shade of blue
from being bleached in the sun. We feel
it is our job as experienced cruisers to point out these things to you.
We had a great time laughing at lunch. I must bring up some of our sayings for this
cruise…….guess what is on the buffet today?
Mashed potatoes and gravy. Every
day without fail on the whole 20 days. The other was discussion of what it means when
you say “she (you) have such a pretty face”……ah so you should lose some
weight. That was also the joke of the
cruise since one of our cruisers said that one of her relatives had actually
said just that to her. Do they think we
are oblivious to our situation that they should inform us what we need to
do? Anyway, we made light of it anyway
and had some good laughs. The other
thing is my increasing knowledge that my hearing is failing. There have been many laughs over that but the
best was when I was coming out of the bathroom and Debbie was listening to the
Captain’s noon report.. I heard him say
something about a new baby. I said to
Debbie “what did he say about a new baby?
She was bent over laughing saying he said it would be in the mid 80’s”. Ok then.
We also used “Linda honey, you’re not listening to me” (from the video
of the little kid pleading with his mother) and “We’re living in a fool’s
paradise” (from the Swiffer commercial).
All in all we found lots of things to make us laugh…and Kay and I a
reason to sing.
One of our members, Patty, had a bout with breast cancer and
is still being treated with chemo. She
made the cruise with us and participated in all the dance lessons they
had. Tonight was the “flash mob” that
she had practiced for and we all went to the Centrum to watch her after
dinner. She did great and it was very
cute. Good job Patty!
Debbie had another good day in the casino and I on the other
hand didn’t. With the
sinus/cold/bronchitis thing I have been battling, the smoke in there just made
my breathing and coughing worse. Geez,
really glad I don’t do that anymore! But
now that few people do it anymore, it is very noticeable when you are around
people that do. We have enjoyed the
people we met in the casino at the 3 card poker table. Two couples both from Massachusetts and a guy
from Maine generally made up our table each night. They were tons of fun and we laughed a
lot. The one guy Jimmy was a hoot. There was a full moon tonight which we could
see from the dining room illuminating the water…it was beautiful. I went back to the cabin after dinner to get
the camera to take some photos. When I
got to the table and sat down, Jimmy wanted to know where I was and I told him
taking pictures of the full moon….he said “you don’t have a moon over your
house”? We all laughed a lot. One night when Debbie left, we all sang Goodnight
Debbie to the tune of Goodnight Ladies and then burst out laughing again. What fun.
We would also run into Carol Calvin and Sharon Templeton from our group
who liked to play Caribbean Poker.
The full moon was beautiful tonight and made it seem so
bright outside.
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