9-04 Sea Day

Thursday, September 4, 2008

OK so I slept in today. Got out of bed at 11:30 am and did the normal morning routine. Got Steve out of bed at noon and then out of the cabin around 1:00. We hit Lumiere’s and Pam and Mike joined us. We, of course, were the last ones out at 2 pm. Got back to the room and it still wasn’t made up. Steve blew a gasket. He doesn’t like Felipe. He is not bad but after experiencing JoJo – man, he does not compare. The good thing is that he is servicing our friends, Ken & Chrisitie, Liz & Neil and their family. For anyone that reads this, if you ever get JoJo – he is awesome. Turns out he is rather new to stateroom host duties. He was a trolley cart pusher in May and then just before we came on in July (family cruise) he was promoted.

For those of you following, remember my meltdown at Guest Services and me realizing I was griping about little things which reflected bad on Jojo? Yeah, well, now I understand why he was so prompt at getting his manager to come to my room. He did not want any bad marks. Please consider yourself lucky – Jojo is the best. Felipe is not bad – speaks but JoJo is more personable and not to mention cutier! Hey, I’m married – not dead LOL.

So after, we picked up our laptops to go to Diversions for some down time while Felipe cleaned the room. Ran into Ken who told us to go and visit Tracy, who was lucky enough to snare the Roy Suite for this cruise. She was having a wine and cheese meet. We went and meet some lovely people. No baby grand piano in this one but they do have lots of room. The amazing thing was that in the spare bedroom – they were able bring the twin beds into on queen bed which is NOT normally done. I ended staying there until my hair appt at 4 pm. Steve left after talking with Bill (Tracy’s DH) and checking out the suite.

Doesn’t look like I’ll ever a suite as while it is VERY nice, it is also according to the last 3 people I’ve chatted with that have stayed in a Cat 1 – it is very noisy. You can hear kids running around and the roof creaks. According to Tracy – the one Cat 6 or 7 with the verandah that runs around ½ the deck of deck 7 is an awesome one to have.

I have placed my deposit down for M’s Dummy cruise on 12/5/09 so I am at the mercy of the Pirates choosing as to what our final cruise date is. So after my hair appt, I went back to the room where Steve was in full packing mode. I kinda like this – we made a deal, since he DID NOT HELP me at all with any fish extenders and or making, I was joking around and said if you pack on the way home (off the ship) I promise not to get cranky. Well, he took me up on that so I have to keep my end of the bargain. I found myself a tiny bit cranky but left him alone and got dressed. Pam had requested a group picture since most of us sailed together in ’06. We met at 5:30 and got in line for our picture. We got done sorta late and we ended up ordering room service at midnight – skipping the dessert buffet as I am not a lover of chocolate. So, here it is almost 1 and Steve is watching the US Open and I am sitting here typing.

It looks like we will be hitting Castaway on Friday morning and getting out sort of early as rain is forecasted for the afternoon. Since we did the bikes on Tuesday, may decide to stay on the ship as my face looks like its dirty from all the sun. Steve keeps reminding me of how dark I am. Says he may have to trade me in for a lighter person. And that folks, is how I get my candy. He’s a chronic sufferer of insert foot in mouth disease. That’s ok – I tell him he’s just jealous because I get naturally tan without even trying. I am constantly covered up in a brim hat and towel around my shoulders – you’ll see when I get to post pictures.

So folks, that is it for now, the ship is rolling a bit – nothing major – but it definitely is moving. The closest I can compare for some of you that can remember is that it is not as bad as the after waves of the 2005 hurricane. The one that caused us to miss Cabo and hit Manzanillo instead. Nothing nearly that bad but the ship is sailing along at 15.5 knots and we are about 81 nautical miles from Castaway. So folks, until tomorrow.

TTYL – Laura