Arlene, Gil is being very good and having a wonderful time. We have had him up dancing and he had so many offers for dinner the other night he did not know which way to turn. I will tell you that I have never seen Gil happier and it is a delight to behold.
Paige and Suzanne make quite a team in stars and certainly add to the whole ambiance of stars. Everyone has been participating and Ray and Penny barely sat down the first night. Yes, we have taken over that room as our very own.
It is so much fun travelling with LCT people and Ken and I really love this group. The ship does too they say it is wonderful to see people having such a good time. It always amazes me how compatible a LCT group can be. When you think there are so many of us aboard and so many are meeting for the first time it is incredible the comaraderie that exists in the group.
For us one of the greatest pleasures is meeting the newcomers, Masaki and Amanda such a beautiful couple and sharing with us their exciting news, Jean and Clyde (I have adopted Jean as my Mother)are about as delightful a couple as you can imagine, George and Marna Lou are great and there is Aunt Ruth who is a very independent spirit who is dancing the night away with the dance hosts and announced to me that she had the "best" gift for the gift exchange. Anna Luisa was a hit with her great Tequila 101, she is a very good speaker. WE had dinner with Anna Luisa her husband Peter and sister Elizabeth last night and enjoyed that very much. Elizabeth rescued a small bird that hit her balcony window and took it to shore in PV and the bird was taken to the island that is a bird reserve.
Marty, our Silver White Knight is always a hit of course and he has bought along some great friends. Of course Paige and Anthony fit in instantly - super nice and with Paiges ability to challenge Suzanne - wow what a team. So nice to meet Mary Ellens Mom too and Joanna, Olivias daughter.
Two other people Frank and Carla who dont post much, mostly lurkers, have been around in the disco at night and what is nice is that people can participate as much or as little as they like and that is the beauty of a cruise. Participate in what you want to particpate in and do only what you want to do.
I hope I have not forgotten anyone, just ate a big lunch and it is close to "nap" time.
Then seeing all our wonderful friends again is also such a joy. Olivia always goes to bed right after dinner. Not this trip she was almost Suzanne like one night taking strangers onto the dance floor. So nice to see her having such a great time. She now realizes all the fun she has been missing. Olivia's daughter JoAnna has also just fit right in and I am so glad she is coming to ROAR. Nice to have such a lovely young person in the group.
I wish the cruise was longer there just is not enough time.
The ports have been fine with our tour with Olivias vans being quite fun. Tom broke down and bought a picture from one of the children in a small town and then it was the attack of the picture children. They came from everywhere. If you want a picture drawn by a child contact Tom he has plenty available.
Puerto Vallarta Ken went canopying with George. We forgot to sign up and at 8.30am George called and said Marna Lou was not going if he wanted to go. He was in bed, not brushed his teeth or done anything. He was up and out of their in about 2 minutes - pausing just long enough to give me some money.
Suzanne, Sheri, Julie and I went into town and wandered around and ended up in a cafe upstairs drinking Margeritas. Well the girls ordered LARGE drinks and I being the goody two shoes (with matching shoes by the way) that I am ordered a small drink. The contrast in the sizes was pretty incredible. We took a picture of the contrast. If I had drunk one of those large ones they may have had to take me back to the ship in a stretcher. They were good but NOT as good as those Anna Luisa did which were really incredible. I said "tiny" for me please just to taste but after tasting I went back and got a FULL size of Anna Luisas brew. It was SO good.
Tomorrow we do our gift exchange as we gulp down more of Todds cosmos (yum yum) and that is always a highlight of the trip. Since we are having it in our suite it will be private so we can be as noisy as we want to be. The first night Todd was making so many cosmos as people just loved them and were having three or four or five. Needless to say after the affects of those cosmos I dont think we will have people drinking as many tomorrow.
The officers tables last night were fun. I really think some of the officers were a little overwhelmed. Usually the guests dont know each other so it is a more staid affair, but several of the officers told me how much fun it was because everyone at the table was so happy and comfortable with each other. ONe told me it was like we were hosting "him" rather than the other way around.
Okay I have rambled enough. Pictures will tell the story.
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