Day 7: Thursday May 23rd
I can only assume this was the day I bought cough syrup; Im fairly certain Im right since my notes of the day are kind of a cluster; so pressing forward with that assumption. During the night Carlitos and I developed a horrible cough. We think it was environmental (maybe allergies) since it got better when we turned the AC off and when we went outside and got fresh air. We didnt have any other cold symptoms but just kept coughing in our sleep- all night. I never worry about noise and cabin walls until Im coughing or unless. ..ummm
well..hmmm.. lets just stick with coughing (hehe).
Carlos can sleep through a tornado (no joke he has actually slept through a tornado, a hurricane coming onshore, a hotel fire, and a 5.1 earthquake. I am legitimately worried about leaving him alone) so I didnt worry wed disturbed him, but I did worry about the poor person sharing the wall with our bed frame. I heard her coughing a few nights later and didnt feel as bad.
We woke up at 11:00, mostly due to the coughing, but the time change didnt help. We missed our character breakfast; we didnt tell Carlitos. Honestly Im not a huge fan of the
DCL character breakfast. If youve never been to it, go; but after going to a few we think theyre just way too rushed and the food is bad bad bad. Since we were so late we ended up in Parrot Cay for lunch, and afterwards we went to Treasure Ketch to buy adult and child cough syrup.
I have this fear of being sick onboard, not of actually getting sick, but of being quarantined in the room, far away from over the counter drugs. The friendly cashier said I hope this makes you feel better at which point I turned into a paranoid freak and started giving the guy my whole theory about how we had some sort of allergic reaction to the air on the ship, and we only coughed at night, and were using the wet wipes constantly in an attempt to avoid being red listed on some sort of list. I must have sounded crazy because his eyes were getting bigger and bigger and my husband said okay then, lets go and as we walked away he added pull it together crazy. The guy probably thought I was off to make meth in the room.
Properly medicated, we finished our FE deliveries and played a marathon session of Uno. The water was really strange today. It looked completely still, no waves at all. If you stared at it though you would see that the water had long small amplitude waves. The water looked like it was pulsing. It was so cool. I had expected rougher seas but this was so smooth and something I had never seen before. After staring at the water a while it was time for the Princess Party. Having a little boy, we dont get too into the princesses, BUT as previously mentioned he had a big crush on Aurora and wanted to go see her again. They gave all the boys little crowns and we sat down to have juice, cookies, and cakes while Belle, Alice, Snow White, Cinderella, the mice, Daisy, and Minnie came by. He wasnt too excited but hey free cookies!
Back to the room for Uno, no one wanted to swim, and Carlitos didnt want to go to the clubs. We played Uno and watched The Parent Trap (the modern one with pre-rehab LiLo). We apparently took another nap (thats how I deduced this was cough syrup day- up at 11, napping in the late afternoon -we had to be sedated). What was more important to us than sleeping
food. Off to dinner at Parrot Cay. I had an ahi tuna appetizer (good), a plain salad, and grouper (good actually). They has smore cake for dessert (YAY this is my FAVORITE, but alas the marshmallows were stale again-MAN cant catch a break today).
Carlos went off to Skyfall and April (our friend) and I went to Sessions for a drink (I know, drinking and cold syrup guess what time I woke up the next day). I had never sat in Sessions before, but it was a lot of fun. I got a pomegranate passion- it came in a big glass and was SO good. The pianist was on a break and came around talking to all the tables. He asked April and I if we were guests or the new entertainment (??? Whaa?). He explained that the current entertainers who do all the Broadway shows and character greetings were leaving after this cruise and the next contract group would take over. They were on board now I guess getting acclimated. Just to be very clear, we are two moms in our 30s and while we can definitely bring it, we could never be confused with stage dancers who perform and exercise for hours each day and yes the lighting is low in Sessions but not that low. (So thanks piano man, but no were just guests and we dont have a musical request either). We stayed for an hour and then it was time to pick up the kids (club closes at midnight).
Carlitos and I went back to the room while Carlos was still at the movies. Our host made the best towel animal- a little brontosaurus dinosaur with a long neck. Carlitos and I sat on the bed to play Uno and the little dino fell off. Carlitos peeked over the side and said in the saddest voice ever oh little dinosaur you broke your neck and I dont know how to fix you. OH SAD, then I guess Ill just throw you in the shower so we can rub you on our hair tomorrow. Um okay thats weird.