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I think we are somewhere north of the far eastern end of Cuba based on the weather. We had to reset the time forward this morning so it is already 10 am - not sure we really are in that time zone yet as it shouldn't change until the Dominican Republic which we aren't supposed to arrive at until tomorrow. It is warmer outside today than yesterday (70 yesterday), but it is very gray and raining. The seas are very rough compared to yesterday so we are rocking and rolling. No hurry to get out and about.

Yesterday was relaxing. We walked the upper deck for 45 minutes, lounged around on the deck in bathing suits for a couple of hours, then in our stateroom after listening to the excursion talk (not sure we are taking any). We dressed up and went to the Captain's Reception at 5:30, listened to music for a while then went to dinner with our friends. No late evening stuff for us. In bed by 10 as usual.

Most things went well yesterday. Some of the crew doesn't seem as friendly and anxious to know people as on our previous Windstar cruise but perhaps some of them are new? Two dining glitches: DH never received his eggs yesterday morning though I did get mine after a very long wait. We gave up and when we left we could see his plate along with a bunch of others still sitting at the egg cooking station. At dinner, everything was very slow but that was okay. The meals were tasty but my main dish was quite cold (the others were not). I am guessing mine got plated too early and they held it for the others. Clearly they to figure out a few things but I guess that is to be expected on an inaugural cruise. We did get a really good deal on it.

No real plan for today other than going to a talk about the stop tomorrow. DH will probably go to the gym. Hopefully the rain will stop at some point so we can walk on the deck. Because we have previously been on Windstar cruises we have a "Yacht Club" ****tail party at 5:30. I just talked with DS and he had a good visit last night with friends who live in Florida. Our neighbors have invited him for dinner tonight - so nice of them!

Have a superb Saturday!

Glad you are feeling better! No hurry on Christmas decorations- they come down when they come down.

I looked back at my post-facelift pictures again. At day 10/11 I looked okay enough with makeup on to go out though I did keep my hair brushed forward onto my face to hide the incisions around my ears. By 3 weeks those incisions were starting to disappear.

Thanks for the farro suggestion. I will get some at the hippie grocery which I am sure will have it along with other stuff I have not heard of. ds

You may both want to use those passports sooner than you think. If you were traveling together (say on a TT cruise as Diane suggested) would any of your children come to pet sit if you flew them down to Florida. I would have jumped at the chance in my 20s.