Good Afternoon to all who care: We are on our way to Pooler Georgia to meet the Marino's at the Mighty 8th. Got my nails done at 8 am and got home and packed the truck and the wheels are rolling. We missed breakfast but had a good Patty Melt at Pat's. No Okeeburger today. lol I need to tell a story to all as one of the more memorable stories from the cruise is burning to be told. First and foremos the platinum treatment was wondeful. We went to the Concierge Line and bippity boppity boo we were on the ship. After a rousing welcome at the gangway we proceded to our cabin. As usual our cabin was excellent. We checked the Steering Committee Board to see who was on board. Our friend Barbara (the Housekeeping Manager)was supposed to be there and we went to guest services to see her and found out that she had a family emergency and had just gotten off about an hour before we boarded. That was kind of a bummer as family emergencies are never good especially when you have to fly to Italy. Our thoughts and prayers were with her. We contacted her counter part Stephen Miranda and left the gift we had brought for Barbara with him. He was a very very nice man and it was a pleasure meeting him. He brought with him a new person and we met Christina also a very nice lady. I brought on board lots of extra gifts and we gave them each one also. They were amazed and Christina was in tears. I guess it is not everyday that people give them xmas gifts. I was glad that we did. Later that day we were walking around the ship and I met a young lady named Stephanie from Australia who worked in the Cruise Staff. We chatted about Jessica Watson and just general stuff. Later I decided that she should get a gift also. So we tracked her down to WaveBands where they were doing a 70's Disco thing. I hardly rcognized her as she had on a black wig and a sparkly red dress. So Cute!! We gave her the gift and she said we were making her fluffy. I guess that means teary in Australian. I apologized for making her ruin her makeup and she said that it was fine and that we could not imagine how much this little gift meant to her. We hugged as I was fluffy too. She then told us her mum had died and that this gift meant so much to her. We went away sad but glad that we made a difference to her. For me that was the highlight of the cruise. The next day we went to the spa for our exotic rasul with our friend Natalie and she knew Stephanie. It seems her mum had just died last christmas. Natalie was taken aback with her gift also. More in the next blog about the exclusive Gold and Platinum Party and about Ray the cruise director. As usual love to all and stay safe and warm.
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