FUN STUFF

October 26, 2018

We slept in today.  It was 8:30 when Mom rolled out of bed and went for her walk.  I showered while she strolled.  After she finished and got ready we went to the sea day brunch.  I had eggs benedict on a chrome hub cab because there’s no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise.

We had planned to go to the disembarkation presentation, but since I’d already gotten our shuttle tickets and our luggage tags, we skipped it.  Actually, we were in the dining room consuming our morning meal when the program started at 10 o’clock.

Then we went to the Splendor Lobby where we observed a game of Sorry! in which the pieces that moved around the board were the players.  The board is about 4 feet wide and 20 feet long and the players moved around in a very long path.  They ran out of time before any team had gotten all of its “pieces” off and it seemed that few of the contestants had every played Sorry! before because the host was continually explaining the rules.  But it was fun to observe.

Then there was “Frightfully Fun Trivia” which was about horror TV shows and movies.  You know we did well on this game.  Not!  Our score out of 20 was 3 ½.  We knew Linus waits on Halloween for the appearance of the Great Pumpkin, that the blood in the original Psycho movie was chocolate syrup, that one of the scarey movie series that seems to go on forever was “Halloween” (it was either that or “Friday the 13th”).  And the half point was from knowing Pugsley was one of the kids in the “Adams Family” – we could not remember Wednesday.  The winners got 18.  We were wishing Ivy had been with us because she enjoys the scarey movies.

Then we did the Bean Bag Toss and scored 7.  Bonnie got one through the hole for 3 and we stuck 4 more on the board for one each.  The winners put 6 of eight through the hole and stuck the other two.  I think they’ve been practicing.  But it was fun.

Then we had coffee with Lee and the Fun Squad – the cruise director and members of his entertainment team.  It was cool listening to their stories about how they got into the Carnival business, their educational backgrounds, and plans for the future.

Then we had horse race gambling (have you noticed that this paragraph and the preceding 4 have started with “Then”).  They have 6 posts with cut-outs of horses on them, numbered 1 through 6 and a pair of dice.  Each time your number comes up, your horse moves forward one space.  It was $2 a ticket and there were three races.  We played one horse each race – always #3 – no idea why – She Who Must Be Obeyed picked it – and we came in second in the first and third race and won the second race, claiming a $9 prize for the win.  Place and Show did not pay.  So we came away with a $3 profit.  Much better than most gamblers on this ship will do.

The PG comedy was 50-50.  The first guy was what I call a lazy comic – he picks out people from the audience, picks on them and tries to be funny.  He was not.  We laughed not once.  The second guy told stories, had a real routine and was very funny.

And now it’s back into the room and preparation for bed and tomorrow’s landing in Ensenada.  But before I close, may I ask, please pray for Barry Hunt.  Barry is a special needs adult who is a member of Macedonia.  When he was born the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, temporarily cutting off his supply of oxygen.  While limited in his educational abilities, he never, I mean never, forgets anyone he meets and once taken somewhere never forgets how to get back to that place.  But he cannot live by himself, and his mom, Jane Hunt, died today.  I buried his father, Faye, several years ago.  I talked to Barry after his mom was diagnosed with cancer, and I know this will be tougher for him than for most people.  I do not know what arrangements Jane and Faye made for Barry,  but I know he needs lots of prayers.  So if you would lift him up.  The funeral is Saturday.

Until tomorrow then ...

TTFN