Still Cruising

May Journaling

1.     Day seven. Sea Day, now on the Pacific ocean. A light breakfast on the observation deck. Behind the Scenes tour of the Norwegian Joy. Lunch at the Local. Nap, shower, dinner in buffet Indian. Game show. Abba dance party. Cards on observation deck.

2.     Day eight. In Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica. Did the Crocodile Man Tour, saw monkeys and birds, and a crazy man feed chicken to a crocodile, and then kiss it. Saw a comedy show with a horrible comedian who didn’t even have any jokes to tell, he just interviewed the audience. My husband walked out. Dinner at the Savor dining room. Beatles show at the Cavern. Cards on observation deck.

3.     Day nine. Sea Day on Pacific Ocean. I love sea days. Breakfast in buffet. Out on pool deck in shade. I finished a teddy bear, now crocheting a pink hippo. Women stop to comment on how cute they are. Spa, shower, nap. Dinner at the Local; fish and chips. 80’s Broadway hits show, then 80’s dance party. Cards on observation deck. Tried a chocolate martini, yum.

4.     Day ten. Breakfast at the Local. In Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Stayed right in port. They are known for jade, bought jade earrings and a ring, chocolate, a bag, coffee, a painting, and a few other things. Back on board, lounging in shade by the pool. Shower and nap. Dinner in buffet; jerk chicken. Met with Linda and Tom. Cards on observation deck.

5.     Day eleven. Sea Day. Breakfast in buffet. Spa. Cagney’s steak house for dinner.

6.     Day twelve. Sea Day. Breakfast in buffet. Murder mystery. Spa, shower, nap. Dinner at Food Republic. 90’s musical; the best one so far. I wish they would have done the same for the 80’s instead of Broadway show tunes.

7.     Day thirteen. In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Breakfast in buffet. Walmart for a few things; Mexico is not cheap; we should have bought more in Colon, Panama. Shower and nap. Did a private cab tour. Dinner at the Manhattan Dining Room.

8.     Day fourteen. In Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Met with a local pastor that J and E knew. Took him out for brunch, also to celebrate Mother’s day. Then he took us to a glass blowing factory, I bought two sets of earrings.

9.     Day fifteen. Sea Day. Last day of cruise. Breakfast in buffet. Gave away my Benaiah book to a Christian staff member, Rey. Also gave away the teddy bear and hippo to Linda for her niece and nephew. Comedy show. Dinner at Q, the Texas Smokehouse bbq for dinner. Very loud country music band played during dinner, so you couldn’t have a conversation. Packed up to go home. Luggage out.

10. Disembarked at 9:30. In Los Angeles overnight. Seeing the sights. Our hotel, Dream Hollywood is nice, although Hollywood itself is rundown. We walked along Hollywood Blvd to see the walk of fame stars, and had lunch at a Trattoria; gyros. Then did a bus tour, the tour was interesting, seeing the difference between Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Belair. But the bus was a dirty, run down vehicle. No seat belts and stuffing coming out of the seats. Dinner at the Outback Steakhouse in Burbank, California, which is very nice.

11. Breakfast on roof top of Dream Hollywood. Flight was in the afternoon so we left early because we heard the traffic could be bad. Bought food in the airport. Good flight. John had arranged the same guy who picked us up to go, now to bring us home.

12. Home in the early morning. Need to readjust to the three hour time difference. Laundry and unpacking. Exhausting day, but happy to be back. It was a great trip.

13. Homework for tomorrow. Errands. Prayer meeting.

14. Bible study. Received pictures of the parcel arriving in Uganda. Walked 25 minutes, trying to get my butt back. It was lost due to Wegovy; it makes you lose muscle, not fat. My mother in law is 81 today.

15. Pain clinic. We bought a new car. Young adults’ meeting. We had a former Muslim come and give his testimony and answer questions.

16. Baking for church tomorrow.

17. Busy day. Helping to teach Sunday School, then on coffee, plus prayer room. Also communion today and then a VBS meeting afterwards.

18. Purging closets and drawers. Victoria Day, grilling burgers. Made a small mauve hippo.

19. Made a large pink hippo.

20. Finished my homework for Thursday.

21. Our youngest granddaughter is six today. She was born at home during the pandemic.

22. Birthday party for our granddaughter. We got them a trip to the Toronto Zoo.

23. Prepping for Sunday School. Made an x-ray fish and a pink alien.

24. I made my first zebra.

25.Our daughter is heading to Wisconsin for a week to see her husband and receive recognition for passing her bar exam in Colorado. My mom’s second last appointment with her occupational therapist. Attended a missions’ committee meeting.

26. Housekeeper. Also my mom had her shower.

27. Haircut for me and my mom, then she is having a chest x-ray. Prayer meeting.

28. Mom’s chest xray was ok according to her doctor’s call.

29. I had an appointment with a physiatrist, never heard of them before. He ordered an MRI for me about my weak right leg. Cooking for Young Adults’ meeting tonight. Made chili and corn meal muffins. Starting a series on Apologetics. Also set up a table to sell toys and books.

30. Women’s One Day retreat; very nice. Sold $350 today. Then prepping to help with Sunday School tomorrow.

31. Sunday school helper. Next month I teach.