2003-11-29 - 10:36 a.m. -



Day One, Part II

the ship has eleven floors. (at least it has eleven that you can get to. there ate at least three floors above for the helm & radio room & at least one below the first. i wonder if this is the �basement� of the ship & how much you don�t want water in the basement on this thing� but i digress�) the only public area on the first floor is the docking area for port stops. the cabins start on the second floor. the higher the floor the larger & nicer the room.

we enter room #2038 to find a space about the size of my bedroom at home. this space will sleep three of us for five nights. beds for three (one that drops from the ceiling to form a bunk bed) bathroom with shower, love seat, desk, closet & us.

at least if we start to sink we�ll be the first to know.

by this time i�m a wreck. i started getting a headache around 10:00am. by the time we made it to the ship i had a throbbing headache. by the time our bags showed up with my pill case i had a full-blown migraine. i skipped dinner & slept like a person nailed to the bed by a spike through the eye. did not surface from my stupor until it was time to put the boy to bed. went back to sleep & finally wandered onto the deck for a smoke.

by the time i was ready to eat the dining room was closed. this lead to one of the few high points of the trip� room service. nothing earth shaking, but good & convenient. this is a service i will use again during the trip.

i go for another walk, have a last smoke & head off to bed hoping tomorrow will be a better day than today was.

tomorrow� key west.

hope you all have a good night.
I�ll post much more tomorrow.

be well.

& just for the hell of it... Get some water!  You're on fire!
I'm not quite sure how you missed this, but you are
engulfed in flames. Call 911 immediately.
Someone should probably put you out soon.

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