Errands done washer and dryer are going and I&#39;ve been catching up here in between. We had a rough first night out with high seas but it calmed down on Saturday and was absolutely perfect the next 2 days. It was fun to see many of my crew friends again and enjoyed meeting new ones as well. Many of them will be transferring to other ships as the time draws near to the ship leaving the fleet. Some have already gone to Majesty of the Seas and more are going there next contract. I&#39;ll miss them all and was glad to be able to see them before they leave. The crew on this ship has become like family to us since we know some of them 4 or 5 years. We watched one bar waiter, contemplate her relationship, get married, and now have an adorable little boy who&#39;s almost 1. I&#39;m sure we&#39;ll sail her at least 2 more times before she leaves the fleet next year. All is all a pretty perfect weekend for us. We never got off the ship at Nassau or CocoCay. We just rested and I did a lot of reading something I never have enough time for. <br />
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Can&#39;t believe we&#39;re talking about Christmas shopping already. I have to get it into high gear as I&#39;ll be gone for 11 days the end of November. I don&#39;t buy much for the kids anymore mostly gift cards these days. I need to hit the toy store for the couple of kids I buy for. I think I&#39;ll send my parents to dinner as usual and then give them a shipboard credit for their New Year&#39;s cruise. I have no clue what to get Howie yet. I have Toys for Tots covered this year as I bought lots of toys and things that were on sale after Christmas last year for several age groups.<br />
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Tonia sorry to hear your healing slowly, it will come. Bummer about Crazie&#39;s pics, hope they find them.<br />
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Maria hope your feeling better today. My Dad complained a lot about not sleeping after his knee replacement, he just couldn&#39;t get comfortable.<br />
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Ed I heard about the drive thru flu shots. Sounds very practical to me. Enjoy the game tonight.<br />
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Welcome home Sue. Glad to hear you didn&#39;t have too rough a ride. The folk that were on the 4 day cruise prior to ours this weekend really rocked and rolled.<br />
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Shar glad you got your furniture. Hope you love it&#33;<br />
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Carmen I&#39;ll be keeping good thoughts for your Drs. visit. How nice of your DD to come and help and do some of those chores we all hate. <br />
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Keith glad Rita is doing OK after her test. I saw what DH went through last year, not fun for sure.<br />
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Well off to finish the laundry and figure out whats for dinner. Hope everyone has a great evening.