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@Sea Dog, I'm glad to hear that Linda's surgery went well. Here's hoping her pain is well-controlled and she has a speedy recovery. Spent the evening having a belated Christmas dinner with my son and girlfriend, since I worked overnight on the 24th and 25th at the hospital (I often volunteer to do the holidays so those with little kids / grandkids can be home with them). Was starting to question my decision to volunteer that shift when we had a patient whose blood sugar kept crashing and I had to run all around the hospital borrowing D50 from all the other units to treat her (I eventually had to break open our crash cart to get some since I used everyone else's throughout the night), but morning shift finally arrived and I was able to eventually get outta there (and as I was leaving, the ICU charge nurse was pounding on Pharmacy's door to get more D50 to treat her again, as they hadn't yet refilled our medication dispenser... I just thought, "May the odds be ever in your favor" and I yeeted myself on out to the parking lot!). So now I get to dig out my post-Christmas memes to share.

Probably one of the easiest designs to make (if I can do it, anyone can!):

Don't forget the raisins! 😉

Those darn things.... LOL Merry Christmas!!!

Am I the only one who thinks that looks like a container/cargo ship instead of a cruise ship???

I don't think they were saying you had to buy the name brand, I think they were giving an example of what the medication "compares to" in the different countries. Even the Walmart store-brand says "compare to Zyrtec Active Ingredient" right on the front of the box.

You can get it for free on the ship, at Guest Services or the lobby of the Medical Facility.

Probably want to avoid an excursion on this ferry....

Too late now, but this is yet another reason to use a travel agent. Before expecting Elliott Advocacy to take your case, you should first use Elliott's technique to fix your own consumer problem (click link for article). The trick is to "keep it short and simple" -- not a big long letter to Michael Bayley, but a succinct bullet-point type letter that spells out the facts of the case. Include attachments of any paper trail (emails, letters, invoices). Chances are that if you do a concise, fact-only letter to Micheal Bayley's office, you'll get a response in a reasonable period of time (allowing extra time for it being the holidays right now).

Typical "morning sickness" remedies are likely to help, primarily eating small meals often instead of big meals, and never letting the stomach feel empty. Keep rolls, crackers, chips, something in your room to eat before you get out of bed in the morning, and snack on and off throughout the day (fortunately, that's easy to do on a cruise ship!).

And @Ocean Boy clearly needs to up his game with Jade when she's on his lap and his glass is empty:

For those who live with cats:

And @Sea Dog, this one made me think of you! (and the rest of us who watch them, knowing darn well how they're going to end!)

Linda can probably relate to this (hopefully it doesn't go the way of the Lighthouse Cookies, I scribbled out the naughty bit!):

Now I know where the term "scaredy / 'fraidy cat" came from! She acted like it was a real live critter that could bite her back! I do hope that Santa Claws delivers it to her for Christmas!

What a sweet, sweet child! ❤️

He does NOT look impressed with your neighbor's paparazzi skills!

Omigosh, this is just the cutest photo I've seen all holiday season! What an awesome memory for years to come!

And since we're discussing mattresses and sheets...

And this is for those of you with rambunctious kitties: