Out on the lido deck I found a deck chair to hog and took in the rays. After a bit it got a lil warm, so I needed something to quench my thirst..
A mimosa, that will do! CHEERS! Just as my order was being delivered out came grandpa to relax by the pool with me. He just shook his head and muttered something like geezus women its not even 8am yet ... SO?
My photo bucket list needed a few things checked off it. One being photo with Mattie the oh so cute Cruise Director. When the morning show came on, I figured this was the only way! So check....
After E and I had a breakfast (if you guessed burritos then you are correct. I then talked E into going on the Rope course. So we ran down and changed, then back up to do the course. Dont worry we didnt chair hog for long, there were a lot of open chairs still available.
Plus we were the one of the 1st ones on the course. But ended being one of the last to make it thru. As easy as the hard course looks.... its really hard. Ok maybe Im just way out of shape, seeing as how E passed me up, some kids passed me up, some adults passed me up, and even a grandma passed me up. I should really take it seriously when my biggest loser DVD says to strengthen my core.
After we had survived the course, I went back to the room to change, where I found the boys had finally got up and were gone. As I was making my way back up, my group thread was texting me via the hub app and on FB to get to the theater as Mattie was doing a Q & A. They were sure I could get a pic with him.
And sure enough once he was done, I asked him to do a Selfie with me as I had a bucket list to complete. Is he not the cutiest thing ever. Pretty eyes and I have a thing for ears! (Youve seen pics of my boys right LOL)
With more things to cross off our bucket list E said lets do the slides. The orange funnel one didnt impress us. A little tip for you... wear flip flops, or water shoes. We didnt think they were allowed, as last time on the Freedom the boys had those rivots in their swim trunks and they made us take them out to keep from scratching the slide. ($10 new swim trunks ruined with ripped holes, seeing your kids smile at the bottom of a waterslide= Priceless well actually it was a couple thousand dollars for the cruise, but I digress LOL)
We figured based upon that logic shoes would be a no go... At about noon you know the hottest part of the day on BLACK non slip material they put on the stairs, BAREFOOT our walk to the slide became a run, as in straight full on sprint, like push kids out the way, move your your @$$ grandma, my feet are on FIREEEEEE. All that for 5 seconds of fun thru the yellow tube. But it was refreshing after being in the sun all day. Moral of the story is take your shoes... also you can take a waterproof camera too as I learned from Sean's trip report. !!
Once E dried out he was done with the sun and wanted to hit the gym, then a nap. At about that same time my friend from dinner was looking for a chair which thanks to the hub app I knew about. So I text her to look for me on the lido deck. Once she came over I got us some lemonade from the machine and shared our rum runner with her. I also posted on our group thread that if anyone wanted a beverage to find me as we had lots of rum left since E didnt drink much of it.
We passed by Cuba, HOLA! A few of our group peeps came by and we had "drinks" together. Pam and I had a few cup fulls while we enjoyed the day. We read our books, had a drink, read some more, had a drink... those cups on deck are soo small.. just saying LOL.
Eventually we got hungry. We meshed well as her hubby and E dont like Sushi and she and I do. So we packed up our stuff and headed off Bonsai for lunch!
Its sort of a weird spot on the Breeze. Almost along the hallway. So we saw an open table as we walked towards it, but then to the side we saw people waiting on a nearby bench. Comes to find out there was a few people waiting. We gave our name to one of the waitresses, and sat down on the bench. Within 15mins we were seated. Not bad of a wait.
We filled in the menu on the left with what we wanted.
Shortly after our salads were brought out, it was refreshing but I wished after I didnt get it as the sushi was way more then I needed.
Pam had the Spicy Tuna and Triple E roll. We each shared a couple pieced with each other.
I got the California Roll and the Tempura Shrimp and a Kirin Light beer of course. All were delish.
I also ordered the green tea cupcakes. They came out warm... of course we were too stuffed to eat more, but we did. They were so yummy too. Word to the wise, you can order to go from here. We saw lots of people doing that as it got closer to closing, they close for a bit then reopen again. You dont even have to go there to order, you can call it in from your room then go and pick it up.
We parted ways after lunch as we both had to do the dreaded packing.... we gave a hug just incase we wouldnt see eachother tonight. Upon getting back to our room, I noticed someone had left us a card that stated Thank You for your service. I knew it had to be someone from our cruise thread as they were the only ones that knew us. I sent a quick text to the group thanking the secret person and letting them know it is E's pleasure as he really loves his job.. hope so he's been doing it for 22yrs with 8more to go!
Once I walked in I saw this... my 1st born helping to pack. E and J had started packing too, one was in the potty the other on the balcony. We shoved clothes everywhere and were done quicker than normal. Why is repacking so hard... its like the clothes expand.. or maybe its because E bought 25 shorts between 3 ports and the ship store.
Once we were done packing the boys high tailed it out of there. Yup ditched again. After I got cleaned up, I went up to finally purchase our pics.
These are the ones we did NOT get.
Next Up: It's been a long day, and Im parched.
