Catalina

Day 2 of our cruise!!! Today we went to Catalina. The boat anchored at 8:00, I guess, although we didn't really wake up until 9:00. After showers, we went down to the Internet Cafe and posted the blog and then we had breakfast in the Paris Buffet. Jessica liked the pancakes, Gina liked the hash browns, and I had a yummy omelet.

After breakfast, we took a tender over to Catalina. We rented bikes and rode all over the place (there... we exercised!) and did some shopping. We had a snack (ice cream, shaved ice...) and then rode our bikes some more. The day was nice, warm but not too hot, with a nice breeze that made biking pleasant.

Around 3;30, we went back to our ship. We changed into our bathing suits and went out by the pool. we grabbed snacks from the Lido Grill and read books as we sailed away from Catalina.

By the way, I just finished George Orwell's "1984". Very interesting read - I want to read Brave New World later... Jessica is reading "The Trickster’s Queen" by Tamora Pierce, and Gina is reading "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory."

At 5:00, we went back inside and took showers and got all dressed up in our fancy formal clothes. We headed to the Casino and played some slot machines, and then took our picture about a thousand times at all of the different photo backdrops they had set up. Hopefully we'll find one or two that we all agree look nice.

Dinner was at 8. The funny couple showed up with their whole group. its all quite confusing because we have no clue how these people are related. The adult couple (we don't believe they are married,) showed up with four kids. Two somewhat sulky, bored teenage boys and two giggly, energetic (and in the case of one, very hyper) preteen girls. We suspect that one of the girls and one of the boys belongs to the adults (but we are not sure which one goes to which adult.) and that the other two are friends of the kids.

Tonight dinner was awesome. I had the Southwest egg roll, strawberry bisque, lobster (I had two lobster tails... yummy) and soufflé for dessert.

Jessica had the mushroom soup, artichoke, tomato, and celery salad, the lobster tail, and the soufflé.

Gina had the mushroom soup, the southwest egg roll, lobster, and banana sponge cake.

Ok, I admit that I am the stereotypical person who loves to cruise because of the food. Not that it isn't totally obvious.

After dinner, we took a few more pics and then we went to the 10:30 show. It was a tribute to Hollywood and the movies. The dancing and singing and costumes were good, but it would have been nice to have more songs and movies that we recognized. I don't think I could even venture a guess at what movies half of the songs were from. We were stoked when they finally started singing, 'Let's do the time warp again..." Something we could sing to and actually recognize!!!

Let's all sing along, shall we? get up and move if you'd like...

"It's just a jump to the left...

and a step to the ri- i-i-i-i-i-i-ight....

Put your hands on your hips...

and pull your knees in ti - i-ight...

its the pelvic thru -u -u - ust that will drive you in sa -a- a - a - a - a - a -a -ane

LETS DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN"

After that, we went to the other side of the ship to the Queen Mary lounge to see Jerome do his adult show. It was SO FUNNY! I was in tears laughing so hard. Well worth staying up for!

However, it is now 1:45 in the AM and I must be going to sleep!

Good night, y'all.