Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[sgmn]

@jagsfan Mimi, hope you are feeling better 

 

@Sea Dog glad Linda's op went well, hope the healing is equally successful and pain free 

 

@DaniDanielle

Great that Charlie's procedure went well and hoping for good results from his tests. Sounds like he's in very good hands

 

@HBE4 enjoy your holiday 😊

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, sgmn said:

The only hiccup is after having the air con almost rebuilt by our jag specialist, it broke down the first day. Yesterday (friday) it got very hot. OK on the motorways with the top down, but almost impossible hot in heavy traffic once we got to Geneva. 

The drive had beautiful scenery,  getting more mountainous and with lots of tunnels through the hills and mountains 

Also our hotel, confirmed on Booking.com was overbooked and the hotel had moved us to a sister hotel further from the centre. We refused, got refunded and rebooked another hotel. Annoyed because we didn't find out till we got to the first hotel and they had our contact details.

Anyway once settled in we went out and enjoyed the sights of Geneva and the lake. If you zoom in you can just make out snow on the furthest mountains

 

Plan today is to get to Chamonix for lunch and to Aosta in Italy for the night. Weather still around 30c but storms expected this afternoon 

Nice photos Sue.

Your car looks lovely, annoying about the air con not working after being rebuilt.

[dani negreanu]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Nice photos Sue.

Your car looks lovely, annoying about the air con not working after being rebuilt.

 

@sgmn

 

+ 1 S & G, DH likes your wheels and hats off for driving on the "wrong side of the road" 😉.... Enjoy !!

[A&L_Ont]

Sue, sorry about the air conditioning and hotel change. Geneva is beautiful.

[Arzeena]

19 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

We are home. Linda is doing good and the dogs are already wanting to live on her.  She will take it very easy today. I’m sure the pain will come later after the nerve block wears off.

 

Thank you for all the prayers, well wishes and concern. I read her a lot of your replies and it made her smile with happiness. My family is the best here!!

 

Glad to see you back! Wish you an easy and smooth recovery!

Lizzie looks concerned for her and Charlie is giving the looks "now now easy with the pictures"! Sorry Charlie. we do need a picture or two😁

[h20skibum]

@Sea Dog Greg, glad to see that Linda got through the surgery okay.  Sorry for the late comments, but I am playing catch up today.  
 

She will learn to do a lot by using her left hand.  It will take a while, but it will get better.  When I fractured my right shoulder, I had to learn how to do everything with my left arm.  I was just glad that none of my vehicles had a manual shift at that time. 
 

Still, to this day, I will use my left for certain tasks, and can easily switch between the two now. 

[h20skibum]

@DaniDanielle Marietta, it was good to hear they are getting things figured out with Charlie.  I hope he is able to come home soon.  

[h20skibum]

@jagsfan Mimi, I hope you got checked out, and are on the road to recovery.  Looking forward to you posting again. 

[h20skibum]

@HBE4 and @sgmn Enjoy your getaways.  Hope everything goes smoothly.  Looking forward to photos. 

[Sea Dog]

8 hours ago, sgmn said:

Our road trip is going well. We made good time on Thursday and got to Dijon by 7.30pm. So about 12 hours on the road altogether. Loved Dijon, old but full of life. Great hotel five min walk from the centre. Found a lively square with lots of restaurants and music for dinner. 

Next day we had a quick look around the town and on the road again 

 

 

 

Beautiful pics Sue! I have always wanted to go there. Love the car.

 

 

7 hours ago, sgmn said:

 

@Sea Dog glad Linda's op went well, hope the healing is equally successful and pain free 

 

@HBE4 😊

 

 

Thanks she is doing really good but the pain is here now after the nerve block has worn off.

 

 

2 hours ago, Arzeena said:

Glad to see you back! Wish you an easy and smooth recovery!

Lizzie looks concerned for her and Charlie is giving the looks "now now easy with the pictures"! Sorry Charlie. we do need a picture or two😁

It’s funny how animals can sense when a human is hurting. Lizzy, Charlie and even Kylar the cat have been loving on her a lot and staying very close to her. It’s very neat to see.

 

 

 

59 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

@Sea Dog Greg, glad to see that Linda got through the surgery okay.  Sorry for the late comments, but I am playing catch up today.  
 

She will learn to do a lot by using her left hand.  It will take a while, but it will get better.  When I fractured my right shoulder, I had to learn how to do everything with my left arm.  I was just glad that none of my vehicles had a manual shift at that time. 
 

Still, to this day, I will use my left for certain tasks, and can easily switch between the two now. 

Thanks Mark! She is getting better at using her left hand for things.

[Sea Dog]

7 hours ago, sgmn said:

The only hiccup is after having the air con almost rebuilt by our jag specialist, it broke down the first day. Yesterday (friday) it got very hot. 

 

Also our hotel, confirmed on Booking.com was overbooked and the hotel had moved us to a sister hotel further from the centre. We refused, got refunded and rebooked another hotel. Annoyed because we didn't find out till we got to the first hotel and they had our contact details.

 

Sorry to hear about the car.

 

We got burned by Booking.com and will never ever book a hotel through them again. It seems to happen a lot with them. Never again.

[Arzeena]

Just now, Sea Dog said:

Sorry to hear about the car.

 

We got burned by Booking.com and will never ever book a hotel through them again. It seems to happen a lot with them. Never again.

Happened to us too on Priceline once in NY city. We now book direct.

[Sea Dog]

Just now, Arzeena said:

Happened to us too on Priceline once in NY city. We now book direct.

Yep us too. We have gotten burned twice booking through 3rd party sites. I will always book directly with the hotel even if I have to pay a little bit more.

[dani negreanu]

10 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Yep us too. We have gotten burned twice booking through 3rd party sites. I will always book directly with the hotel even if I have to pay a little bit more.

 

Speaking from a lot of experience, I'm always booking directly, and even pay less. Usually you have to sign up free for their club, and.... presto ... better rates.

[Sea Dog]

Just now, dani negreanu said:

 

Speaking from a lot of experience, I'm always booking directly, and even pay less. Usually you have to sign up free for their club, and.... presto ... better rates.

That’s one thing we need to do. We are Hilton Honors members but we do not belong to any other loyalty programs at other chains. We need to be better at doing that. 

[dani negreanu]

11 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

That’s one thing we need to do. We are Hilton Honors members but we do not belong to any other loyalty programs at other chains. We need to be better at doing that. 

 

Also, I'm very good at getting "senior rates" at the big chains. Some start at 62, others -- at 65. We now "qualify" for both....

 

Living where we live... free cancellation for us is a must.

Edited July 15, 2023 by dani negreanu

[Sea Dog]

Finally watched the final two episodes of Below Deck Sailing last night and have some thoughts.

 

I have no respect or even like Gary anymore. What a narcissist self loathing baby. He borders on being a sexual predator. Below Deck producers need to get rid of him but as long as Captain Glennis on the show he will probably stay. I am also tiring of Daisy but not Colin. I felt sorry for him being put in the situation of being in a three way.

 

I really loved Chef Ilisha and stew Lucy. They were both sweethearts. I thought the food looked really good. 
 

They do need a new boat however. It’s starting to show her age. All the breakdowns and everything make a change necessary.

 

Looking forward to the reunion show with Andy Cohen. That should be drama filled.

[Sea Dog]

4 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Also, I'm very good at getting "senior rates" at the big chains. Some start at 62, others -- at 65. We know "qualify" for both....

 

Living where we live... free cancellation for us is a must.

You know I don’t think we have ever asked about that. Thank you for the tip.

[h20skibum]

Well, we got back home, from our week at Myrtle Beach, last night.  I will have to write a few updates on food, flights, and hotel, but things are busy at home today.  
 

Meanwhile, Susan brought home this souvenir. 

 

She is no longer a Covid virgin. 

[A&L_Ont]

4 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Well, we got back home, from our week at Myrtle Beach, last night.  I will have to write a few updates on food, flights, and hotel, but things are busy at home today.  
 

Meanwhile, Susan brought home this souvenir. 

 

She is no longer a Covid virgin. 

How’s she feeling so far?  Hopefully as best as possible.

Edited July 15, 2023 by A&L_Ont

[dani negreanu]

2 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Meanwhile, Susan brought home this souvenir. 

 

Oy, Susan is the 3rd person catching Covid in the last 2 days that I know of...

 

I thought that, finally, this "pest" is a thing of the past 😢

 

Hopefully, Susan got cut some slack, being a virgin and all 😉, and she's getting the milder version 🤞

[DaniDanielle]

Oh poor Susan.  Hope she gets better fast.

OK UPDATE from Columbia……They are pretty sure the pressure and heart rate problem are a part of transplant problems.  A good percentage of them get this but usually much earlier after the transplant.  Twenty years later is rare but Charlie never does anything normal😳. It has something to do with what gets done during the actual transplant operation.  Things get snipped etc.  they are hoping increasing meds will solve this🤞

[jmh2006]

@Sea Dog  sorry to be late in commenting on Linda’s surgery.  Glad it went well and hope that her pain is under control!

 

@h20skibumso sorry that Covid has found Susan😞!

[Sea Dog]

29 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Well, we got back home, from our week at Myrtle Beach, last night.  I will have to write a few updates on food, flights, and hotel, but things are busy at home today.  
 

Meanwhile, Susan brought home this souvenir. 

 

She is no longer a Covid virgin. 

 

So sorry. I hope Susan’s symptoms are mild. She did a good job avoiding it for such a long time.

 

 

8 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Oh poor Susan.  Hope she gets better fast.

OK UPDATE from Columbia……They are pretty sure the pressure and heart rate problem are a part of transplant problems.  A good percentage of them get this but usually much earlier after the transplant.  Twenty years later is rare but Charlie never does anything normal😳. It has something to do with what gets done during the actual transplant operation.  Things get snipped etc.  they are hoping increasing meds will solve this🤞

 

 

Thanks for the update. Sounds like the meds will help. All part of the process. Give Charlie a hug for us.

 

 

2 minutes ago, jmh2006 said:

@Sea Dog  sorry to be late in commenting on Linda’s surgery.  Glad it went well and hope that her pain is under control!

 

@h20skibumso sorry that Covid has found Susan😞!

 

Thanks Jennifer!

[h20skibum]

Thanks @A&L_Ont @dani negreanu @DaniDanielle @jmh2006  @Sea Dog

 

Mild so far, but who knows when she first got it on this trip.  She had a fever last night, but thought it may have been from the Lyme disease, since she is still on meds from that.