Sea Day redux

Music:  "Off To See The Lizard" by Jimmy Buffett

(I'm hearing Jimmy's voice in my head, repeating the chorus . . .deja, deja, deja vu. . . )

Another sea day. We start with brunch and Scotty K -- he's better today than yesterday.

Back at the cabin, there's a towel heart on the bed, along with our debarkation information.  But I don't want to go home!  Sigh.  Did some packing . . .

Frustration time.  We've been having issues with sattelite tv since yesterday, and today I can't get my tablet to connect to the internet.  So it was off to the Funhub to use one of the ship's computer terminals.  I was able to get into my online banking and gmail account, but the connection was so slow that aol kept timing out.   Took a quick peek at facebook.

Music: "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves

And back to the Tides pool.  Well, I did bring two bathing suits after all!  And today I remembered the sunscreen.

And here's the "what would you have done?" moment of the day.

I wear prescription glasses. I'm very, very nearsighted.  I'm nearly helpless without my glasses.  Consequently I always have a backup pair of glasses when I travel, just in case . . . And did I mention that my prescription tends to be expensive to replace?

So my towel, coverup and prescription sunglasses are on a lounge chair near the  pool. The deck is very hot to walk on, as I mentioned before.  Some kid, he must have been around 14, is barefoot, so he's walking on the lounge chairs.  And I see him step on my chair and my expensive prescription sunglasses.

Yeah, I got out of the pool and yelled at him.  He's lucky the glasses didn't break or his parents' cruise would have gotten a bit more expensive . . .

Music: "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul and Mary

We missed our dining staff's rendition of this song.  Instead, for our last dinner aboard ship, we went to Cucina de Capitano.  The location of the restaurant is a little unusual  -- the entrance is on the Lido deck, an out of the way corner where you would never expect to find a specialty restaurant.  You climb a flight of stairs to deck 11.  It's a very pretty, cozy space.  Took awhile to be seated -- a very self-absorbed Diamond cruiser was monopolizing the hostess' time with plans for a group dinner on her next cruise.  She should have come BEFORE the dinner hour!  One of the waiters had to seat us!

Dinner?  The menu is somewhat limited.  Nonna's meatballs were excellent.  Fried calamari could have been crisper, but at least it wasn't chewy.  He had spaghetti carbonara, I had chicken parmigiana with spaghetti.  Overall, the food was better than Olive Garden but not as good as the Italian restaurants we have in New York. 

Dessert was disappointing.  We ordered cannoli.  Very elegant and authentic Italian.  But I prefer the Americanized version, much sweeter.

Music:  "Proud Mary" by Ike and Tina Turner

Instead of a show, tonight the Ovation Theater hosts a concert.  One of the bands that's been playing in a lounge all week now takes the main stage.    They're joined by some of the singers from the shows.  They perform for about half an hour.

Then we raced over to the Limelight Lounge for the comedy of Valerie Storm.  Very entertaining.

No stargazing tonight, we have to take care of the final details for debarkation.

Sigh.  I don't want to go home!