TALK IN THE TUX

January 7, 2019

As hinted earlier, I did my 5 p.m. talk in my tuxedo.  I don’t know if it made the talk better or not, but it got us to the dining room faster (although I am getting better at tying my bow tie).  We sat tonight with a couple from Maine – she is a special ed teacher and he is a prison guard.  Interesting combination.

As usual on a Carnival ship, I did my talk twice today – this one on taking better pictures with your cell phone and digital camera.  Some folks who came in for the late talk told me that friends who had been in for the morning get together told them it was a good.  I don’t remember if they were the couple who went to sleep on the front row or not.  It’s not all my fault, because their eyes were closed before I started.  But they came to before the end.

Our cabin is the last room on the port side heading towards the bow of the ship, and on the Riviera Deck, or Deck One.  That makes it convenient for my talks, because it’s out of the room, down the hall about 30 feet, make a right turn, go a piece, and left turn into the Butterfly Lounge.  The main theater is directly above the Butterfly on Decks 2 and 3, so a quick trip to that venue.  And the food is at the other end of the ship, so if we can’t walk outside we can get a good walk going for chow (and Bonnie did laps around the inside of Deck 3 today where she spied a Guess purse she liked, showed it to me, and she carried it out as her birthday present).

Speaking of chow, since this was a formal night there was prime rib, which Mom had, lobster tail, which I’ll get the next formal night, and spaghetti carbonara, which I did select for my entre – and preceded by an appetizer of fried oysters.

Mom’s cell phone, which she swears is on silent, just let out a jungle roar from a game she is playing, and scared the beejeebers out of me.  No, it wasn’t a jungle roar, it was an X-Wing fighter swooping down on a Star Wars Angry Bird.  Holy cow!

The production cast did their 80s music tribute show which we watched from our regular seats up on Deck 3.  It was the second show since we went to supper late, and because both were late, and I have a 10 o’clock talk tomorrow, I’ll wrap this up.  She says she’s blogging, so ...

TTFN

Happy early Birthday Luke (and Elvis, haha). Sorry Mac but you have to go to school in the morning. Tate glad you are enjoying the minions Legos.

Well, I walked around inside today because it was very cold and windy outside and they had the decks closed except for a part of the port side where the smokers go out. It was a nice walk and I got my 2 miles in. I just got short of 10,000 steps today.

The Butterfly Lounge where the talks are located is FREEZING!!! And you know it must be cold if I said so. We went to the brunch today for lunch and I had wide pasta noodles with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. It was one of the best meals I have had on Carnival. 

 Yes I bought a new purse and it is a Guess purse. Nice!! The Nine West purses were on sale for 50% off and I liked some of those but we decided the Guess was better. It is my birthday present, go me. I will keep it and use it when we leave Kyle’s when we come home.
I think I may spray it with scotch guard before I use it as it is off white in color. It is large and will make a nice traveling purse.

We went back to the room after lunch and napped before we dressed for supper and went to his second talk.

Tomorrow after breakfast and my walk I am going to go to the Creativity at Sea to see what crafts they have to offer. I should have time as it is at 9:30 and his talk isn’t till 10.

Well, nothing much exciting here. Our room steward did bring us some more hangers and was able to find an ice bucket for us. This is one of the best rooms, as far as drawers and space to store stuff, that we have had on the Carnival ships.

Love you all. Mac be careful at school and Luke enjoy your day even though you have to go to school.

Mom, Granny and Bonnie