Well today is our last
port of call before sailing back to San Diego.
I have been here several times so have opted not to get off the ship in
favor of packing early. That way I can
truly enjoy our last 2 sea days stress free.
I have sent the last bit of laundry out – love that free laundry status!
– and have just about finished up packing.
We still have one more formal night so I have to leave out tux and dress
but I kept the easily packable ones…
I brought along my
Christmas cards and have to finish those up so we can mail in San Diego. My trivia team has improved and we won twice
in 1 day and came in 2nd on the third quiz. B has been collecting our winnings – hat pins
– and will send them off to the classroom of “Flat Stanley”. They have been getting postcards from each
stop so have also been following our adventure.
My cough is just about
gone and (knock on wood) B did not get it…
However our ship has been infiltrated by germs and that
gastro-intestinal crap is on board. We
are safe but they have quarantined about 10% of the passengers and crew. We have to be served at all meals, the
library, Jacuzzi & laundry is closed
and they have crew stationed outside elevators so you sanitize your hands every
10 seconds. It is a pain in the ass, but
at least they are trying to contain it.
Maybe we will get back to normal tomorrow but I am not too hopeful.
The weather is about 85*
today and I hope we sail home with similar weather. I have heard Texas is cccold, so not looking
forward to the change, however I will be happy to go home. This has been a good cruise and we are glad
to adventured here but would not hurry back to repeat it. And although all the folks are nice and we
have enjoyed their company we haven’t made any special friends like on previous
cruises. We did reunite with Judy, a
lady we previously cruised with and that is great.
The other day we bought
the casino crew flowers and in return they gave us a free dinner at the
Pinnacle Grill – the ship’s fancy restaurant that costs extra. I fudged my diet a bit and had a wonderful
filet mignon with béarnaise sauce & had cheese on my Caesar’s salad. I did manage to refuse dessert even tho they
make the best crème brule in the world…
B is off the ship shopping
at Sam’s Club and Walmart – have you ever heard of them? They are specialty stores in Mexico and are
right off the port in Puerto Vallarta…lol!
Oh they had a flower making contest on board with found objects and made
a winning flower out of cork! I won a
nice tote bag which I have managed to pack in a suitcase. We have 2 sea days to finish up our sports
competitons, trivia, and casino gambling.
B won the slot tournament so he is playing on house money now. I am a bit behind but only a $100 or so.
Hope this finds you all
safe, healthy and warm. HUGS
