FINAL JEOPARDY CATEGORY:
“Boy Are You Going to Catch It Now!”


The answer is: “He brought only brown clothes for the cruise and left his brown shoes at 233 Woodland Drive necessitating a trip to the shoe store this morning.” Please remember to phrase your response in the form of a question.

There was a sale at Kohl’s, and a new pair of shoes was purchased.  Bonnie took advantage of the opportunity and got a new pair of jeans for the fall.  So, not so bad.

Kyle and Cathy took us to the ship and we processed as quickly as we ever have to get on board.  We go through the Pier Coordinator and do not have to stand in line.  A nice benefit.  Our rooms were ready before 1 p.m. and we started unpacking with our carry on luggage.  Our other suitcase (with no brown shoes inside) arrived before we were finished with the first one.

We had lunch in the Windjammer Café.  Bonnie quickly located the ice cream machine and we had chocolate-vanilla swirl cones.  Mine was melting by the time it was finished, but I avoided a brain freeze.

The life boat drill is organized chaos.  I wonder if there were “an actual emergency” what would happen.  This ship had a fire in the South Pacific Lounge a year ago, so the crew is well-trained and ready.

Fort McHenry: "O say can you see?"

I met with Darryl, our activities manager, and he welcomed us warmly back on board.  We sailed with Darryl last October.  I think there is a picture of him on one of those blogs.  He is the one in the very colorful Bermuda dress ensemble.  Desmond, one of Bonnie’s favorites is doing Bingo again – he saw her and ran to give her a welcome hug.  The head waiter was at our table last year, too.  And Captain Esben, who told me he heard part of one of my talks last time, is once again the master of the vessel.  Pretty neat.

My talks are all at 9 a.m. sea days, and we will do a worship service at 9 a.m. on Sunday before we dock in Port Canaveral.

We will eat supper at second seating as we usually do.  Here’s hoping we get a good table.  It’s #322, with seating for 8.  Hope they are personable, enjoyable folks.

I’m going to snap a couple of pictures during sail away, and hopefully get them into the blog.  Of course, if I don’t get them into the blog, I will delete this paragraph, and you will never know.

I may not blog tomorrow at sea, but check in to see.  We will post something at Port Canaveral, after our Everglades tour.

Oh!  Tonight’s comedian is Rich Ceisler.  Sounds like “Sisler,” but with a long “I” sound.  I hope to get to talk to him and tell him he says his name incorrectly.  Let’s hope he’s funny!

TTFN