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Dani, so nice you all could get together. Hopefully a ceasefire soon. That’s what happens when you give it up for lent. Glad to hear nothing was broken. Take care.

I used to be an expert at folding fitted sheets, but I am no longer allowed to do them. My method involved using a large floor fan to get the sheet billowing, so it would easily fold. Well, one day I was doing that, when Susan came home and yelled “WHAT ARE YOU DOING.” It startled me, and that’s when…. The sheet hit the fan!

For the views, then I am all for the upper decks. But, when I want to log a few miles on the track in the morning, deck 5 is better because you don’t have some wandering coffee sippers to slow you down. Or, at least you have more space to avoid them. That track on VV looks narrow.

Safe travels home. Thanks for doing this. I may want to look at these, but it would have to be at least 7 days for us.

Those top deck tracks give a whole new meaning to….. Against the wind We were runnin' against the wind We were young and strong, we were runnin' against the wind That is one advantage to Royal’s Oasis class tracks.

It is good that he didn’t break anything. A friend of mine fell in the shower, and broke his shoulder last fall. His friend he was visiting in Michigan was able to drive him back to PA, but he had to get back to Michigan before winter to retrieve his car. Hope Charlie heals quickly.

That’s not right! Whenever I have asked for new tags, I have gotten them. Maybe things have changed, because we now opt to walk off with our luggage. That is the one, and only time we see the inside of an elevator.

Restraining myself from a comment on their sign. 😂

I saw that. Near gale force winds right now.

You all talking about cruises has me window shopping again. I know I probably shouldn’t, because we have those bigger trips scheduled this summer. With our week in Myrtle Beach, Utopia cruise, week at Disney($$$$$), and our Sun cruise, I am getting overloaded with planning. Not only cruise prices are insanely high, but so are excursions. I keep looking at that Bella cruise, but prices are up on it, and it is 3 weeks after we get off the Sun. To do that one, I would have to either drive back to PA, then fly back to Florida a couple weeks later, or just stay in Florida for those three weeks. Decisions, decisions.

Daryl spent the night at our house. He is here for repair of a small leak, so he is ready for his summer adventure. He was happy to be back in the water this morning. 😁

That’s what I thought too, because it has always been moored whenever we have been to Aruba. Then I read that it was spotted at some other ports. It was in St. Lucia a couple days ago, and then moved to Barbados.

She seems to be doing well, but the worry never stops. She finished all the chemo and radiation, and finished the three vaccines in the clinical trial at Cleveland Clinic with no adverse reactions. She has another follow up with them next month. All bloodwork has been in the normal range, which is a good sign. We hold our breath at every appointment, until results are back.

Sorry to read this. I wish I knew how they come up with their estimates. Had a friend that the doctors said she had six months. She had twelve good years after that. Hope things go well for you friend and her husband.

Today was the one year anniversary of our daughter’s surgery. Not something to celebrate, but to recognize one milestone on her journey. So we recognized it with her. Lunch today at the Thai restaurant. Yummy Plate with meatballs, crab rangoon, gyoza, and spring rolls. My plate of Famous Pad Thai. Susan and I spent our evening serving at a funeral dinner at our church. Seems like we have had too many lately.

Harry, just an FYI, you can find most of the cruise compasses already online. Here are the ones from your sailing in a flip book format. It could be easily printed to pdf format . https://issuu.com/hochmania/docs/cruisecompass-odyssey-dec23-23-compressed I usually check for recent ones before I cruise, to get an idea of what may be going on each day.

That sounds like my wife. She never eats a burger on a bun. We went to one place where I ordered a burger, and she ordered one without the bun. Same type. They charged extra for one without a bun. 🤷 Must have been a special order in their system. After that, she just ordered with, then threw the bun away.

I was just going to post that that is where you could find the breakdown. You can also find that breakdown in the app, but it is a convoluted way to get there. How I got there….. In the app, scroll left and select Excursions. It will open up a screen for Excursion Reservations. At the top right, there is a menu where it says My Booking. Selecting the menu will bring up another screen with those same tabs you have on the web page. The Extras tab shows the breakdown. There may be an easier way to get to that menu, but I haven’t found it yet.

Looks like a beautiful day there. It is 28° in Pittsburgh right now, but at least it is sunny. I would still trade your weather for ours.

I will be following along with this one too. I have read many of your prior reviews, and they have always been excellent. Congratulations to Rachel, and have a wonderful bachelorette party.

Dani, so sorry to hear your friend had a stroke. I do hope that he regains use of his right side, with some PT. Sending prayers for his recovery. 🙏

I guess that bump up to 6 from a 4.5 range is why he wants to take a look. I have been getting checked for 23 years now, and the highest I hit, before medications was over 13. I think that was around the first time I had a biopsy. Of course, I am a few years older than you, but incidence of cancer goes up as we get older. I have reached that age where the doctor says they don’t even recommend yearly PSA tests. He says that if I did develop cancer, it would likely be slow growing, and that something else would kill me before that would. Now, isn’t that a cheery thought?

@Sea Dog Greg, I don’t want to pry, but how high is it? If you don’t want to answer, that is totally fine. Some medications will bring it down by half or more. Although, you don’t want medications to just mask a problem. I have had a couple of those biopsies, and they are not fun. But it is better to get things checked out. I wish there was an easier way they could do that. I hope you have good results.

Safe travels today. From one Mark to another!

I think the reference is more along Andrew’s line of thinking. I often post from my iPad, so it shows a lot more info about the poster, including when they joined, than a phone shows.