2 days Before sailing

2:39am - 2 days before sailing and still too many things to do. Our flight leaves at 11:30pm tonight. We have a haircut appointment at 8:00am, I still have to buy my Mom's meal for the week, meet with her caregiver and give her for my Mom's dinner for the following week. Do laundry and oh so much more to do. Our driver is picking us up at 8:30 tonight. I know I'll sleep on the plane. When we land in Atlanta, we're heading to the Sky Club for breakfast - Bloody Mary, less Bloody and more Merry 😂. 8am - it's time for our haircut. Getting some of the last minute errands done.  Next stop, DJs Bibinkahan to get my Mom's meal for the week. 6:30pm and we are starting dressed and ready to head out to the airport.  The driver will pick us up at 8:30pm.  My understanding is that it  has been in the 70s to 80s in Ft. Lauderdale. Since we're flying the red eye they won't serve dinner so, I guess I should find something to eat.  Suitcases are packed! See you tomorrow!

7 days before sailing

We are seven days away from sailing. As we get closer, Rick and I are starting to collect things that we will need for our thank you party on the ship. In this cruise, we are celebrating three accomplishments, three birthdays; Rick, Gene and Mike. We are also celebrating two anniversaries Rick and I are celebrating our 23 year anniversary and Sandy and Jorge are celebrating their anniversary. Lastly, Rick and Sandy are also celebrating their retirement. Although, they did not retire in March it's still a big accomplishment so we are celebrating their retirement. Our concierge on this cruise is Mario Reyes. He was our concierge when we sailed the Mediterranean in 2013.  He's nothing like Diego our concierge on the Jewel of the Seas but at least he is a familiar face and he's very nice. The ship we are sailing on is called the Serenade of the Seas. This ship was renovated in 2012 so the Concierge's Lounge is on the 13th deck. I think I'm going to skip my daily garlic fried rice for breakfast 🤣 on this cruise; although, I will probably have steak every night for dinner.  If I stick to just proteins for my meals, maybe I will loose some weight when I get off the ship 😝.  Also started planning wine tasting in Avella Beach in May. Got a great deal through Travel Zoo. So the cruise companies are allowing guests to bring 2 bottles of wine onboard.  We're bringing 2 bottles of Tobin James Fathead. I like that wine. Our friends Mary and Rick introduced us to the wine.   You know when you only have a few days left before you start your vacation and you still have to work that week? You're in one if those moods. The "I don't give a rats ass about this shit mood." I'm there!  I have a conference call today with The ship's Concierge, Group Coordinator and Event Coordinator. They want to make sure that my needs for the thank you party I'm throwing in our suite are met. Apparently, they discontinued having JW Gold on board. The best they can provide me is JW Double Black.  Well, let's see how this call goes today. I hope today's work is also uneventful.😞

11 Days Prior to Sailing

We have 11 days before we sail on our next adventure. It has been a while since I blogged our cruise. I thought I would start again. This year's cruise is an 11 Night Southern Caribbean Cruise.  We've been to most of these places but our goal is really just to relax. Two places in the itinerary that we have not been to are Grenada and Bonaire.  Here is our itinerary: I'm sure, we will just go shopping at the ports that we've been to. I know when we arrive in Barbados I'm looking forward to going outside the port and having beer and fried flying fish. In Aruba, we will probably just look at the shops off the port in the end up having lunch at our favorite Indian restaurant called Taj Mahal. We tried to stop at Taj Mahal to have lunch every time we are in Aruba. Yeah yeah, I know everything I write about has got to have some kind of food in it but that's the way it is.