Day 1- Here We Go!

Well, after the previous days misadventures, I was hoping to sleep in, have a leisurely breakfast and do a little sight seeing and shopping before we had to board the ship at 1:00 pm. Little did I know, one of the three amigos had other plans. One of us, I won’t say who but I’m guessing you know, woke up at 6:00 am too excited to sleep. You gotta be kidding me! After much movement around the room and loud sighing, he finally exits the room to let the sane people in our group get a little more shut eye. Finally, at 9 we’re all awake (well kinda) and get ready to meet the day! Now, I have a pretty strict routine in the morning with my meds. Always have. So, as I start to pry my eyes open I grab my morning meds and proceed to swallow them with the water by my bed. Problem is, it wasn’t water. It was the remains of my whiskey from the night before. Wow! Talk about an eye opener! After I finally stop coughing and glaring at my amigos that are laughing so hard they’re crying, we get ready and leave this lovely hotel. To play it safe (or so we thought) we decided to go to Denny’s for breakfast. Well, let’s just say a quick bite to eat turned into a comedy of errors. They gave our food to another table and no matter how hard they tried to get us our ordered meals, it didn’t work! It took almost 2 hours to eat at Denny’s! And we still didn’t get what we ordered. Now, in the back of my mind I’m thinking, ‘breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day’. If we can’t get it right at Denny’s what does it mean for the rest of this day? Little did we know the twists and turns this day would take. We make it to the port and give the nice gentleman in the flowered shirt our baggage to check. Then we head off to the boonies to park and ride the shuttle to the ship. As we’re sitting on the shuttle, Jordan’s eyes pop out of his head and he’s starts hyperventilating. “I left my passport in the bag I checked!” he starts yelling. Surely this kind of thing happens all the time and he’s assured by many on the bus that it’ll be ok. Haha. The security people made him go back down to where we checked the bags and have another nice man in a flowered shirt find his bag. Now to me this is hilarious! After all his stressing and organizing, he’s the one that isn’t ready to board the ship! Finally, all of the three amigos are on the ship and we find the closest bar and partake! And partake! Now, before the ship will leave we have to do a life boat drill or muster as they call it. Everybody goes to their designated spots on the ship and wait. And wait. People were dropping like flies in the heat! Peggy included! Now, she didn’t actually faint but her claustrophobia acted up. But the rest of us kept waiting. This muster was a muster cluck in my book! I know, I know, it’s important. I know! Stop hollering! Finally the muster cluck is finished and we head out to sea! Or do we? We hadn’t been going an hour when it was announced that there was a medical emergency on board and we were heading back to port! Jeez! Maybe it’s me! All this crap always seems to happen when I’m around! Well, I might as well share the wealth! For weeks, Jordan has been going on and on about planning his wardrobe for this trip? Yes, you read right. He printed out 6 copies of a wardrobe sheet to place strategically around our room so he could be ready at a moments notice? Problem is………….he told me. Hey, I’m just sharing! Frantically he searches. “How will I know what to wear?, he asks. Finally he remembers he took a picture of the first draft with his phone. Whew! He’s saved! Or is he? For some reason, the photo disappears. I’m thinking it has something to do with international waters and a kind of Bermuda Triangle thingy. Heehee! Somehow he manages to dress himself and we head to dinner. Now, my rule of thumb is, if I can’t pronounce it or I don’t know what it is, I don’t order it. Especially with the luck we’ve already had, I’m just not going to risk it. But, Jordan with his new devil may care ensemble orders Lychee soup. What the heck it a Lychee? Is it a fish, cheese, vegetable, what? Well, it was served and we still don’t know what the hell it was! They brought him a bowl with this kind of jello looking circle with a leaf in it, them they proceeded to pour milk over it. Huh? The jello thingy kind of half melted half slithered. Needless to say, he didn’t finish it. This day just keeps getting better! Whew, after a very late dinner was finished, yours truly bid goodnight and the rest of the amigos went in search of music, dancing and who knows what else. Personally, I’m going to play it safe tonight after the days adventures. Or should I say misadventures? Oh well, tomorrow’s another day! Here’s hoping!