10 days and 15 hours!
I woke at 4:44 am for no apparent reason. However, once I began thinking about my to do list, any hope of drifting back to sleep evaporated.
A lot of planning is required in anticipation of being away from home for 160+ days. While the world cruise is only 131 days, we arrived in San Francisco a month ahead of embarkation. Thankfully, the internet has made managing many aspects of our lives easy: from bill paying, to communication, and even the delivery of our newspaper. No need to cancel the Chicago Tribune, we can read it on our devices while sailing anywhere in the world.
Some concerns are more challenging, however, like being caught in the bureaucracy of Medicare, the insurance company and the pharmacy. I am running out of time to fill a necessary prescription and even though I started this process more than a month ago, it's dragging.
Yesterday, I saw beautiful photos taken from the deck of the Mariner. The ship transited the Panama Canal two days ago and is steaming its way to California. The ocean was as smooth as glass and a full moon lit the ship as she glided in the water. Looking at the images, my excitement level kicked up a notch and then I checked at that darn list.
Luggage Forward will pick up our suitcases tomorrow. Seems silly, as our bay area home is only 20 miles from the pier, but, better that the professionals lug these behemoths around than us. We'll still have full hands when we board the ship on January 24th. I'll be bringing all the things I ordered from Amazon to round out the “necessities,” including super glue, Tide Sticks for dinner table mishaps and spacing saving, velvet covered, clothes hangers. I propose that the world cruisers meld their packing lists to share with future Regent sailors.
One item on my to do list was setting up an improved system to notify subscribers of a new blog post. My daughter, who writes two terrific blogs, has been holding my hand through this process and implementing the mechanics of it on my behalf. My thanks go out to her and my apologies go out to you for an unintended email notification. Like the Mariner, it should be smooth sailing going forward!
Interesting tip...velvet covered hangers! Only a seasoned traveler would come up with that! Super glue, too. Mike's would be duck tape.
ReplyDeleteMarilee, clothing will stay on the hangers in rough seas, plus they are space saving! FYI, we brought duck tape, too! ; )
DeleteDefinitely think these hangers will be good. Let us know how many you took and whether they worked well, and you had the right number. I'm thinking two 10-packs?
ReplyDeleteActually, I bought a pack of 50 hangers from Amazon for less than $20. Inexpensive enough to leave behind for the next guests or the crew. I will provide an update on them.
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