May 26, 2013: Quebec day 3
Port day. 9 am call. The youngest boy we have (aside from the three-year-old that really shouldn’t come because he’s not fully potty trained) wanted to spend the morning in Club HAL. He’s an interesting child to work with; he comes in saying he loves MarioKart and wants to play, wants to play it, but then after a few minutes of playing will get frustrated, give up and say it’s too hard for him and sit there just watching the rest of the race. I was kind of glad when his mom came to get him and he wanted to go off the ship with her. Most of the tweens came and I had the rest of the afternoon with them, which was very much a relief and a much easier job for me! The girl I found out, likes to draw and is really good at it, so she alternated between finishing a picture of a horse and playing Wii with the boys.
Lights Camera Acton night. I gave them little over an hour for free time before we started our night. They were all upset about having to stop playing Wii, but at least they got into it after a while. We made stars for our wall of fame, painted hands and put handprints on the wall of fame as well, and played “celebrity heads.” We just got a shipment of supplies that are slowly making their way to Club HAL. Conveniently, Carly came up tonight with this game that’s exactly like our celebrity heads, but there’s mickey mouse ears you wear and put the card/name on, and it’s all based on Disney characters! Even the tweens loved it! It was a very successful night in my opinion! Hour forward, so I went to bed early
Thursday, May 30, 2013
embark day in quebec
May 25, 2013: Quebec day 2 (embark)
I went out with Jenn this morning. We walked around town and got some breakfast and did some shopping before we both had to be back for work. I was surprised when I arrived at Club HAL because there was a woman in there with her son, already filling out the registration forms in the dark. Turns out that housekeeping had left one of the doors unlocked (not the main door, I had to unlock that to go in and talk to her). Her son is 5 and seems like he’ll be a bit of a handful, when I came in, he was in the kids room running around playing with everything, going down the slide, all while his mom was filling out the forms in the next room. Oh my. After they left, I ended up putting on Chicken Little to watch since it felt like it’d be a slow day. It was; I had one other kid register and a few tweens come by for a second to look around and say they’d register later. I had perfect timing with the movie though because it ended right at 3 when I could close! I got some internet in the terminal for a little while, then had to go to the entertainment dept meeting at 5, then just stayed on because I had work at 7. If it wasn’t for the meeting, Jenn and I were going to get off and get dinner before work because there would’ve been enough time. Oh well.
Somewhat uneventful Welcome Aboard party. Carly’s on teens and started to help me with the kids, but the teens showed up to see her so she left. It seems like they’ll be in the Loft a lot this week, so I’m on my own with the 2 kids and 10 tweens. Should be fun!
I went out with Jenn this morning. We walked around town and got some breakfast and did some shopping before we both had to be back for work. I was surprised when I arrived at Club HAL because there was a woman in there with her son, already filling out the registration forms in the dark. Turns out that housekeeping had left one of the doors unlocked (not the main door, I had to unlock that to go in and talk to her). Her son is 5 and seems like he’ll be a bit of a handful, when I came in, he was in the kids room running around playing with everything, going down the slide, all while his mom was filling out the forms in the next room. Oh my. After they left, I ended up putting on Chicken Little to watch since it felt like it’d be a slow day. It was; I had one other kid register and a few tweens come by for a second to look around and say they’d register later. I had perfect timing with the movie though because it ended right at 3 when I could close! I got some internet in the terminal for a little while, then had to go to the entertainment dept meeting at 5, then just stayed on because I had work at 7. If it wasn’t for the meeting, Jenn and I were going to get off and get dinner before work because there would’ve been enough time. Oh well.
Somewhat uneventful Welcome Aboard party. Carly’s on teens and started to help me with the kids, but the teens showed up to see her so she left. It seems like they’ll be in the Loft a lot this week, so I’m on my own with the 2 kids and 10 tweens. Should be fun!
quebec 1
May 24, 2013: Quebec day 1
I slept in just a little bit this morning, but still made it to breakfast, then went to see Jenn. She was getting off work in a bit, so we decided to get off the ship together. We shopped for a while, got her some breakfast and explored some of the town she hadn’t discovered yet. It was pretty wet and rainy so we spent a lot of time in stores looking around at stuff we didn’t want or need.
Donna had signed up for a tour, but found out last night that she was surprisingly scheduled for a demo at the time of the tour, so she couldn’t go; I volunteered to take her spot, so I met the tour in the terminal at 12:45. It was a walking tour of the Old Town and a wine tasting. By this time, it was raining pretty hard, but we still did the walking tour. It was very educational, but by the end I was extremely cold and wet; my shoes were soaked through (my one pair of shoes other than work shoes!), and my jeans were soaked up to the knee. I liked the tour, but definitely would’ve preferred it during the summer, on a sunny day! The wine tasting was nice though, it was warm inside the restaurant. They had three different things for us to try: a white wine, a red wine, and a maple whiskey. In addition to that, they had bread and brie!! Not like the brie on the ship, this was good, creamy, yellowish-white brie (last time I had brie on this ship, it was brownish in the middle… not good at all). Everyone split up from the restaurant, so I wandered around town for a while before I was too cold to be happy anymore, especially since I was making wet footprints in every store; I made my way back to the ship where I had enough time to get somewhat dried off before dinnertime. I would have liked to have had dinner off the ship, but I didn’t know where anyone was and I had to work at 7 anyway. It was pajama party/movie night, so put in the movie Babe and cleaned up while the movie was going.
I slept in just a little bit this morning, but still made it to breakfast, then went to see Jenn. She was getting off work in a bit, so we decided to get off the ship together. We shopped for a while, got her some breakfast and explored some of the town she hadn’t discovered yet. It was pretty wet and rainy so we spent a lot of time in stores looking around at stuff we didn’t want or need.
Donna had signed up for a tour, but found out last night that she was surprisingly scheduled for a demo at the time of the tour, so she couldn’t go; I volunteered to take her spot, so I met the tour in the terminal at 12:45. It was a walking tour of the Old Town and a wine tasting. By this time, it was raining pretty hard, but we still did the walking tour. It was very educational, but by the end I was extremely cold and wet; my shoes were soaked through (my one pair of shoes other than work shoes!), and my jeans were soaked up to the knee. I liked the tour, but definitely would’ve preferred it during the summer, on a sunny day! The wine tasting was nice though, it was warm inside the restaurant. They had three different things for us to try: a white wine, a red wine, and a maple whiskey. In addition to that, they had bread and brie!! Not like the brie on the ship, this was good, creamy, yellowish-white brie (last time I had brie on this ship, it was brownish in the middle… not good at all). Everyone split up from the restaurant, so I wandered around town for a while before I was too cold to be happy anymore, especially since I was making wet footprints in every store; I made my way back to the ship where I had enough time to get somewhat dried off before dinnertime. I would have liked to have had dinner off the ship, but I didn’t know where anyone was and I had to work at 7 anyway. It was pajama party/movie night, so put in the movie Babe and cleaned up while the movie was going.
charlottetown
May 22, 2013: Charlottetown
I got off after fire drill with Jenn and we walked around for a while before finding a place to get lunch. We had a nice lunch at a place that makes their own root beer (I found out that I don’t like root beer, it tastes something like toothpaste), I had to leave early though because Marc told me that he could get me on a tour if I was there at 1. I got my camera and went out to the terminal to meet this tour, but none of the excursions meeting there were the one Marc had told me about and I didn’t see him anywhere. I gave up after waiting about half an hour, I had my camera out so decided to take pictures around the area. I got some cool pictures of flowers. I spent another hour or so in the terminal online, but it was cold so I got back on the ship and read until dinner, curled up under the covers trying to get warm again.
The night I guess was mostly uneventful; I actually don’t even remember what the theme was to be honest. It’s been a long cruise, thankfully it’s almost over
I got off after fire drill with Jenn and we walked around for a while before finding a place to get lunch. We had a nice lunch at a place that makes their own root beer (I found out that I don’t like root beer, it tastes something like toothpaste), I had to leave early though because Marc told me that he could get me on a tour if I was there at 1. I got my camera and went out to the terminal to meet this tour, but none of the excursions meeting there were the one Marc had told me about and I didn’t see him anywhere. I gave up after waiting about half an hour, I had my camera out so decided to take pictures around the area. I got some cool pictures of flowers. I spent another hour or so in the terminal online, but it was cold so I got back on the ship and read until dinner, curled up under the covers trying to get warm again.
The night I guess was mostly uneventful; I actually don’t even remember what the theme was to be honest. It’s been a long cruise, thankfully it’s almost over
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
the weather finally was sunny!
May 19, 2013: Bar Harbor
I had to do tendering this morning. So much fun. At least the guests seem to be pretty nice and patient this cruise. I talked to a lot of them and think I made a good impression for the “on location team.” At first it was really slow going, they were giving people tender tickets and sending them straight downstairs to hand me the ticket and get on the tender. About 9:30 more people started showing up and there was a bit of a wait, but no more than 15 minutes. I talked to the guests that were waiting for their number to be called and joked around with them (I collect tender tickets in a blue pumpkin Halloween bucket, so if people give me a funny grinning look before handing me their tender ticket, I say “ticket or treat?”). After an hour, the wait got shorter and shorter and they finally decided to announce open tender. I returned the bucket to the Entertainment Office and met Jacqui and Jenn on the stairs to get downstairs. We agreed to meet in 10 minutes to catch a tender together to shore.
We got blueberry muffins right off the ship, shopped around for snacks/other foods and wandered around town for a bit before Jenn had to get back to work and Jacqui and I found a place to eat lunch. It was a good lunch, the fries at this place were much better than the burger though, and it took a long time for them to bring our checks, so there was a long line at the pier to get back on the ship. That’s the worst thing about tender ports, crew all-aboard is 30 minutes prior to guest all-aboard, but we can’t get in front of guests in line to get on the right tender. At least we made it on the right tender, but I had to run to the room to change and run upstairs to the Crow’s Nest for sailaway party. Not many people were there (why would they be, they didn’t have to be back on a tender for another 30 minutes!) but I found Donna and we mingled with some guests together for 20 minutes before we had to leave to set up for Kids in the Kitchen. I barely had time to help because I had to be in the Loft with the teens there. Carly and Donna did save me a strawberry though! :)
A few of the teens came and we played MarioKart until they had to leave to get ready for dinner. I started working on a puzzle that was in the Loft and worked on that until time for dinner. Dinner was extremely unsatisfactory. None of the meat looked remotely good, even ignoring the fact that it wasn’t food that I would ever choose to eat anyway. I had watermelon soup (really watermelon-flavored water, not up to the normal fruit-soup standards), a few rolls and an apple. Thank goodness for snack in Club HAL!
After dinner, I fiddled around the room for a bit until my cabin steward came by to give me sheets, then I went up to Club HAL to help Carly for a while. I went to the Loft at 8 for half an hour. When none of the teens showed up by then, I put a sign up on the door saying to come get me in the kids room and went to help out Carly. We had them make their “All about me” sheets and were about to start their handprint wall of fame when all the parents came. All the kids were gone by 9, so we cleaned up, checked to see the kid count for next week (13 teens and 11 kids), checked to see what new crew is coming in Quebec and next Boston, then decided we’d waited long enough. None of the teens had come, so Carly just had me lock up and we went downstairs to play Skip-Bo in the OB. It was hour forward night, so not many people were out, but we did get one of the spa girls to play with us. Slowly this ship may be getting more active and fun.
I had to do tendering this morning. So much fun. At least the guests seem to be pretty nice and patient this cruise. I talked to a lot of them and think I made a good impression for the “on location team.” At first it was really slow going, they were giving people tender tickets and sending them straight downstairs to hand me the ticket and get on the tender. About 9:30 more people started showing up and there was a bit of a wait, but no more than 15 minutes. I talked to the guests that were waiting for their number to be called and joked around with them (I collect tender tickets in a blue pumpkin Halloween bucket, so if people give me a funny grinning look before handing me their tender ticket, I say “ticket or treat?”). After an hour, the wait got shorter and shorter and they finally decided to announce open tender. I returned the bucket to the Entertainment Office and met Jacqui and Jenn on the stairs to get downstairs. We agreed to meet in 10 minutes to catch a tender together to shore.
We got blueberry muffins right off the ship, shopped around for snacks/other foods and wandered around town for a bit before Jenn had to get back to work and Jacqui and I found a place to eat lunch. It was a good lunch, the fries at this place were much better than the burger though, and it took a long time for them to bring our checks, so there was a long line at the pier to get back on the ship. That’s the worst thing about tender ports, crew all-aboard is 30 minutes prior to guest all-aboard, but we can’t get in front of guests in line to get on the right tender. At least we made it on the right tender, but I had to run to the room to change and run upstairs to the Crow’s Nest for sailaway party. Not many people were there (why would they be, they didn’t have to be back on a tender for another 30 minutes!) but I found Donna and we mingled with some guests together for 20 minutes before we had to leave to set up for Kids in the Kitchen. I barely had time to help because I had to be in the Loft with the teens there. Carly and Donna did save me a strawberry though! :)
A few of the teens came and we played MarioKart until they had to leave to get ready for dinner. I started working on a puzzle that was in the Loft and worked on that until time for dinner. Dinner was extremely unsatisfactory. None of the meat looked remotely good, even ignoring the fact that it wasn’t food that I would ever choose to eat anyway. I had watermelon soup (really watermelon-flavored water, not up to the normal fruit-soup standards), a few rolls and an apple. Thank goodness for snack in Club HAL!
After dinner, I fiddled around the room for a bit until my cabin steward came by to give me sheets, then I went up to Club HAL to help Carly for a while. I went to the Loft at 8 for half an hour. When none of the teens showed up by then, I put a sign up on the door saying to come get me in the kids room and went to help out Carly. We had them make their “All about me” sheets and were about to start their handprint wall of fame when all the parents came. All the kids were gone by 9, so we cleaned up, checked to see the kid count for next week (13 teens and 11 kids), checked to see what new crew is coming in Quebec and next Boston, then decided we’d waited long enough. None of the teens had come, so Carly just had me lock up and we went downstairs to play Skip-Bo in the OB. It was hour forward night, so not many people were out, but we did get one of the spa girls to play with us. Slowly this ship may be getting more active and fun.
hanging out in boston
May 18, 2013: Boston
Carly, Jacqui and I went out today. They wanted to go to Nordstrom Rack, so I flagged down a taxi and we went on a shopping adventure. There were quite a few stores around there, so we split up to go where we each really wanted to, and agreed to meet in Panera at 11:30 (it was 10:30 by the time we split up). I wandered around a few stores before determining that I really didn’t want/need to buy anything, so I wandered down the street. I probably should’ve taken pictures, but I was focused on walking and exploring and being back on time. One of the churches I walked by had a fence around it. On the fence were tons of strips of fabric, there was even a tie amidst the torn pieces of other fabric. People had written prayers on the fabric and tied them to the fence, prayers for the bombing that happened the other week in Boston, and for anything and everything. It was really cool.
I wandered back to Panera and the three of us had bagels for lunch before walking around a bit, ready to head back to the ship. I flagged us down another taxi and we headed back. We got to the terminal to find it in chaos. Apparently the tide went down and they couldn’t move the gangway, so there was no way to get on/off the ship. Carly was freaking out a bit because she had to work Open House in 30 minutes and they said the tide might be back in a good place in an hour or so. She managed to make them let her upstairs to wait in the front of the line. Jacqui and I didn’t really want to wait in line, so we went to the Seafarer’s area, looked around a bit, then walked around outside the port before getting in a slightly shorter, but definitely moving line. It took probably an hour to get through the line and back onto the ship. I’m very glad we’re not guests embarking because the check-in line was just as long as the line to get up and through security!
I changed and went up to help Carly with the last bit of Open House and wristbands. I attempted to find Jenn because I’m supposed to move into her room today, but she was nowhere to be found. After the drill, I packed, then Carly and I had to go to the sailaway party in the Crow’s Nest. We did our time ‘mingling’ and found Jenn, so afterwards Jenn helped me move all my stuff since I hadn’t been given a key yet. Jenn, Donna (the party planner… well, now the Culinary Arts Center Host), and I went to dinner early where Carly joined us. So, we had an “On Location team” family dinner. At 7, I had to go to the Crew Office so I wouldn’t be homeless any longer. All my stuff was in the new room and I couldn’t get in! I was 5th in line and had to wait 30 minutes before my turn. I think the 10 people behind me were very glad I didn’t have to take a long time there because they were all new-crew with lots of papers to sign, pictures to take, and IDs to make.
I helped Carly with the kids for a while after I put a sign on the Loft door as soon as I finished in the crew office. A few minutes after 8, some of the teens came looking for me. I had 4 of them within 15 minutes! Looks like these teens are going to want to hang out. We played Phase 10, MarioKart and went on a pizza hunt (all the food areas were closed though). All the younger kids left and Carly got me to help her clean up and discuss two situations that had come up tonight. When I got back to the Loft, the four had left and our snack of pizza had just arrived. Two teens (who I found out later are actually 19 and were just bored) came for a while and we chatted until they left. I waited to 11, and they didn’t come to take the snack tray down, so I cleaned up and took it down myself before changing and heading to the OB to play Scattegories with Marc, Johnny, Carly and Jacqui.
Carly, Jacqui and I went out today. They wanted to go to Nordstrom Rack, so I flagged down a taxi and we went on a shopping adventure. There were quite a few stores around there, so we split up to go where we each really wanted to, and agreed to meet in Panera at 11:30 (it was 10:30 by the time we split up). I wandered around a few stores before determining that I really didn’t want/need to buy anything, so I wandered down the street. I probably should’ve taken pictures, but I was focused on walking and exploring and being back on time. One of the churches I walked by had a fence around it. On the fence were tons of strips of fabric, there was even a tie amidst the torn pieces of other fabric. People had written prayers on the fabric and tied them to the fence, prayers for the bombing that happened the other week in Boston, and for anything and everything. It was really cool.
I wandered back to Panera and the three of us had bagels for lunch before walking around a bit, ready to head back to the ship. I flagged us down another taxi and we headed back. We got to the terminal to find it in chaos. Apparently the tide went down and they couldn’t move the gangway, so there was no way to get on/off the ship. Carly was freaking out a bit because she had to work Open House in 30 minutes and they said the tide might be back in a good place in an hour or so. She managed to make them let her upstairs to wait in the front of the line. Jacqui and I didn’t really want to wait in line, so we went to the Seafarer’s area, looked around a bit, then walked around outside the port before getting in a slightly shorter, but definitely moving line. It took probably an hour to get through the line and back onto the ship. I’m very glad we’re not guests embarking because the check-in line was just as long as the line to get up and through security!
I changed and went up to help Carly with the last bit of Open House and wristbands. I attempted to find Jenn because I’m supposed to move into her room today, but she was nowhere to be found. After the drill, I packed, then Carly and I had to go to the sailaway party in the Crow’s Nest. We did our time ‘mingling’ and found Jenn, so afterwards Jenn helped me move all my stuff since I hadn’t been given a key yet. Jenn, Donna (the party planner… well, now the Culinary Arts Center Host), and I went to dinner early where Carly joined us. So, we had an “On Location team” family dinner. At 7, I had to go to the Crew Office so I wouldn’t be homeless any longer. All my stuff was in the new room and I couldn’t get in! I was 5th in line and had to wait 30 minutes before my turn. I think the 10 people behind me were very glad I didn’t have to take a long time there because they were all new-crew with lots of papers to sign, pictures to take, and IDs to make.
I helped Carly with the kids for a while after I put a sign on the Loft door as soon as I finished in the crew office. A few minutes after 8, some of the teens came looking for me. I had 4 of them within 15 minutes! Looks like these teens are going to want to hang out. We played Phase 10, MarioKart and went on a pizza hunt (all the food areas were closed though). All the younger kids left and Carly got me to help her clean up and discuss two situations that had come up tonight. When I got back to the Loft, the four had left and our snack of pizza had just arrived. Two teens (who I found out later are actually 19 and were just bored) came for a while and we chatted until they left. I waited to 11, and they didn’t come to take the snack tray down, so I cleaned up and took it down myself before changing and heading to the OB to play Scattegories with Marc, Johnny, Carly and Jacqui.
immigration, tendering and port day
May 17, 2013: Bar Harbor
We had to go through immigration today, what fun. It was a bit of a complicated morning. I had to help with immigration, go through it myself, AND work port day. We had to help out starting at 7:15; Carly and I were in charge of scanning the cards of everyone that came through so we could keep track of who had and hadn’t gone through immigration. I had to leave early to open up Club HAL for the three-year-old. Almost as soon as I got up there, they made an announcement for all crew that joined in Ft. Lauderdale and after to go to immigration, so Carly had to come relieve me almost right away so I could go. It was a lot of waiting. I went to the Half Moon room where they checked everyone off a list, then they dismissed US and Canadian citizens to the library where immigration was happening. We waited there, got our passports, and then waited in line. Once I finally got up to the CBP officer (something border protection), it took about 4 seconds for us to talk, him look over my passport, then let me go.
The girl and I watched a few movies today and did a lot of coloring. At least it was kind of an easy-ish day for me with only one to look after, but getting up early kind of rid me of a lot of patience; it didn’t help that she was a bit tired as well so in addition to talking bad and not listening, her attention span was even shorter than usual. Lunch thank goodness wasn’t too bad. I did have to keep threatening to go straight back up to Club HAL if she got up and ran around instead of finishing her food, and there was an incident when she ran between tables in the Lido screaming in her highest-pitched voice and a few people gave me angry looks as I tried to chase her down and get her out of there.
Later in the afternoon, the two siblings came, and the 3-year-old calmed down. We watched Shrek and made bead animals/bracelets. The 3-year-old surprisingly left early, so it was just the tweens and me for an hour. I was much happier then, we just finished our bead animals and played MarioKart.
I attempted to nap because I was so tired, but it just didn’t work. Someone in a room near ours had really loud music on with pounding bass, so I ended up getting a headache instead of rest. Dinner wasn’t that great, and I went up to Club HAL for a bit to check the expected list with Carly. There are 5 teens coming, and 9 kids, so I’ll be on teens next week (if they show up). The three tweens are staying on, which will be fun, they’ll be glad to have more kids around. After that, I took a long time to change into smart casual and relax before going back up to Club HAL to say bye to the three-year-old (who actually didn’t come tonight) before meeting the Port Shopping Ambassador Johnny to go to the show.
It was my first time seeing Dancing with the Stars at Sea on a small ship. There were only two different dances instead of three, the main singers had to be “pros” as well as the acupuncturist (because she’s had some prior dance experience). It was interesting, definitely not as much consistency in costumes because only the two pro dancers had the same costume. It was interesting though, Johnny’s thinking about being a judge in the coming weeks and we discussed how he’d do at it and what he could say, what his gimmick could be, etc. After the show, we went to the OB. I was extremely tired by this time, very grateful it was already 11. I decided I’d stay up until 12 so I could do my hours, then I’d finally get to sleep. I barely made it, the table was my support for keeping my head up and me slightly awake. Right at 12, I said by and left quickly to do my hours and happily climb in bed.
We had to go through immigration today, what fun. It was a bit of a complicated morning. I had to help with immigration, go through it myself, AND work port day. We had to help out starting at 7:15; Carly and I were in charge of scanning the cards of everyone that came through so we could keep track of who had and hadn’t gone through immigration. I had to leave early to open up Club HAL for the three-year-old. Almost as soon as I got up there, they made an announcement for all crew that joined in Ft. Lauderdale and after to go to immigration, so Carly had to come relieve me almost right away so I could go. It was a lot of waiting. I went to the Half Moon room where they checked everyone off a list, then they dismissed US and Canadian citizens to the library where immigration was happening. We waited there, got our passports, and then waited in line. Once I finally got up to the CBP officer (something border protection), it took about 4 seconds for us to talk, him look over my passport, then let me go.
The girl and I watched a few movies today and did a lot of coloring. At least it was kind of an easy-ish day for me with only one to look after, but getting up early kind of rid me of a lot of patience; it didn’t help that she was a bit tired as well so in addition to talking bad and not listening, her attention span was even shorter than usual. Lunch thank goodness wasn’t too bad. I did have to keep threatening to go straight back up to Club HAL if she got up and ran around instead of finishing her food, and there was an incident when she ran between tables in the Lido screaming in her highest-pitched voice and a few people gave me angry looks as I tried to chase her down and get her out of there.
Later in the afternoon, the two siblings came, and the 3-year-old calmed down. We watched Shrek and made bead animals/bracelets. The 3-year-old surprisingly left early, so it was just the tweens and me for an hour. I was much happier then, we just finished our bead animals and played MarioKart.
I attempted to nap because I was so tired, but it just didn’t work. Someone in a room near ours had really loud music on with pounding bass, so I ended up getting a headache instead of rest. Dinner wasn’t that great, and I went up to Club HAL for a bit to check the expected list with Carly. There are 5 teens coming, and 9 kids, so I’ll be on teens next week (if they show up). The three tweens are staying on, which will be fun, they’ll be glad to have more kids around. After that, I took a long time to change into smart casual and relax before going back up to Club HAL to say bye to the three-year-old (who actually didn’t come tonight) before meeting the Port Shopping Ambassador Johnny to go to the show.
It was my first time seeing Dancing with the Stars at Sea on a small ship. There were only two different dances instead of three, the main singers had to be “pros” as well as the acupuncturist (because she’s had some prior dance experience). It was interesting, definitely not as much consistency in costumes because only the two pro dancers had the same costume. It was interesting though, Johnny’s thinking about being a judge in the coming weeks and we discussed how he’d do at it and what he could say, what his gimmick could be, etc. After the show, we went to the OB. I was extremely tired by this time, very grateful it was already 11. I decided I’d stay up until 12 so I could do my hours, then I’d finally get to sleep. I barely made it, the table was my support for keeping my head up and me slightly awake. Right at 12, I said by and left quickly to do my hours and happily climb in bed.
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