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Greetings all

Big sun here. It is energizing. I have beaucoup financial and business chores to do so I made a list. Gallery deposits, sales tax, set up new dues lists, review year end financials to prep for tax return and blah blah woof woof. I am actually sitting here waiting for paint to dry. I ran out of bank deposit tickets and need to do the paper work here. So I found an old ticket with only a few marks on it. No white out exists any more so I did the same thing with some acrylic paint. Laziness is the true mother of invention. Yeah I will get a stack of tickets but did not want an extra trip today.

So last night I did something I have not done for perhaps 15 years - ate too much and spit up a bit. That was a surprise. Thought I could eat just one more bite. Nope. Sleeve still on patrol. Again learning the lesson that being sated does not mean being stuffed. That was one of my pre sleeve bad habits - thinking that huger was the absence of being stuffed. Not so.

Sorry to hear of the seasickness Liz. Dramamine does work. And I am told you need to keep something in your stomach to avoid it so the dry bread was a good move. Keep doing that. I personally do not ever get on a boat without dramamine but the patch is probably a better option. Anyway, hope it calms down and fun continues and the ship staff gets their act together.

DD Brazil on the horizon so soon! I am betting you will have wonderful experiences because you and DH have a contagious case of Minnesota nice. Bon voyage.

Yep Paula I am going to get some farro. Maybe make soup with it for the football champ game Monday which will include studio buddy who must be fed.

Peps could you get a pillow with an ear hole in it? Cut up an old foam one? I am also a side sleeper but at times when I have had to sleep on my back I trick myself by putting a second pillow on the side of my face. Glad you got out of the house.

So we watched the new star trek last night - Star Trek Academy. It was actually pretty good. In spite of my abhorrance of exploding aliens, I have always been a trekkie. There are some interesting characters and special effects that do not include alien guts. Also started the second season of Hi Jack. The same unlucky guy ends up on a hijacked train after getting off a hijacked plane.

CC so fun that you get to be a wedding attendant in Mexico. How cool. Love Mexico. Do you get to choose your dress? Hope your sinus stuff has calmed.

Yoo Hoo Bonnie are you well yet?

Well 3 things are done on my list of 7. Onward.

Diane S

I had a prescription for the scopolamine patches that go behind your ear for my cruise. Worked wonders for me as I'm extra prone to motion sickness!

Feeling a bit better about 2 hours after taking it. Ate a dry roll for lunch and am now outside in fresh air. Might be tough going to the ****tail party tonight.

I like farro quite a bit. Quinoa, I despise! Like eating sand.

I think we are somewhere north of the far eastern end of Cuba based on the weather. We had to reset the time forward this morning so it is already 10 am - not sure we really are in that time zone yet as it shouldn't change until the Dominican Republic which we aren't supposed to arrive at until tomorrow. It is warmer outside today than yesterday (70 yesterday), but it is very gray and raining. The seas are very rough compared to yesterday so we are rocking and rolling. No hurry to get out and about.

Yesterday was relaxing. We walked the upper deck for 45 minutes, lounged around on the deck in bathing suits for a couple of hours, then in our stateroom after listening to the excursion talk (not sure we are taking any). We dressed up and went to the Captain's Reception at 5:30, listened to music for a while then went to dinner with our friends. No late evening stuff for us. In bed by 10 as usual.

Most things went well yesterday. Some of the crew doesn't seem as friendly and anxious to know people as on our previous Windstar cruise but perhaps some of them are new? Two dining glitches: DH never received his eggs yesterday morning though I did get mine after a very long wait. We gave up and when we left we could see his plate along with a bunch of others still sitting at the egg cooking station. At dinner, everything was very slow but that was okay. The meals were tasty but my main dish was quite cold (the others were not). I am guessing mine got plated too early and they held it for the others. Clearly they to figure out a few things but I guess that is to be expected on an inaugural cruise. We did get a really good deal on it.

No real plan for today other than going to a talk about the stop tomorrow. DH will probably go to the gym. Hopefully the rain will stop at some point so we can walk on the deck. Because we have previously been on Windstar cruises we have a "Yacht Club" ****tail party at 5:30. I just talked with DS and he had a good visit last night with friends who live in Florida. Our neighbors have invited him for dinner tonight - so nice of them!

Have a superb Saturday!