I'm going to ride Marcie's coattails here (as it were) since probably don't need to start yet another MINT thread. :)

Having a wonderful time here - "wish all of you were here as well" (I know, I know - it really doesn't sound like much when we keep saying it over and over but we really do mean it).

Amanda and I must be catching up on lost sleep - we've been SO tired for the last few days. We had to leave the precruise party at the Westin early because we were tired from the car trip down from Sacramento to LAX and last night, had to go to bed around 10 pm or so because ... well, just because.

Had a great time at the cosmo party last night though - those things are deadly since you really can't taste the alcohol in them and they sneak up on you. It's great to finally put faces to people that you've been talking to online for such a while now and it's good to see that people are pretty much how they come across on LCT as well!

Had dinner last night with Ana Luisa (gatowoman) and Peter in Compass Rose. Food as always was fantastic and a very nice Ravenswood Zin went well with the pork that Peter and I had.

This AM, got up late - had room service delivered at 9 or so (they screwed up our room service order initially but that's another story). Pecan waffles and crab eggs benedict ... yummmm. :) After which, walked around the ship a bit and ran into various LCTers (NHCruisers, the jawbreakers) and then went up on deck for the poolside BBQ which was also very good (couldn't really eat that much since we had breakfast such a short time ago but nibbled on the grilled ahi and mahi which were quite good with the salsa). Up on deck, ran into practically everybody - Gretchen, Erika, Tony Mondae, Suzanne, Sheri and Scott, Gil, Ray and Penny, Jim and Jan, Julie Harris - it's amazing how close we've all gotten in a short time.

Need to get ready for tonight - 4 pm is the flambe tea time as well as the tequila tasting. I'm going to have to clone myself so I can be in 2 places at the same time. :) And then tonight is formal night with the Captain's reception ... oh, will the drinking ever stop?? :D

Masaki