Day 2: The Donkey on the Table
(Ive got a short installment for yall
I didnt time the previous one out very well, so this one will finish up day 2)
It was formal night and I was feeling gooooooood.
I had just fixed the sink which made me high with power and drunk on adrenaline that you can only get from reattaching a doohickey to a doodad underneath a stateroom sink on a cruise ship. It tasted good, let me tell ya. I was ready to replace a cars engine or replace a space shuttle's fuel cell.
The stateroom was now a bustle of activity, as it always is during that hour leading up to dinner (especially on formal night). I called Guest Services back and canceled the call to maintenance then hopped in the shower. My wife and daughter were doing make-up and hair and were in all various states of dress and undress and primping and preening, and I was fiddling with my tux vest and cufflinks wondering what went where and how, as I certainly dont dress in a tux every day.
Do I look somewhat put together? There are so many pieces for a jeans and T-shirts guy.
Once completely polished, we headed up to the atrium for our nightly ritual of photos before heading to the dining room. The Captains Reception was in full swing when we arrived. Complimentary drinks were being served, and the lines were already quite lengthy to get photos. We hung out, stood in line, had cranberrytinis and appletinis, and just mingled with the other guests and the crew.
Dapper, huh?
We didn't purchase any of the professional portraits from this night. We didn't care for the way they turned out. Ours are better.
Dinner this evening was at Lumieres. As usual for us on the second night of a
Disney cruise, we were wildly impressed and elated that Jozsef, Gabriella, and Yolande recognized us by name and Gabriella knew exactly what we wanted to drink. I love that!
Me making a mess with my bread! Good thing Gabriella was a whiz with the crumb scraper!
Heres some of what we had.
Notice the crayons...
When we were done eating, Gabriella asked us if we liked puzzles, and we said of course we did
who doesnt like puzzles? So she built a donkey out of crayons on the table and told us that we had to make the donkey face the other direction by moving only two crayons (or maybe it was one crayon... my memory fails me). That kept us occupied for awhile. We like puzzles
I didnt say we were puzzle geniuses or anything.
We finally got the donkey turned around and then said our goodbyes to the fantastic serving team for the night. My daughter headed up to the stack, and we headed back to the stateroom to peel ourselves from our formal attire. We were pooped
so very pooped. So once again, it was an early night for us.
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