jam19872016

Lady on the shuttle going on her first cruise. So much excitement in her voice loved her energy. Other couple on the shuttle on the ship with me and we've been chatting about our travels and experiences.

It's possible. It's that time of year for yucky sailing weather. I'm an inside animal so I'm good but I feel bad for those looking forward to a week of sun and smooth seas.

Almost on now...all hurdles jumped...seamless so far. I'm ready too. Let's go!

Easy peasy...just waiting on boarding to begin.

Security

On the shuttle

Made it. Waiting on shuttle...plenty of time to spare still.

On the way....Google says 9:19 I will arrive for parking which is way too early since it's maybe five minutes away from the port. Better early and I can drive in the slow lane away from the crazies that treat I95 as the Daytona 500. Simply the best 🎶

Stop 2

Stop 1

Thank you!

All ready. Carry on only. Two stops, Walgreens and gas then I'm Ft. Lauderdale bound. Shadows of the night 🎶

Settling down not likely 🤣. Health issues are the likely cause to slow me down.

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I own my own business that I am able to do remotely with reliable internet and I work part time for a good friend who owns her own business. I am transitioning into more full time with less emphasis on my own business so my cruising days are seeing cutbacks going forward but she is still able to accommodate a higher vacation load for me than a traditional work setup would allow.

Thanks, I will check it out.

Good morning everyone! I feel like I just went to sleep but it's time to wipe the cobwebs from my eyes and get this day going 🥳. Got a couple last minute things to do then I will hit the road and be on my way. I should have plenty of time to make my 8am goal (which was never a hard deadline anyway). I like a nice leisurely pace so I am not stressed making the journey. Off to a good start so far.

The plan is to be on the road tomorrow by 8. That is not a hard deadline and if I need to I have two stops to make. I have to pick up one item at Walgreens. I don't want to travel without it, but I can if I need to. Then if I am really running behind I can skip filling up my tank. I have enough to get me there I just like like to have plenty when I return. I don't like having to find a gas station in South Florida, I don't know where the bad neighborhood's are, but I always seem to find them when I fill up down there 😂 Need to be up by 7-7:30 at the latest which should be doable, the light peeking in my window will surely alert me it's time to get this adventure started!! Good night everyone, next stop....CRUISE DAY!!!

Question for the Celebrity folks out there. My first cruise they offered a glass of sparkling wine upon embarkation. Since then that was eliminated because apparently that's how Covid spreads 🙄. I seem to recall if you knew where to find it, they still offered you just had to know where to look. Am I imagining that or is that a thing? If so where might I find such a treat? My elite happy hour drinks won't apply on the first day and Celebrity's policy is now only one bottle of carry on allowed per person instead of 2 per cabin so I need all the freebies I can find to keep costs down on this first night.

Gotta get that fixed! Even if the countdown is an obscenely large number, gotta have something on the books! Thanks, I do love my food. I will also be singing reunited onboard but it will be with a large plate of no no foods in front of me!! I bring my scale with me, and it tends to disagree that calories don't count on vacation 😂

Work went pretty much as bad as it could possibly go. Quite the day for the record books! Fifteen minutes into my shift a vital piece of equipment decided to malfunction on a day staffing was cut to the bare minimum to accommodate my vacation. Totally worth it for the time off 🙂 Interesting day for sure but it's all behind me now. My only worry is being too worn out to want to do anything but sleep when I get onboard. I'm down for an afternoon nap after lunch before emergency drill alarms wake me, but I want to be fresh in the evening to make every minute of the night count!

Is there some sort of rule that things have to go HORRIBLY wrong at work the last day before vacation starts 😲 🤔

One final 13 hour day to go....then it's party time!!! Changes 🎶

-0.8 today

Thanks for following along! FINALLY finished the live Celebration reviews today just to find I've fallen 30 pages behind on the Ultimate World Cruise live thread...not shortage of great content on CC right now for sure. Can't wait to start reading your review 😁.