We thoroughly enjoyed the dance competition last night. Valerie was truly a shining star and did fantastic. Most of the LCTers were sitting together and just cheered and cheered for her. I can hardly wait until the finals. On all our cruises I have NEVER seen Constellation theater so packed....such a great turn out. It was nice too that in the very beginning Barry made an honorable mention of Tom. Said something about him having to drop out due to back injury, even had him stand up and put the spot light on him.
One of the other finalist is a sweet gal that we've cruised with many times (Dotty) and she is our next door neighbor on this cruise (J & T are on the other side of us). RSSC spends thousand$ and thousand$ hiring entertainment when all they really needed was this to pack 'em in.

Yesterday was Neptune's equator crossing ceremony for pollywogs. That's always fun and entertaining. Today is the Country Fair on the pool deck where they have all the misc. booths set up like ring toss, throwing water balloons at the Capt. and officers etc. It looks like another pretty day on the pool deck.

Last night was a bit crazy for me. After dinner and laughs in Horizon Lounge I went to casino and played 3 card poker (not profitable!) then ended up all over the ship. Even was up in a friends' cabin on deck 9 to see some clothes she thought would fit me. Then it was Observation Lounge, then STARS. I think by then I was the only one from LAMB still up. Around midnight I called it a night. We moved the clocks up an hour last night so this morning we were dragging. Now I'm sitting on the Grand Concourse next to Joanna just catching up till the noon games begin. We still play Texas Hold'em every afternoon....always fun and we'll sure miss that. After my win the other day, I haven't come in the $ for a couple of days but Mark, Tom and Ralph all have.

Dinner last night with Karen, Mark, Jim and Jan and then out of no where Herb (our new friend we play poker with) came and joined us. I agree with everything Karen said...food, service and this entire cruise has been spectacular, especially the people!

Enough blabbing......