Freedom! Live From The Freedom of the Seas 8/11-18, 2024

[jam19872016]

Peanut butter tropic 

 

[jam19872016]

Very good...but warning he does pull from the audience like a comedian.

 

 

Crocodile rock 🎶 

[jam19872016]

Almost time to move over to silent disco

 

 

Billie Jean 🎶 

[jam19872016]

Time for some silent disco.

 

 

 

shake it off 🎶 

Edited August 12 by jam19872016

[jam19872016]

Getting crowded in here.

 

 

For the record I'm in a seat not on the floor 😆 

 

Cha cha slide 🎶 

[jam19872016]

 

We found love 🎶 

[jam19872016]

Out of vouchers....in the casino hydrating and testing the fates

 

[jam19872016]

The first round in the casino was tough. Second round was a complete waste of time and money. I'm calling it. Thought about heading to the nightclub but I'm pretty beat so I'm back in the cold chamber with my almost confiscated fan making it even cooler. I don't need much time in Coco Cay so if my body says sleep, I plan to sleep in as long as I can tomorrow (today).

 

Great first day back and I truly feel like I'm back home. If I had one regret, I want to scale back the eating just a little bit. I am not here to diet, but I certainly went a little too hard today. Let's see what the scale says in the morning.

 

Thanks everyone for joining me for my return to the sea. See you all back here tomorrow from Coco Cay.

[perfect match]

18 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

-1.4 and I am officially at my goal weight according to the medical charts, 178.0. Well, at least for one day 😆. 

 

I’m hoping that you will decide to be a good influence on me with eating on a cruise. We’re on Wonder in 27 days. My goal is to enjoy eating, not deny myself anything I really want, but not go overboard and end up gaining back any of the weight I’ve worked so hard to lose once all over again. Sounds to me like after today’s eating your mind is back on the right track! Good for you!

 

3 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

Getting crowded in here.

 

 

For the record I'm in a seat not on the floor 😆 

 

Cha cha slide 🎶 

So, why are you sitting during Silent Disco when “You Could Be Dancing, yeah! 🎶  Have some fun and get some exercise at the same time! It’s a win-win situation! Now “Get on your feet🎶” 😂😂😂

[exlondoner]

10 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

I see just 6 video poker machines and only one of the traditional type. Not ideal but I see a $2 max bet quick hits which I have not seen in a while and some other favorites to play and hopefully strike it rich!

 

In the library till I feel us move then I'll step out to the helipad it's hot as hades outside. I feel some rumbling should be soon.

 

 

 

The Library looks rather nice. Does it have lots of books?

[perfect match]

Hope your luck in the casino turns around soon. Right now it sounds more like my luck in any kind of gambling - bad! A really good price on a guarantee room on Wonder.

 

Knowing full well that I could get any room in my selected category and that sometimes rooms are held back from showing up as available so I checked online to see what did show. There were a number of rooms in great locations, any of which I would have loved and one that I was hoping to avoid. If you follow the drift of what I said so far you’ll know what room I got. Yep, it’s the one room I was hoping to avoid!

 

Now the category is completely  sold out, so no chance to switch to a different room in the same category! I didn’t think I was taking that much of a gamble with the guarantee because we did get a higher category room. Apparently my thinking was incorrect! 😂

 

This won’t spoil our cruise by any means but I will keep checking just in case something else does show up and I can get us moved. This story in a nutshell is why I stay out of the casino. It takes my money and I get nothing. No casino 🎰 for me! 

[jam19872016]

Good morning everyone. 

 

Did not sleep as long as I was hoping, but the bed is comfortable and I'm not hearing any hallway noises so I think it is the amount of food rolling around in my belly preventing me from sleeping in this morning.

 

First stop this morning will be a trip to Café promenade and then I will dip my toes in at the casino before heading to the island. 

[jam19872016]

7 hours ago, perfect match said:

I’m hoping that you will decide to be a good influence on me with eating on a cruise. We’re on Wonder in 27 days. My goal is to enjoy eating, not deny myself anything I really want, but not go overboard and end up gaining back any of the weight I’ve worked so hard to lose once all over again. Sounds to me like after today’s eating your mind is back on the right track! Good for you!

 

So, why are you sitting during Silent Disco when “You Could Be Dancing, yeah! 🎶  Have some fun and get some exercise at the same time! It’s a win-win situation! Now “Get on your feet🎶” 😂😂😂

I would not count on me to be a good influence 😅. I just want to dial back a little.

 

I rarely dance unless I have had wayyyyy too much liquid courage in me. Even when I considered it last night, the amount of food inside me had me too sluggish to even try to get out of my seat. I almost called it an early night completely from a combination of food coma and the early start to my day. I made it, but I did not make it out of my seat 😄

 

6 hours ago, perfect match said:

Hope your luck in the casino turns around soon. Right now it sounds more like my luck in any kind of gambling - bad! A really good price on a guarantee room on Wonder.

 

Knowing full well that I could get any room in my selected category and that sometimes rooms are held back from showing up as available so I checked online to see what did show. There were a number of rooms in great locations, any of which I would have loved and one that I was hoping to avoid. If you follow the drift of what I said so far you’ll know what room I got. Yep, it’s the one room I was hoping to avoid!

 

Now the category is completely  sold out, so no chance to switch to a different room in the same category! I didn’t think I was taking that much of a gamble with the guarantee because we did get a higher category room. Apparently my thinking was incorrect! 😂

 

This won’t spoil our cruise by any means but I will keep checking just in case something else does show up and I can get us moved. This story in a nutshell is why I stay out of the casino. It takes my money and I get nothing. No casino 🎰 for me! 

I hope it turns around too! I did pretty good last cruise and the gambler's fallacy tells me that after doing ok last trip, that I am due for a rotten trip this time, but it is just that - a fallacy.

 

Statistically speaking, I am just as likely to win or lose this time as last time. Of course statistically, I am going to lose, but I am far beyond what I would consider a normal house advantage. Hope to turn that around and quick.

 

Have fun on Wonder! I'm hoping to catch a ride on her before she leaves Port Canaveral but the clock is ticking on that goal!

[jam19872016]

7 hours ago, exlondoner said:

The Library looks rather nice. Does it have lots of books?

I'm going to enjoy my coffee there this morning and will let you know. I do enjoy the space on this class of ships, very comfortable and usually conducive to being a quiet space to sit and read. I think I even found a book to read here once and I rarely do my reading from a book. It was a three day cruise so didn't finish it and it was gone when I came back. Maybe I will take a look for it today though I may need to start over from the beginning. 

[exlondoner]

6 minutes ago, jam19872016 said:

I'm going to enjoy my coffee there this morning and will let you know. I do enjoy the space on this class of ships, very comfortable and usually conducive to being a quiet space to sit and read. I think I even found a book to read here once and I rarely do my reading from a book. It was a three day cruise so didn't finish it and it was gone when I came back. Maybe I will take a look for it today though I may need to start over from the beginning. 

I greatly value the libraries on Cunard ships, but one of my minor nightmares is having to return a book before finishing it. 😀Imagine if I were reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the first time.

[jam19872016]

3 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

I greatly value the libraries on Cunard ships, but one of my minor nightmares is having to return a book before finishing it. 😀Imagine if I were reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the first time.

My mom really enjoyed the library on QE. The librarian even let her check out books on the honor system she was such a regular 😆 

[jam19872016]

I seriously didn't want to even try the scale but I did and braced for the worst.

 

The worst happened.

 

+4.8

 

Does anyone know if there is somewhere on Coco Cay or the ship I can buy an Oh Crap button because I so desperately need to push it right now 😱

 

On the other hand I had a strong finishing on my steps challenge. 

 

 

Yesterday's steps.

 

 

Soldiering on, I knew the weight check ins would not be pretty this week, going to enjoy myself this week and get back on track next week.

[exlondoner]

6 minutes ago, jam19872016 said:

I seriously didn't want to even try the scale but I did and braced for the worst.

 

The worst happened.

 

+4.8

 

Does anyone know if there is somewhere on Coco Cay or the ship I can buy an Oh Crap button because I so desperately need to push it right now 😱

 

On the other hand I had a strong finishing on my steps challenge. 

 

 

Yesterday's steps.

 

 

Soldiering on, I knew the weight check ins would not be pretty this week, going to enjoy myself this week and get back on track next week.

But yesterday’s experience has possibly alerted you to the need to pace yourself a little, which may also help reduce weight gain. And furthermore, you know you don’t need to bother with any more pizza after yesterday’s failure.

[jam19872016]

6 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

But yesterday’s experience has possibly alerted you to the need to pace yourself a little, which may also help reduce weight gain. And furthermore, you know you don’t need to bother with any more pizza after yesterday’s failure.

Very true. Plus the first day of calorie consumption is always the worst. Body storing up for another fast that it thinks is coming.

[jam19872016]

Sometimes the overly happy baristas before my morning coffee is too much to handle. I did not have that problem today. I think my coffee was prepared by Oscar the Grouch.

 

 

Tuna sandwich to hold me over till lunch. I forgot to say no whipped cream in the drink.

[jam19872016]

8 hours ago, exlondoner said:

The Library looks rather nice. Does it have lots of books?

Looks like not a lot of books to choose from.

 

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, jam19872016 said:

Looks like not a lot of books to choose from.

 

Is that all? Perhaps there was a huge raid by bibliophile passengers on embarkation yesterday, and that is just the remnants. Otherwise you could more or less read through that lot on a month’s cruise.

[jam19872016]

1 minute ago, exlondoner said:

Is that all? Perhaps there was a huge raid by bibliophile passengers on embarkation yesterday, and that is just the remnants. Otherwise you could more or less read through that lot on a month’s cruise.

That is a possibility but if I were a betting man (I am) I would say that there aren't many books being consumed from this library on this cruise.

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, jam19872016 said:

That is a possibility but if I were a betting man (I am) I would say that there aren't many books being consumed from this library on this cruise.

I too rather suspected that might be the case, and I am not a betting woman.

[jam19872016]

Trying again before heading out.