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The Voyage of the Crazy Hair Monster (review, will be long and pic-intensive)

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I'm here, I'm here! Try not to give up on me. I'm back at work, so time is limited. I've got my next post in the works on my screen to make it look like I'm working.

 

Boyfriend is leaving on a busines trip in a couple hours, so he won't be around to distract me.

 

 

:) Looking forward to it!

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Okay, an update: I got a surprising amount written at work yesterday but wound up getting home later than I wanted after getting a rejection for a job I interviewed for. I'm writing more today and have a dentist appointment at 6. If I get through the rest of day one like I want to, I'll pop my pictures in and post tonight. If not, I'm hoping to post anyway but it might be tomorrow after work and a trip to the lab to get more tests done because we still don't know if the kidney infection is gone. There's a decent amount of pain, so the doctor is suspicious of the negative I got.

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Thought u were posting tonigh <sigh>

 

Who said I'm not?

 

DAY ONE - 9/21 - Muster the energy

 

Strawberry gelato and blackberry sorbet. I have eaten heaven, people.

 

It’s important to note that I’m not saying that the Gelato was the most amazing thing I’ve ever tasted in my life or that I will never taste anything quite so glorious for as long as I live. At that exact point in time, however, I could feel myself being spoiled rotten by my circumstances for the first time in years. The Gelato was very tasty and cool and fruity, all of which made me happy, and as I took my card back and James and I continued on our walk around the promenade, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. “I’m coming back here,” I told James. He nodded knowingly. Of course I was.

 

Once we ran out of deck space to wander (about 45 seconds later, much to our disappointment), we made our way back inside. Conveniently enough, we were right by the stairs. “Hey look! Stairs!”

 

See?

 

Maybe not; I didn’t take pictures.

 

We walked down to deck 7 and made our way aft, winding through the casino and taking in all of the a la carte dining options around us, like the sushi place and the noodle bar, neither of which we had plans to try at that time. We did, however, want to check out the casino during the week because while neither of us is a frequent gambler by any means, we have nothing against tossing a $20 bill in and trying our luck from time to time. We also found O’Sheehan’s, which I explained to James was very popular and complimentary, so I definitely wanted to eat there at some point. Once we got all the way aft, we looked at the stairs and figured we may as well continue down.

 

On deck 6, we walked past the Taste and Savour, at which point I told James that was where we had to go for muster drill. “What’s that?” He asked.

 

“Muster drill. If we don’t go today, they’ll interrupt us tomorrow and make us go then.”

 

“Oh. We don’t want that. Let’s make sure we go today.”

 

“Good idea. Hey babe, let’s not forget about muster drill today.” We made our way forward and finally found the bottom of the rather gorgeous atrium, which included this view:

 

ChandelierfromBelow.jpg

 

“I love this chandelier.” Where did he go? I spoke to the air on that, as James had wandered off within seconds of me looking away from him to take the picture, but I found him by Le Bistro staring at… something. I’m still not sure what. “Babe! This place is awesome.”

 

“It is. When are we eating at Le Bistro again?”

 

“Tuesday night, I told you. Cagney’s tonight, La Cucina tomorrow, Le Bistro Tuesday. Then we’ll just eat on the island while we’re there since you mentioned wanting to.” Hahahaha… What a joke. I don’t know how many times I told James which nights we were eating at each restaurant, nor am I sure of how I kept it all straight in my head while I gazed around practically drooling on myself at everything, all of my senses overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of the ship we were to live on for the next seven days.

 

“Which one is La Cucina again?” he asked, clearly struggling to keep all of our options organized in his head.

 

“Italian.” I imagine there was some hardcore eye-rolling going on at this point.

 

Once we got past the atrium we found ourselves near the reservation desk, so I decided to check on the times for the reservations I had made months before, namely Le Bistro. It took seconds and the young lady behind the desk was very nice as she helped us. This done, we walked further forward only to be faced with a choice. Mysterious hallways of fun and exploration or stairs.

 

Obviously, we took the stairs, because who wants to explore more hallways and find more things?

 

Venturing down these hallways led us to a rather glorious place, which we apparently promptly forgot about, the library. It was very small, but it did have a few books and a selection of puzzles that we could take and solve in our room later. We spent about five minutes in there enjoying how peaceful it was and I snapped a picture of the hours it would be open during the week, swearing I’d return for sure, and then we left and continued back toward the stairs and elevators. We looked at the signs and James suggested we go to deck 5.

 

“Deck 5? I think that’s all cabins,” I said rather simply.

 

“No, no, no… I’m sure there’s more there.”

 

“Okay, but I’m pretty sure it’s almost entirely cabins, judging by this list of things, none of which are on deck 5.”

 

So we went down the stairs and, sure enough, I was right. “Huh, maybe it is all cabins,” James admitted. “But at least we found the medical office. That’s important.”

 

“Yeah, especially for us.” You have to understand something about us. I’m clumsy, James is clumsier. We have the collective coordination of a llama on roller skates. Actually, the llama might be more coordinated. It is a true miracle we can walk down the stairs while holding hands, considering neither of us can walk across flat, level ground without tripping. “But let’s try not to go there, okay?”

 

He agreed and then asked what we should do. “Let’s go back up to our cabin and see if our suitcase is there,” I suggested, getting immediate agreement from him as we turned back toward the stairs. We figured the elevators would be an unpleasant experience at that point in time with all the people boarding the ship, so we were doing our best to avoid them. Those five decks weren’t too terrible, but once we got to deck 10 he realized where we were on the ship.

 

“F***! We’re all the way forward!” I nodded. “It’s gonna take forever to walk back to our cabin.” I shrugged. It didn’t seem all that bad. We began to walk aft, which only took a couple of minutes, and as we wound our way around the suitcases, I observed that if it wasn’t there yet, it would be soon. Once we got to our room, it was not there. We went in and chilled out for a bit, James mostly opting to take pictures on the balcony while I put away the things in our carry-on suitcase to start getting the room organized. Once this was done and James and I had both satisfied ourselves with the many opportunities the balcony’s view offered us, we sat down in the room and hung around until it was time to head downstairs for Muster Drill.

Muster for us was in the Taste dining room. We sat and talked to a couple from Dallas while we waited and the drill itself was quick and efficient. The highlight of it was James knocking down probably have the place settings when he took his seat because he didn’t realize that the lumpy tablecloth was lumpy because it had things under it.

 

After muster, we stopped by our cabin one last time before sail-away to check on our suitcase and use the restroom, then made our way up top for the sail-away party! It was finally time to leave New York City behind for a week and head for paradise!

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*melts her way back onto CC*

 

I didn't forget, NaNoWriMo destroyed me. And then I won anyway. My December writing project will be this monstrosity, and I don't mean my hair. Lemme just... Shower first... And maybe invent a permanently cold ice wrist brace pack thing for my carpal tunnel.

 

Turns out 20,000 words in a day is both possible and painful.

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Yay! Welcome back!!!

Thanks! My life has gotten progressively crazier and more expensive since I actually started going to doctors the day after my cruise. The kidney infection from October is now being paired with a surgery for January, if I can get in. It's fantastic, let me tell you. I also have oral surgery coming up next week, just to keep me on my toes. Suffice it to say, the cruise was the highlight of my year and thus I still want my written account to remember it by.

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Thanks! My life has gotten progressively crazier and more expensive since I actually started going to doctors the day after my cruise. The kidney infection from October is now being paired with a surgery for January, if I can get in. It's fantastic, let me tell you. I also have oral surgery coming up next week, just to keep me on my toes. Suffice it to say, the cruise was the highlight of my year and thus I still want my written account to remember it by.

 

Oh no. I hope you get well quickly. I've been through the ringer in the past myself. Surgery is not fun, I feel for you.

 

I sailed the Breakaway 2 weeks after you. The second day on the ship I lost my voice, just woke up like that. Now its almost 2 months later and its still not fully back, and the three of us have each caught and passed along a nasty cold twice. Its back to my daughter (now ear infections too) again as of today.

 

We are all looking forward to reading more of your review. :D

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