No exciting weather to talk about today. Actually, nothing real exciting yet today. So I will get right to the next page of my diary.

Sunday, February 18, 2001

Our last day to be spoiled. Off to the real world tomorrow. I am going to start packing after breakfast. When we reach Miami, we will have traveled a total of 3,007 Nautical miles on this trip. It is 7am and we are 442 miles from Miami.

I didn't pack after breakfast. Spent all morning on the sun deck. Donna came up too.

After lunch, I did finally pack. We went to dinner at 6pm. After dinner we went to the farewell show. It was so great. Our cruise director was in the act. He dressed up like a ballerina. He also gave us some warning of what to expect when we get home, like you can't walk out of an eating place without paying. If you drop your nightgown on the floor it is going to stay there and after you sit at the table for 15 minutes you will remember that no one is going to bring your food. Yes, we truly were pampered on this ship.

We have the greatest room attendant. His name is Sheraton. He just goes out of his way to please you. He is from Costa Rico. He is only 26. He has a wife and two children. He has just been extra nice to Clayton and me. I have a picture of him with me. He made cute animals with towels to put on our bed every night.

I think everybody but Clayton and I played Bingo. It did not appeal to me. I would rather be out in the sun. Diane won $321. Frank took a picture of her holding her winning Bingo card.

There is a beautiful casino aboard the ship. It is always crowded when you walk through it every night to get to the theater.