Game Time

As we were watching the Heads Up game commence. Friends from our cruise group walked by and said game time at the Pub... We were in!

Hubbs and I had never played Cards Against Humanity, but OMG it was hilarious. We got some drinks. Which was another beef I had, they dont have a lot of wait staff coming by to get orders. You almost have to head to the bar. Finally we got a guy to get us a round of drinks and apps.

I had the sampler, Red Frog was the only one I requested the rest I told him to surprise me. Which dont do it, pick your own. I got all domestics I drink normally. I would rather have had different beers. Which now looking at the menu again, ive had all the imports minus the Banks from Barbados. Live and learn!

E and I split the sliders, they had good flavor, but the onion rings were amazing! 

There was a group of  8 of to begin with, then one gals hubby joined. Later a couple from our cruise tread came by and they sat with us. It was hard being quiet, the game got great. Some of us had to google a few things to share with the others the umm contents of the cards. lol.

We eventually called the game, as some needed to go and get ready for dinner. E and I went to check out the atrium music. But then ended up checking out pics. This was a cute one of us, but had the guy behind me not been so much in the pic I probably would have bought it

No clue who these people are, it was from yesterday when they started the conga line! 

As if we hadn't eatten enough all day, it was now time for Dinner! 

I almost felt bad having a booth for just the 2 of us.

But got over that as we noticed half the tables were always empty, I guess eatting in the MDR is over rated now??

It was a nice touch though sitting down and our wait staff already had E's sprite waiting for him. I just have water as I hydrate at dinner LOL.

I tried the rabbit, it was different. E had a bite too and it was interesting. I love trying new things though. Him not so much...

I had the leek & potatoe soup, it had nice flavor.

Bread selection was good to, we are total carboholics.

E of course got the ceasar salad. 

I got some type of pasta, and had my pic of the menu been better I would be able to say what it was. I only remember that what I ordered and when it came out it was not as I had pictured or used to how a certain pasta to be. Anyhow it was ok... ya just ok.

Of course E got the steak... same thing different day.

Side of mashed potatoes for him.

I had a side of veggies, those were yummo

Next up my favorite part of the meal... dessert. I wish the would start with this.

I had the coconut lime cake, it was lacking lime. Let along any type of flavor as there was none.

Chocolate melting cake for E... you see the trend right.

Once we were done with dinner, we went to see the Variety show in the theater. Dinner was running long again so we missed a bit of the beginning. It was a good show though, with a comedic Juggler. 

When we left there we made our way to see the comedy show at 1115pm. The line was already backed up. So we hung out with some friends from our cruise thread at the Piano Bar for a bit before heading into the show.  

It really is a good time had by all, I would have loved if they had the comedy show a bit later to stay and enjoy the Piano Bar. Everyone said the guy that was singing and playing at the piano bar was good. The few songs we heard were very entertaining. 

Once the long line to the club was in, we walked in and found a seat. The comedian tonight was John Wessling. He was good, not as ronchie as Macio, which was good. When his set was over, we went to grab a slice of pizza to take back to the room. We... well I waited for the kids to come home. A few moments later they walked in and fell fast asleep. 

This guy was waiting for us when we came in. I made sure our beach bag was packed and ready for us. We HOPEFULLY hit port later tmrw, so everyone gets to sleep in a bit longer. I did set out the room service tag. Just for coffee.

NEXT UP: Do we see land? 

Why do I hear Matty's voice in my room....?

I awoke early as the light was slowly making its way into our room. So I went out to the balcony to get a couple quick pics of the lights on Grand Turk. 

Room service came about 630am just as we had set it on the tag on our door. 

I grabbed the coffee and Rumchatta and went back on the balcony to watch us pull into port.

Also read what the days actives were going to be so we could plan accordingly for when we got back on this later.

Never a dull moment with so much planned. 

I looked at my phone and realized it was almost 7am and we still were close to the dock.. hmm odd maybe were just late....

Then we heard the dreaded BING BONG sound in our room play. You know the only use in emergency sound, No we didn't hit an iceberg. Then the CD Matty came on and said those dreaded words... "Waters too choppy, windy is too high to dock safely... captain said we will wait it out an hour and see how it is then." 

So E and I stalked the tv to see what the stats were.

We had gone so far.. ok not too far. But so far yet so close, fingers were crossed we would get to port.

I took the time to pull out my zoom lens and got a few pics of some areas around Grand Turk.

This was a port we hadn't been to before (well none of them on this cruise we had been to), and we were really hoping to be able to cross another island off our list.

Our plans for this port were pretty simple, get off boat, go to bar, put feet in sand, and RELAX!!! 

See I even printed coupons for a free sample of rum at Jack's Shack. Many from our cruise thread were planning to meet there too.

The beach bag was packed, the kids were up and eating cereal. I was dressed and ready.... Then we heard it BING BONG... Matty again. Its a no go, Captain spoke with the other cruise ship (Celebrity.. Holland America... cant remember which) and they also decided to forgo trying to port. It was just unsafe.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Hubby and I were a little sad to not make our 1st port stop, but more worried that the way the weather looked it seemed as if we were following the storm. We were scared this would happen at the next 3 ports too. Meanwhile the boys finished cereal and went back to bed, they could care less LOL. 

Good Bye Grand Turk, hello Sea Day... Eventually the Captain came back on to give the official word. Which we understood NADA... his accent is very heavy, and not nearly as cheerful as Mattys LOL. 

Hubby figured he might as well go to the gym since he was up. Being that I was already in my bathing suit, I said forget that and went off to find a deck chair to hog.

Out on the lido deck it was already packed. I ended up setting up post by the Blue Iguana Bar to watch for a deck chair and noticed neither bars were up and running yet. Guess they were thrown off also by no port stop. The full bar wasnt set they were only doing beers, and mimosas.

So I went to drown my cares away, and got a beer-mosa. Beer and OJ, hey its morning, its citrus, its 5 o'clock somewhere. Dont judge me! lol.

Since I had only had coffee and a bagle in the room, I set out to try a breakfast burrito from the Blue Iguana Cantina.

Delish... eggs, potatoes, sausage which went well with my Beer-mosa. 

After finishing my breakfast, I went walking on the top deck to see if I could have any luck finding a chair there...? 

Nope chair hogs were out and in full force. I got particularly upset when I noticed someone had the audacity to sit in the sun then cover themselves with an umbrella... NOO go sit in the shade where there was PLENTY of chairs available. Leave the ones in the sun for those of us that wanted to worship the sun.

I do have to say the deck chair police were on guard and had been "ticketing" any chair vacant and keeping the hoggers at bay. Basically if they saw an open chair they would place a sticker on it with the time... if in 40mins it was still empty, they would collect the stuff and free the chair. Peoples belongings would then be at the towel hut. In face I watched as he did just that and later (about 30mins) the family came back and the man totally yelled at the Carnival Employee. Basically made a spectacle of himself. I wanted to say something but instead said it quietly to myself... which the few people near me heard and giggled. I simply just stated, maybe you should be back before the 40mins is up, like its states on the giant poster near the hut.. and not 70+minutes later. I called him a name too, (a letter after C, but before E, followed by the word bag) I know not mature. But neither was his tantrum. I felt bad for that employee, but he took it like a champ and was the bigger person and just nodded and smiled then walked away to ticket another chair! I LOVE HIM! lol.

I got to know the "policeman" well I stood by the towel hut and became friends with him. He said he would do his best to find a chair for me. Eventually a few people from our cruise thread all were sitting and standing by me. We had a few beverages while we all kept our eyes out for some chairs. Just as we were waiting for some to empty out, 2 couples came and swooped on them. We could have said we were waiting for them BUT no one wanted to be those people. SO we just kept drinking and chatting. In the end it worked out ok. Eventually my policeman came and said you still want a chair, I had mixed feelings. I didnt want to leave my "friends" but I was really needing a nap after being up early and the drinks LOL. He lead me to a chair... in the shade.. no joke. I think the Karma committee was paying me back for my earlier rant about Umbrella girl, and calling that one guy a name. 

About an hour later we had moved enough in the sea for the sun to shine on me. YEAH momma needs a tan! Hubby had text me and at the time a free chair had just become free next to me. But he didnt want much sun so he took a chair behind me in the shade. I napped for about 30mins, Then was woken up by my phone buzzing. It was hubby, since the music was playing so loud, we chatted via the hub LOL. 

After a while one of us text the other that we were hungry, so I went to get a round of tacos to split. E went to get cups of ice, I had packed a couple sodas from our room, and a rum runner of rum. It was a nice little picnic for 2. The kids checked in here and there both via text and by coming by. Which was good, they were actually UP and enjoying the day LOL. We got to meet a few of their friends, and then they let us know they had plans for dinner. Apparently lots of parents were getting date nights on the cruise, good that we weren't the only ones.

One observation I added to my comment card to Carni was stating they need to stop playing the port movie on the big screen OVER AND OVER. You know how depressing it is to see how awesome Grand Turk is... when you DONT get to visit it. Plus its just boring. 

After E and I had enough sun, we went back to the room to get cleaned up. I noticed they were playing Heads Up in the ocean plaza. So we hurried down to check that out. We play with our neighbors and its always a good time. But by the time we got there they were already knee deep into teams so we just grabbed some food from the taste bar and watched the shenanigans.

The fried sweet potatoe was not to my liking but the pepper soup was amazing! I loved the lil pot it came in too. Presentation is everything!

J popped by with friends in tow and told us he was off  to grab some pizza with the new homies. They were going to mini golf 1st though. Ok 1 kid down, now wheres that other one...  quick text to read he's with friends.. well duh. Teenagers, a few text later we got specifics and then reminded them of curfew... 1am. 

NEXT UP: Game Time