Two weeks from today!...

 

November 12, 2024

It starts to feel real when there are just 14 sleeps to go.

I am now in the “planning” mode. Well, maybe I should capitalize and bold print that: PLANNING MODE! There are checklists, checklists of my checklists, just plain lists, lists I put on Evernote (my electronic note program that I cannot live without), lists I should put next to my bed, and lists I haven’t even created yet!

Today is about the last day I can order anything online (except Amazon, of course) and be sure it will arrive. So, I’ve ordered a couple of very light wraps that I can use to dress up my evening clothes. Don’t get the idea that Randy and I will dress up, mostly we won’t, but having a “wrap” is a nice way to change what I look like without actually changing my clothes.

We are looking through the refrigerator to see what we absolutely HAVE to eat, what we can foist off (don’t read that, Kathy!) on our daughter and SIL, and what we can freeze for when we get back.

I have created a spreadsheet of excursions we can go on (and what they cost!) and Randy and I have done a bit of thinking what we want to go ahead and schedule and what we want to wait to schedule. We have scheduled a meetup with a couple of retired pilots who live on Kona. It will be nice to see an old, friendly face after we spend seven days at sea! I’m sure we’ll meet lots of really nice people on board, although there are only 450 of us on this fairly small ship (Seabourn Quest, so you don’t have to look back to see what we’re sailing on).

Our ship is sold out (to Sydney, but not to Auckland); I have “met” a few people on facebook and on cruisecritic.com and I hope I or somebody will organize a “get together” at The Club (a meeting spot on the ship where Trivia is also held—more on Trivia in a bit).

The arrows above show where our cabin is (626) and where The Club is (Sorry it's not clearer, you can see it online at https://www.seabourn.com/content/dam/sbn/inventory-assets/ships/ada-deckplans/SBN_SO_QU_Deckplans_083024.pdf). The Club is an important meeting place for a drink, play some cards, just mingle, and—drum roll, please!—Trivia! We really enjoyed Trivia (important enough to enough people that it is always with a capital letter!) on our last cruise. But this is a crossing of the ocean with lots of sea days so I think Trivia will be CROWDED! Another Seabourn ship, crossing the Atlantic now, had 170 people turn up for Trivia! We shall see what happens on our ship.

On to more pressing things here at home. Have to get my needlepoint organized for the trip!