We're off again!

Wednesday February 17th
While I did manage to get to sleep at midnite (finally) I woke up around 4:45 am and eventually got up about 5:30 am as it was clear I wasn’t going to be able to sleep any more though I am glad that Ed did.
KP reimbursement
Since I saw Nikolas on the ship, I need to submit for reimbursement from KP. They have difficulty dealing with ship visits because they are a one page summary which includes everything. As a part of my documentation, I copied my cruise card and noticed that it had been changed from 5/15 as the disembarkation date to 2/14/10!!! Yeech. So the dreaded computer STILL doesn’t have it right! That means we’ll have to go through registration AGAIN in Honolulu
In the meantime I called KP to see what else I needed to submit to get this claim processed. They need a copy of our ship board billing plus the credit card to which it was billed so they can see that we have actually paid for it. OMG I’m wondering if it’s all worth it as the bill is $72 ($13 of which is a small bottle of Robitussin btw). However, it is the principle of it all so I’ll trudge ahead. Can use that money for other things.
Princess computer limits?
So I called Princess to see if I could try once again to be sure we don’t have problems. I spoke with a nice (but aren’t they all? That’s no sign of results) man named Caesar and I had to give him our flight information and the name of our hotel. He is notifying the ship that we are returning to the ship in Honolulu and gave me a number to call in case of any further changes. Mercy!
Sympathy cards
The spouses of several friends died while we were gone so I’m writing notes. I usually make all the cards and don’t have time right now so I’m trying to write notes to each. Better the thought than silence.
And speaking of sympathy, I am very touched by the folks who are saying prayers on my behalf that the shots in my eyes work. I believe in all those healing vibes but I am humbled by the spontaneous gestures. People can be so touching.
Technology
It’s wonderful to have the desktop computer to use for email and such. You forget how much we take it all for granted. I don’t use my iPhone on the cruise because of the fear of incurring outrageous charges so just the ability to use all of it’s features is a real treat.
Beautiication?
We have more appts today to prepare our aging bodies to be presentable and of course the usual things that have to be done while we’re here.
So…what have we forgotten?
This is always the concern of course. We have lists everywhere. Thank goodness our plane leaves tomorrow afternoon.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18th (already?)
We finished marathon appts and Ed even had a chance to go visit his Mom. Her trajectory continues downhill mentally but she is still interested in conversation and seems happy enough.
Dinner
Ed picked up Sami and later Jeff and Dani joined us. Sami had to go to Hebrew school (her Bat Mitzvah is later this year) and so the rest of us went to supper and caught up on the family news. I’ve eaten waayyy too many calories these past few days rewarding myself for enduring these procedures so I’ll need to get back on track on the ship. Ed has been a gem through all of this in shlepping me around. We eneded the day by taking my Staples check to their store and replacing some ink cartridges; boy it seems we’re always changing them out.
Early rising
I had set the alarm for 6 am and got up about 10 minutes before that. I folded the laundry we left drying last night and got all the last minute stuff arranged on the bed for Ed to pack. For those of you new to our routines, I stopped trying to pack years ago; Ed would simply undo it as he had a better way. So now I lay it all out and get out of his way. From the looks of everything we have laid out to go with us, we’ll need a sea container to get everything back to LA at the end of the tripp.
Sooo
This will be my last posting until perhaps Sunday.