Our Last Formal Night at Sea.
77F
(25 C) Day 59 of Cruise.
I
was just leaving our cabin to go for breakfast when I caught Levi, our room
steward, sticking blue and white balloons on the outside of our cabin door.
He
meant well, but I took them off immediately and brought them inside the room, I
hate it when people make a big fuss about my birthday. I don’t really want to
get older.
Carol
had prepared a birthday card for me and seeing that Levi got caught she remembered
the card and ran back into the room and gave it to me. With a smile she gave
the card to me, which I looked at and with a smile gave back to her.
I
read on the outside envelope…Happy Birthday Gillian… it was not for me…
Carol
had packed the wrong card…
I
had Champagne and Orange Juice at …. Effy’s this AM. Carol wanted to see what
was on sale… and yes, everything in 4 cases was 60% off, but it was also
visibly ‘old’, dated merchandise. Smart
folks, those Effy employees but she bought nothing!
There
were a lot of activities for the end of the cruise.
The
captain gave us all a farewell party, but we skipped that one, it was a too
shallow affair, it did not mean anything, really.
We
tried to listen to the amateur drum band performance, but it hurt my ears, it
was as advertised, amateurish.
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| Our Friend Jerry In the Middle |
The
passenger choir gave its last performance and Jerry, a fellow passenger we met,
sang his heart out. The choir was good; the singers were totally immersed in
their singing. Good for them!
Tonight
is formal night and Carol was busy getting the last formal night just right.
It’s the last call for the Spa onboard too.
You know the routine, wash, trim, nails, etc. but Carol looked gorgeous
after her treatments.
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| Birthday Dinner |
We
had arranged a special dinner this night at the Bayou Café with Jean and Ross.
We took along a bottle of Champagne we won someplace; J&R bought a bottle
of wine. The dinner was wonderful. I convinced all the people to NOT bring a
cake with a candle on it, NOT to sing Happy Birthday, etc. I would have walked out had they done it, I
guess just the idea of me walking out of this, stopped them from even daring to
do it. The ship gave the BD guy a small, cupcake sized chocolate cake as a
present…I shared my BD cake 4 ways, and it was our dessert.
Ok,
ok, I turned 71, in case you wondered.
During
our special dinner that evening J&R had ordered a photographer to take
pictures of us.
It
was their gift to me for the BD.
Such
nice folks! Nice to have good friends!
In
all the days on board, we did not see that much of J&R but when it counted
they were there. I like that arrangement.
We
had to finish packing; we need to have our packed suitcases outside our cabin
tomorrow.
We
kept quietly busy for the day before the final day.
We
did not go to the entertainment theater, since we had my BD dinner.
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