The Fleet Report and Daily for Thursday August 3rd, 2023

[Sea Viewer]

@cat shepard Thanks for the video, We have a turtle nest on the beach by our condo, they're  expecting the babies to hatch any day (night) now.

[dobiemom]

5 hours ago, kochleffel said:

I received my acceptance letter for the graduate program today.

 

Congratulations! 👏 
 

3 hours ago, cat shepard said:

If this link works, you will see one my County’s turtle nests boil”. A mass hatching is referred to as a boiling! If it doesn’t work, I will delete it. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/100064244667299/posts/pfbid02PzsPcDQJPRhU3JzAFK21uJC3b9WsCT5TXjzE44iarUZhtyWcbMLbFC5K978Y6zgXl/

Cool! I shared it also. 🙂 

 

50 minutes ago, marshhawk said:

Will finish reading later, but thought you would want to know, Chuck starts the immunotherapy next Thursday! 

 

And the doc said he would personally kill the DH if he didnt go on this trip!

Yippee! 👏 And good for the doc. 😉

[kochleffel]

At motel, north of Cooperstown. My room is a very ordinary one except for having a small private patio facing Otsego Lake (across a state highway). I brought in takeout so that I can rest until it’s time to leave for the opera house, which is a few miles farther north.

[St Pete Cruiser]

9 hours ago, dfish said:

Good morning, everyone!

 

Looking forward to a relaxing sea day today.  Nothing on the agenda, so we play it by ear.

 

Wishing well for all the Dailyites and their families.

Is the Zaandam's cruise director doing coffee chats with various members of the staff on sea days? We look forward to those on longer cruises which yours certainly is.  On our last cruise, we got to hear from the deck officers, engine room officers, chefs and food and beverage as well as many of the entertainment staff.

[kazu]

1 hour ago, marshhawk said:

Will finish reading later, but thought you would want to know, Chuck starts the immunotherapy next Thursday! 

 

And the doc said he would personally kill the DH if he didnt go on this trip!

 

 

 

Woo hoo!  that is fabulous news, Annie all the way around.

Yay, you two are going on your cruise.  I hope you have the time of your lives - you sure deserve it.

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 hour ago, marshhawk said:

Will finish reading later, but thought you would want to know, Chuck starts the immunotherapy next Thursday! 

 

And the doc said he would personally kill the DH if he didnt go on this trip!

 

 

 

Annie, that is great news about your DH starts the immunotherapy next Thursday.  Kudos to the doctor for telling you to take the cruise.

 

Lenda

[ger_77]

@marshhawk that's excellent news; please do go on that cruise, you won't regret it!!

 

We're currently under a severe thunderstorm watch (meaning it might or might not happen) until1AM, but it's quite warm.  Current temp is 35C (95F), but "feels like" 40C (105F).

 

I just took this from the thermometer on our deck - all the windows are open and we've got fans blowing at both ends. 

I think we're going to forego our dinner in the pergola and will just enjoy the charcuterie board at the kitchen table in air conditioned comfort.  

[RMLincoln]

Great news Annie and Chuck!  
 

Too hot Gerry!  Take care!  
 

Paul, enjoy the opera!  🎶

[marshhawk]

@ger_77You might want to chill the wine too.  You didnt mention wine.  I'm worried.

 

I love a good cool glass of non alcholic red wine.  I know there of you out there thinking, well isnt that grape juice?  Mais non, mez ami.  It is wine that tastes like wine but is de naturized (alchohol evaporates) ( i think that is the term) .  Chuck prefers white, and I like red.  There is even a bubbling wine that is supposed to be champagne, tastes like soap suds....

 

I have not had a glass of my wine in over 3 years, but I might get one at the farmers market this weekend. My days may be very full with work and appointments, but I now know that we are going on this vacation.  As long as my lung doctor doesn't find something very wonky again with my last test.  Which was a month ago, but I dont see him until Tuesday.

 

@kochleffelHave fun at the opera.

[HAL4NOW]

11 hours ago, rafinmd said:

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 Crystal Serenity Northwest Passage cruise.  On August 3 I was on Amtrak's Empire Builder crossing North Dakota.

 

 

Roy

Roy, have you seen "The Empire Builder; James J. Hill and the great Northern Railway"? It is a four episode documentary series produced by Stephen Sadis and Kyle Kegley. 

It is available at Great Northern Filmworks: The Empire Builder: James J. Hill & The Great Northern Railway (greatnorthernfilmworks.com)

[marshhawk]

I was lying in bed last night, thanking God for each and every one of you, when I realized I haven't seen @erehwon posting recently, and when I try to find her/him there is no listing.  Anyone?  am i spelling incorrectly?

[JazzyV]

5 minutes ago, marshhawk said:

I was lying in bed last night, thanking God for each and every one of you, when I realized I haven't seen @erehwon posting recently, and when I try to find her/him there is no listing.  Anyone?  am i spelling incorrectly?

Annie, it's @erewhon. And I was wondering about @Cruzin Terri as it's been a couple of days since we heard from her.

Edited August 4, 2023 by JazzyV

[DeeniEncinitas]

26 minutes ago, marshhawk said:

I was lying in bed last night, thanking God for each and every one of you, when I realized I haven't seen @erehwon posting recently, and when I try to find her/him there is no listing.  Anyone?  am i spelling incorrectly?

🌺🌺Mahalo Annie!

First congratulations and I am thrilled with the doctor doing the therapy for Chuck. This is a huge step forward and it sounds very promising with your physician and on top of that this wonderful cruise that he is encouraging to do!! Very positive! I am happy.

Erewhon commented on my painting on 7/28. He is such a dear friend from New Zealand and a great contributor on CC! My dear Roy knows him personally when he was over there visiting on a cruise. Wish I knew him when we were over there! 
Have a good weekend coming up and again I am so happy for both of you!

Enjoy life to the fullest!!

🌺Sincerely 

Denise😊

[kochleffel]

1 hour ago, marshhawk said:

@ger_77

@kochleffelHave fun at the opera.

Also in La Bohème tonight. The new general manager, Rob Ainsley, said in his welcome talk, “If you give enough money perhaps there can be a happy ending. The trouble was that people didn’t support their starving artists.”

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 hour ago, marshhawk said:

@ger_77You might want to chill the wine too.  You didnt mention wine.  I'm worried.

 

I love a good cool glass of non alcholic red wine.  I know there of you out there thinking, well isnt that grape juice?  Mais non, mez ami.  It is wine that tastes like wine but is de naturized (alchohol evaporates) ( i think that is the term) .  Chuck prefers white, and I like red.  There is even a bubbling wine that is supposed to be champagne, tastes like soap suds....

 

I have not had a glass of my wine in over 3 years, but I might get one at the farmers market this weekend. My days may be very full with work and appointments, but I now know that we are going on this vacation.  As long as my lung doctor doesn't find something very wonky again with my last test.  Which was a month ago, but I dont see him until Tuesday.

 

@kochleffelHave fun at the opera.

 

Annie, I hope the doctor doesn't find anything wonky either.  I can’t help believing that if something really bad had shown up, the doctor would not wait a month to tell you.

 

Lenda

[marshhawk]

@Quartzsite Cruiser I complained to my heart doc, that i was feeling off in January.  He got me an appointment with this doc.  They ordered an MRI with contrast, the first tests in January showed a tumor of 8 mm.  I met with the lung doc and he was all concerned about the size, and he wanted me to cancel Alaska, and have the tumor removed, while it was just "the right size"  I didn't see him for one month after the MRI, and he said the tumor had grown to 10mm, but it wasn't cancer.  Then he said, well it could be a false negative. 

 

He may or may not have seen the results.  If they send the information to the Decatur office, then he will only see it when he is in that office. I had these tests in July, and I see him in August.  He works in 7 different offices, too much travel, not enough time in an office.  Atlanta Lung Specialists.  Dont treat me real special.

 

But I have to have tests done every 3 months the first year after discovery, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Edited August 4, 2023 by marshhawk

[marshhawk]

@JazzyV I think I saw @Cruzin Terri post about the air being fixed (minus a few parts) but she hasnt posted since 8/2 (yesterday morning)

[grapau27]

9 hours ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

 

Annie, that is great news about your DH starts the immunotherapy next Thursday.  Kudos to the doctor for telling you to take the cruise.

 

Lenda

+1 @marshhawk

[grapau27]

11 hours ago, marshhawk said:

Will finish reading later, but thought you would want to know, Chuck starts the immunotherapy next Thursday! 

 

And the doc said he would personally kill the DH if he didnt go on this trip!

 

 

Excellent news.

I'm pleased for you both.

Graham.

[Cruzin Terri]

6 hours ago, JazzyV said:

Annie, it's @erewhon. And I was wondering about @Cruzin Terri as it's been a couple of days since we heard from her.

I’m sorry I haven’t gotten to post.  I have just been so tired.  I had so many things to do to catch up plus appointments for both of us.

Jim doesn’t drive any more so I have to coordinate appointments and get us both where we have to go. 

Plus still trying to unpack and get over jet lag.

Just never got back here.  I will read posts and post today.

Thanks for thinking of me

Terri

[Cruzin Terri]

@marshhawk

That is great news about your DH and I agree with the Doc about the cruise.

You two deserve this cruise and I hope you have a wonderful time.

 

i hope you have good news from the pulmonologist.

Terri

[dfish]

Yes, she is.  Sea day mornings at 9.  People have expressed many positive thoughts about her talks.

[dfish]

15 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Is the Zaandam's cruise director doing coffee chats with various members of the staff on sea days? We look forward to those on longer cruises which yours certainly is.  On our last cruise, we got to hear from the deck officers, engine room officers, chefs and food and beverage as well as many of the entertainment staff.

Yes, sea day mornings at 9.