April 28, 2016
You may correctly surmise from our title tonight that the
headliner at this evening's show was again Donny Most (Ralph Malph from
"Happy Days") reprising songs from the days when song lyrics rhymed
and the music did not shatter glass. A
great show! And I helped!
You see, it went like this.
My talk this afternoon, "Salt: The Rock We Eat," was scheduled
to begin at 2 p.m., but when I went in the Cabaret Lounge to set up at 1:50,
Donny was still rehearsing, and my technician was frantic. Something had happened to delay the start of
practice and he was certain he would be "written up." I don't know what that means beyond the obvious,
but it is something terrifying to him.
Donny said, without rancor, "We have three more songs to rehearse,
and there is another show coming in here at 2 p.m. What can we do?" I told Donny I could hurry my talk, leave
some inconsequential parts out and get him back on stage at 2:45. That satisfied everyone. I got started 10 minutes late and at the end
shooed everyone out, and we met outside for questions and discussion. Three pats on my back. Bonnie said I talked like a house on fire. But Noi, my tech, gave me a huge smile and a
very enormous "Thank you."
Hopefully he did not get written up -- that was my goal.
Tomorrow is Cartagena,
and we are taking a three hour tour (walking, not on a ship named "The
Minnow"). The "Pacific
Princess" docks at 7 and sails at 1 so we can be in line to go through the
Panama Canal at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning. We
plan to be up and on deck throughout most of the next 8 to 10 hours to watch
this incredible journey -- a bucket list item checked off.
We turn our clocks back an hour, so we will probably end up
in the sack before 10 p.m. And to that
end, Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's Bonnie!
Hello, hello again from just off the coast of Columbia, South America,
where we were told not to wear our jewelry or flash money. Carry only $1 and
$5. Oh my. We joked at supper that if one of the six of us got kidnapped we
would help with the ransom. We also remembered that "Romancing the
Stone" was made here.
Well, back to the beginning of today. Up about 7. Showered
and went to breakfast. then, I went for my walk. Oh My! It was HOT and MUGGY.
Not a breeze to be had. But I walked my 13 times around the deck and finished
soaking wet. And I thought Georgia
was bad. I proceeded down to the atrium to await the start of the craft class.
I finished my second crochet project that I had brought cruising with me. At
least 2 more to go or maybe more. Mothers Day is coming.
Today in craft class we use ribbon yarn from Lion Brands
yarn to make a colorful bracelet. You use about 1 and 1/2 yards. It took me two
or three times starting and tearing it out to get it right. It was all a matter
of having the right tension (not unlike the tension she generates in her
husband sometimes -- David). Keeping your loops the same size. After about 45
minutes, I had completed my bracelet and headed back to the room. David was
practicing his talk so I played on my kindle till he finished.
Today was the British Pub day up on deck 10. So we headed
up. He had bangers and mash and bread pudding and I had fish and chips with
smashed peas. I ate the chips (which are actually fries), David ate my peas. I
ate one piece of fish. Not as good as long john silvers. Oh well.
David headed back to the room to dress and practice. I went
to the excursions desk to try and get a new excursion since our first choice
did not make. It didn't open till 2 pm so after waiting for a while I decided
to try their I pad to order the tickets. Believe it or not I was successful.
I returned to the room and we soon headed to his talk.
After the talk it was off to take a nap and then dress for
supper. I consumed turkey pot pie. Very tasty.
Well, even though it is not very late we have to rise early
for our excursion so we are soon off to bed.
Love you all.
Bonnie
And TTFN
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